and Probation Supervision
(a) Records maintained by the probation office of this court relating to the preparation of
presentence investigation reports are confidential. Such information may be released only by
Order of the court. Requests for the release of presentence investigation reports will be made
by written motion establishing, with particularity, the need for the specific information
contained in such reports.
(b) The probation officer will neither disclose the information contained in the
presentence report nor provide the presentence report or copies of the presentence report
except on Order of this court or as provided in Rule 32(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure.
(c) Supervision records on persons under probation supervision are considered to be
confidential. The occasional need to release information on probationers to governmental
agencies is recognized as being conducive to the rehabilitative process. In those infrequent
cases, the Chief U.S. Probation Officer has in his/her discretion the authority to release or not
release the requested information.
