(a) Confidentiality of Names. The names of any jurors drawn from the qualified jury wheel
and selected to sit on a grand jury shall be kept confidential and not made public or
disclosed to any person not employed by the court, except as otherwise authorized by a
court order in an individual case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1867(f).
(b) Sealing of Documents. All subpoenas, motions, pleadings, and other documents filed with
the clerk concerning or contesting grand jury proceedings shall be sealed and impounded
unless otherwise ordered by the court based upon a showing of particularized need.
Impoundment under this rule shall not preclude necessary service of papers on opposing
parties or their counsel nor prohibit the clerk from providing copies of papers to the party
or counsel filing same.
Effective September 1, 1990.
