Case 1:00-mc-00308 Document 46 Filed 11/07/12 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ,MARYLAND
In Re: *
DISCLOSURE OF SEALED DOCUMENTS * MISC NO. 00-308
IN CRIMINAL CASES
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STANDING ORDER 2012-10
In order to better protect the confidentiality of sealed supplements to plea agreements
filed under seal in criminal cases, it is now
ORDERED that any sealed supplement to a plea agreement that either is or is intended to
be filed under seal in a criminal case, and/or any copies of such document, shall not be provided
to defendants or former defendants for their private review and/or retention. Defendants and
former defendants may possess sealed supplements only in the immediate presence of a judge,
prosecuting counsel, defense counsel, a U.S. Probation Officer, and/or the Warden (or designated
employee) of a detention or correctional facility in which the defendant or former defendant is
then housed. While allowed to possess sealed supplements in the presence of those persons
designated above, defendants and former defendants may not possess such documents, or copies
thereof, outside the presence of at least one of the above designated persons absent an explicit
court order so authorizing.
This Order is effective immediately.
DATED this 71\ day of November, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
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Deborah K. Chasanow --
Chief United States District Judge
