UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
IN RE: )
) PARDON INVESTIGATION REQUESTS
BUSINESS OF THE COURT )
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that due to the significant increase in pardon investigation
requests, standard procedures for release of documents and information by the U.S. Probation
Office to the U.S. Pardon Attorney are implemented by this Court;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the U.S. District Court Clerk’s Office for the Eastern
District of Missouri is authorized to disclose sealed Presentence Investigation Reports and
Statements of Reasons not available in CM/ECF to the U.S. Probation Office for assistance with
pardon release petitions as requested by the U.S. Pardon Attorney;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that sealed Presentence Investigation Reports and
Statements of Reasons received from the Clerk’s Office and those available to the U.S. Probation
Office in CM/ECF may be disclosed by the U.S. Probation Office directly to the U.S. Pardon
Attorney;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any sealed documents released to the U.S. Pardon
Attorney by the U.S. Probation Office remain confidential Court filings.
SO ORDERED this 22nd day of June, 2022.
RODNEY W. SIPPEL
CHIEF JUDGE
