(a) Court Personnel.
All court personnel, including but not limited to the marshal and deputy
marshals and office personnel, the clerk and deputy clerks and office
personnel, probation officers and office personnel, bailiffs, court reporters,
and the judges’ and magistrate judges’ office personnel, are prohibited from
disclosing to any person, without authorization of the court, information
relating to any pending matter that has not been filed as a part of the public
records of the court. This proscription applies to the divulgence of any
information concerning arguments and hearings held in chambers or
otherwise outside the presence of the jury or the public.
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(b) Copies of Public Records.
Members of the news media and others may obtain copies of all public
records from the clerk upon payment of copying fees as prescribed by the
Judicial Conference of the United States.
