FILED
Feb 11 2008
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2008-08
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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AUTHORIZATION TO DISCLOSE )
PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION ) ORDER NO. 2008-08
REPORTS AND SENTENCING )
ORDERS )
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The Court hereby authorizes the disclosure to the Office of the Federal Public
Defender for the Northern District of Ohio and to the Office of the United States Attorney
for the Northern District of Ohio of all presentence investigation reports and sentencing
orders, including those portions of such orders not available through the Court’s
electronic filing system, for those inmates who have been identified as being potentially
eligible for sentence reductions pursuant to the United States Sentencing Commission’s
decision of December 11, 2007. By that decision and pursuant to amended U.S.S.G.
§ 1B1.10, the Commission gave retroactive applicability to crack cocaine sentencing
guideline amendments that became prospectively effective on November 1, 2007. The
disclosure authorized by this order shall be for the sole purpose of enabling both offices
identified above to make a preliminary assessment as to an inmate’s potential eligibility
for a sentence reduction under these new rules.
This order shall remain in force until subsequent order of this Court or rulings in
individual cases that obviate the need for this disclosure authorization.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT
James G. Carr
Chief Judge
United States District Court
