All courthouse personnel, including marshals, deputy marshals, deputy court
clerks, court security officers, interpreters, and court reporters, are prohibited
from disclosing to any person, without authorization by the court, information
relating to a pending criminal case that is not part of the public records of the
court including ex parte documents. Specifically forbidden is the divulgence of
information concerning arguments and hearings held in chambers, at side bars
or otherwise outside the presence of the public.
