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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 360. Disclosure of information
(a) Confidentiality of Proceedings. - Except as provided in
section 355, all papers, documents, and records of proceedings
related to investigations conducted under this chapter shall be
confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person in any
proceeding except to the extent that -
(1) the judicial council of the circuit in its discretion
releases a copy of a report of a special committee under section
353(c) to the complainant whose complaint initiated the
investigation by that special committee and to the judge whose
conduct is the subject of the complaint;
(2) the judicial council of the circuit, the Judicial
Conference of the United States, or the Senate or the House of
Representatives by resolution, releases any such material which
is believed necessary to an impeachment investigation or trial of
a judge under article I of the Constitution; or
(3) such disclosure is authorized in writing by the judge who
is the subject of the complaint and by the chief judge of the
circuit, the Chief Justice, or the chairman of the standing
committee established under section 331.
(b) Public Availability of Written Orders. - Each written order
to implement any action under section 354(a)(1)(C), which is issued
by a judicial council, the Judicial Conference, or the standing
committee established under section 331, shall be made available to
the public through the appropriate clerk's office of the court of
appeals for the circuit. Unless contrary to the interests of
justice, each such order shall be accompanied by written reasons
therefor.
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