D.D.C. LCrR 57.15

(a) COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

The Clerk or his/her designee may respond to or describe, in general terms, the process of

creating case assignment decks for the automated case assignment system. In addition,

the Clerk or his/her designee is also authorized to reveal the name of a judge assigned a

case and the procedure by which the assignment was made. No employee of the Court

may reveal to any other person, other than members of the Calendar and Case

Management Committee and the Chief Judge, any list that may show the composition of

any deck. No court employee may number or assign any case other than in the manner

provided in these Rules or in the manner ordered by the Calendar and Case Management

Committee. An employee who violates this provision may be subject to discharge from

service.

(b) THIRD PARTIES.

No person shall directly or indirectly cause, or procure, or attempt to cause or procure, a

court officer or employee to reveal to any person, other than the members of the Calendar

and Case Management Committee, the sequence of the judges' names within each block

of assignment cards, or to number or assign any case otherwise than herein provided or as

ordered by the Calendar and Case Management Committee. A violation of this Rule may

be punished as a contempt of court.