C.D. Ill. Civil LR 83.16

(A) The purpose of the Rule is to implement the policy of the Judicial Conference of the

United States with regard

(1) to the production or disclosure of official information or records by the

federal judiciary, and

(2) the testimony of present or former judiciary personnel relating to any

official information acquired by any such individual as part of the

individual’s performance of official duties, or by virtue of that individual’s

official status, in federal, state, or other legal proceedings.

Implementation of this Rule is subject to the regulations established by the

Judicial Conference of the United States which are incorporated herein (a

copy of such regulations can be obtained from the Clerk of the Court).

(B) Requests covered by this Rule include an order, subpoena, or other demand of a

Court or administrative or other authority, or competent jurisdiction, under color of

law, or any other request by whatever method, for the production, disclosure, or

release of information or records by the federal judiciary, or for the appearance and

testimony of federal judicial personnel as witnesses as to matters arising out of the

performance of their official duties, in legal proceedings. This includes requests

for voluntary production or testimony in the absence of any legal process.

(C) This Rule does not apply to requests by members of the public, when properly made

through the procedures established by the Court for records or documents, such as

Court files or dockets, routinely made available to members of the public for

inspection or copying.

(D) Any request for testimony or production of records must set forth a written

statement by the party seeking the testimony of production of records containing

an explanation of the nature of the testimony or records sought, the relevance of the

testimony or records sought to the legal proceedings, and the reasons why the

testimony or records sought, or the information contained therein, are not readily

available from other sources or by other means. This explanation must contain

sufficient information for the determining officer to decide whether or not federal

judicial personnel should be allowed to testify or the records should be produced.

Where the request does not contain an explanation sufficient for this purpose, the

determining officer may deny the request or may ask the requester to provide

additional information.

The request for testimony or production of records must be provided to the federal

judicial personnel from whom testimony or production of records is sought at

least 14 days in advance of the time by which the testimony or production of records

is to be required. Failure to meet this requirement will provide a sufficient basis

for denial of the request.

(E) In the case of a request directed to a district judge, or magistrate judge, or directed

to a current or former member of such a judge’s personal staff, the determining

officer will be the district judge or magistrate judge.

(F) In the case of a request directed to an employee or former employee of a Court

office, such as the office of the Clerk or the probation office, the determining officer

will be the unit executive of the particular office. The unit executive consults with

the chief judge of the district Court for determination of all proper response to a

request.

(G) In the case of presentence reports:

(1) In all criminal cases in which sentence is imposed, the presentence report

will be made a part of the official Court record. The original report,

including the recommendation to the Court and statement of reasons, will

be placed under seal in the record. In the event of an appeal, the report, the

recommendation, and the statement of reasons will be sent to the reviewing

Court under separate seal.

(2) A copy of the presentence report will be made available to appellate counsel

on request, under the same terms and conditions as apply to use of the report

by counsel in the trial Court.