§360 Disclosure of information

Summary

Keeps records from investigations under this chapter confidential, except as provided in section 355. Those papers cannot be shared in a legal case unless one of three things happens: the judicial council of the circuit may give a special committee report under section 353(c) to the person who complained and to the judge involved; the judicial council, the Judicial Conference of the United States, or the Senate or House of Representatives by resolution may release material needed for an impeachment inquiry or trial under Article I; or the judge who is the subject of the complaint and one of these officials — the chief judge of the circuit, the Chief Justice, or the chairman of the standing committee under section 331 — may sign a written release. Any written order that puts into effect an action under section 354(a)(1)(C), issued by a judicial council, the Judicial Conference, or the standing committee under section 331, must be made public through the court of appeals clerk’s office for the circuit. Unless that would harm the interests of justice, the order should include written reasons.