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Parties Involved:
Julio Famiglietti
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

 JULIO FAMIGLIETTI,

 Defendant.

_____________________________/

No. 4-07-70128 WDB

ORDER RE DISCLOSURE OF

REQUESTED PRETRIAL

DOCUMENTS

For use in determining whether to file charges for contempt of court, the United States

has requested from the court's Pretrial Services Agency the disclosure of documents

pertaining to the whereabouts of Defendant, who, while under the supervision of Pretrial

Services, failed to appear at a hearing in Texas and has absconded. By letter dated April 9,

2007, Pretrial Services has asked the Court to decide whether disclosure of this information

is appropriate in light of Judicial Conference Guidelines that restrict Pretrial Services from

disclosing information that is confidential and that may lead to the prosecution of a defendant

under its supervision. See 18 U.S.C. § 3153(c)(1). 

The Court has reviewed the material provided with the Pretrial Services memorandum

of April 9, 2007, and the Minute Order from the Texas court reflecting Defendant's failure

to appear there on April 5, 2007. Given the circumstances, it is the Court's view that the

Guidelines that are the source of sensitivity about disclosure of confidential information

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received by Pretrial Services are aimed at preventing disclosure of information about a

defendant that is of a personal nature, but not the kind of information sought in this instance

by the government. The documents sought by the United States consist of communications

or logs that disclose only objective, non-personal information about directives given to

Defendant, or when he was present at the half-way house. Disclosure of this information

does not run afoul of the Guidelines and, indeed, falls squarely within the exceptions outlined

in Sections 3153(c)(2) and (c)(3). 

For these reasons, and because Defendant failed to appear, it is appropriate to disclose

to the Assistant United States Attorney the specific categories of documents she requested

in her letter of April 5, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 11, 2007 

WAYNE D. BRAZIL

United States Magistrate Judge

Copies to:

stats, Silvio Lugo and 

Victoria Gibson (Pretrial Services),

Michelle Morgan-Kelly (AUSA)

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