WPCK 6y秣 D$+0Y"kkpuNL_s `J`,v?Hz! x O1tiٝDA8@7=u#_TzG>DTƛgjό(G&6*Kupx@]7 @W0`vZ=,5c|q.IL 9u;ˑDŎ*eˆs_i &EX$ܞwms~Ua hVۉ]A<Z"3GdƠi<5,&Dvѐ9:ZcSsRTmfoȘMXGFMIܒUuB<4E|Uɚ.1:dW6t=bTN,ȓeEPخu3`depfd ?Ж/a*kx!/Gк/efȌb6} /7 CWLI^nt+l!~RUNF % 0( F w@ 4H \ k U:s U: b  U: B     D3/ / / 0Db b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b AO  0D D/ B.(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($c:\office\wpwin\template\order.wpt |}~DDUӀx\W&3|x,rAZ"Arial Regular,rAZ"Arial Regular- -  X߻XXX X X߻   Ad FILED X߻X   August26,1999CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerkdAM ,cAZ"Arial Regular d%%%%'dxd(3$ !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !  қTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T X߻XXX 76XXdXXd7  t *>.*jx` `@E` 8ttxP tߛ@: :   }G X X߻INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE# X߻X  }G#Ԉ  @.̜r *<,(j 8` `@E ` 8ttxPz  r INRE:0 0 ORDERESTABLISHINGSUPREMECOURTRULE34  b  ADOPTIONOFPOLICIESANDGUIDELINESCONCERNINGCUSTODYOFANDACCESSTOAPPELLATEJUDICIALRECORDS. & 0 $0 $  X߻XX X߻ OnNovember12,1998,theimplementationcommitteefortheAppellate t CourtAutomationProjectsubmittedfortheCourtsconsiderationdraftguidelinesgoverningcustodyofandaccesstoappellatejudicialrecords.TheseguidelineswerealsoforwardedtotheAttorneyGeneralandReporterandtotheTennesseePressAssociation.Afterconsideringthecommentsandsuggestionsofferedbythesetwoentities,theimplementationcommitteesubmittedarevisedversionofthepolicyandguidelinestothisCourt.Aftercarefulconsideration,weadoptthefollowingproposedpoliciesandguidelinestogoverncustodyofandaccesstoappellatejudicialrecords. ItisORDEREDt|hattheRulesetforthhereinbea|}ndisherebyadoptedasRule34oftheR}~}y}~}ul}esoftheTennesseeSupremeCourt.wwRule2oftheRulesoftheSupremeCourtofTennesseeisherebyamendedbydeletingtheRuleinitsentiretyandsubstitutinginitsplacethefollowing: 8 80 ! !Rule234.Policiesandguidelinesregardingappellatejudicialrecords. 0 h0 h  8 00 ! !(1)Thepublichasastatutoryrighttoinspectpublicrecords +'+ maintainedbyagenciesofstategovernment.Accordingly,thepublichastherighttoinspectpublicrecordsmaintainedbytheclerkoftheappellatecourtsunlesstherecordhasbeensubmittedundersealoristhesubjectofaprotectiveorder.Requeststoinspectpublicrecordsmaintainedbytheclerkoftheappellatecourtsare,however,subjecttoreasonablerequirementsandrestrictionsintendedtopreservetheintegrityoftherecord,thepartiesrighttotherecordforthepurposeofpreparingtheirappellatepapers,andtheefficientoperationoftheappellatecourts. 0 !0 ! 0 80 $ $(2)(A)Forthepurposesoftheseguidelines,a recordincludesanyrecorddefinedasa publicrecordinTenn.CodeAnn.107301(6)(1992)thathasnotbeensubmittedundersealorthatisnotthesubjectofaprotectiveorder. 0 !0 ! 0   $ $ 8 00 ! !(B)Thefollowingjudicialrecordsarenotpublicrecords:#;D7=0 !0 ! # 0 00 $ $(i)  Unpublisheddraftsofjudicialordersandopinions;0 $0 $  0 0 (ii)00 $0 $Writtenorelectronicconferencerecords,notes,memoranda, | orotherdocumentsofasimilarnaturepreparedbyjudgesaspartofthejudicialdecisionmakingprocessunlessfiledaspartofthecourtrecord; $$ 0  0 (iii)0 $ $Copies,otherthantheoriginal,ofmotions,petitions,briefs,  d andothersimilardocumentsfiledwiththeclerkoftheappellatecourtsthathavebeenfurnishedtoindividualappellatejudgesfortheirpersonaluse; $$  0 0 (iv)00 $0 $Writtenorelectronicconferencerecords,notes,memoranda,    reports,orotherdocumentsofasimilarnaturepreparedbyanappellatecourtsorjudgesstaffonbehalfoforatthedirectionofthecourtorjudgeaspartofthejudicialdecisionmakingprocessunlessfiledaspartofthecourtrecord; $$ 0  0 (v)0 $ $Allinternalcasemanagementinformationexceptfor *z  informationconcerningthecompositionofpanelsassignedtoconsideraparticularcase; $$  0 0 (vi)00 $0 $Informationmaintainedbyindividualjudgeswithregardto , theirrecusalfromparticularappealsunlesstheinformationisfiledaspartofthecourtrecordorunlessitissubjecttodisclosurepursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.850501,506(1993&Supp.1998)orTenn.S.Ct.R.10; $$ 0  0 (vii)0 $ $Documentsprotectedfromdisclosurebyorderorruleof Z court;and $$  0 0 (viii)00 $0 $Anyotherrecordthedisclosureofwhichwouldfrustrateor &v interferewiththejudicialfunctionofthecourts. $$ 0 00 $ $(3)(A)Allrequeststoinspectapublicrecordmaintainedbytheclerkoftheappellatecourtsshallbeinwritingandshallbesubmittedtotheofficeoftheclerkoftheappellatecourtsinthegranddivisionwherethecaseispendingorwasfiled.Requeststoinspectalloranypartofanappellaterecordinacasethathasbeensubmittedfordispositionshallalsocontainabriefstatementofthebasisorreasonfortherequest. 0 $0 $ 8 00 ! !(B)Inspectionofalloranypartofanappellaterecordinacasethathasbeensubmittedfordispositionshallbesubjecttosuchconditionsasthecourtdeemsnecessarytopreventunduedelayandmaybedeferreduntilthemattercurrentlypendingbeforethecourthasbeendecidedorresolved. 0 !0 ! 8 00 ! !(C)TheclerkoftheappellatecourtsmaydispensewiththewrittenrequestrequirementinSection(3)(A)forpersonsrequestingreadilyavailablecasehistoryanddocketinginformationmaintainedintheclerksoffice,suchasthedateoforalargument,theidentitiesofthepartieslawyers,andothersimilarinformation. 0 !0 ! 0 80 $ $(4)(A)Theclerkoftheappellatecourtsshallprovidetimely,supervisedaccesstopublicrecordsmaintainedbytheclerkduringtheregularbusinesshoursoftheclerksoffice.Nopersonrequestingtoinspectapublicrecord,exceptforpersonsentitledtotheappellaterecordunderTenn.R.App.P.25(c),shallbepermittedtoremovetherecordfromtheclerksdirectcustodyandcontrol. 0 !0 ! 8 00 ! !(B)Theclerkshallnotberequiredtoproduceapublicrecordthatisnotintheclerkspossessionortorequestthereturnofalloranypartofanappellaterecordfromanypersonto 95; whomtherecordhasbeentransmittedinaccordancewithTenn.R.App.P.25(c). 0 !0 ! 8 00 ! !(5)Anypersondissatisfiedwiththeclerksdispositionofarequesttoinspectapublicrecordmaysubmitarequestforreviewoftheclerksdecisiontotheappropriateappellatecourt.Theclerkshalltransmittherequestforreviewtotheappropriateappellatecourtinatimelymannerandshallpromptlyinformtherequestingpartyofthecourtsdispositionoftherequestforreview. 0 !0 ! 8 00 ! !(6)(A)Allrequeststoinspectapublicrecordmaintainedbytheclerkoftheappellatecourtsandrequestsforreviewoftheclerksdispositionshallbetreatedasadministrativemattersforwhichnofilingfeeshallbecollected. 0 !0 ! 0 00 $ $(B)Partiesrequestingtoinspectapublicrecordmaintainedbytheclerkoftheappellatecourtmayrequestacopyoftherequestedrecord.Copiesshallbeprovidedwithinareasonabletime,takingintoconsiderationthenumberofcopiesrequestedandtheclerksotherdutiesandresponsibilities.TheclerkshallchargeafeeforpreparingorcopyingrecordsmaintainedintheclerksofficeinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.821501(1993). 0 $0 $   0      8   FORTHECOURT:  0      8   ________________________________  0      8   E.RileyAnderson,ChiefJustice  0      8   ________________________________  0      8   FrankF.Drowota,III,Justice0 00 $ $00 $0 $0$$08$$  ________________________________ 8$8$   0      8   AdolphoA.Birch,Jr.,Justice  0      8   _________________________________  0      8   JaniceM.Holder,Justice  0      8   _________________________________  0      8   WilliamM.Barker,Justice   x616