28 U.S.C. § 360 — Disclosure of information

(a) Confidentiality of proceedings: Except as section 355 allows, all papers, documents, and case records from investigations under this chapter are confidential. No one may disclose them in any proceeding, except: (1) the circuit's judicial council can, at its discretion, release a copy of a special committee's report under section 353(c) to the complainant who started the investigation, and to the judge whose conduct was investigated; (2) the circuit's judicial council, the Judicial Conference, or the Senate or House (by resolution) can release material believed necessary for an impeachment investigation or trial of a judge under Article I of the Constitution; or (3) disclosure is authorized in writing by both the judge who's the subject of the complaint and the circuit's chief judge, the Chief Justice, or the standing committee's chairman. (b) Public written orders: Every written order carrying out 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 available to the public through the right court of appeals clerk's office. Unless it would be against the interests of justice, each such order must come with a written explanation of its reasons.