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are reviewed, and the names of the persons conducting the

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Attorney of a designated United States Marshal.

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shall be maintained separate and apart from all other records and files, under appropriate security precautions as to ensure confidentiality.

5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that except as provided in Paragraph Six (6) of this order, there shall be no reproduction of the Grand Jury Records, by photocopying, electronic reproduction or recording, or by any other means, manual c: mechanical. The members of the Special Committee and Messrs. · Doa and Webb may take written or recorded notes of the records reviewed. These notes, however, shall remain in their scle and absolute possession, and shall not be reproduced nor viewed by any person not associated with the Committee. In addition, the members of the Special Committee and counsel shall maintain a confidential master index describing each Grand Jury document reviewed in the course of thei? "investigation.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the special Committee and Kessts. Doar and webb shall be permitted to make one (1). copy of those Grand Jury Records necessary to substantiate C: supplement the written report required under 28 U.S.C. $ 372 (c) (5). These copies shall be sealed and remain with the United States Attorney for the Southern District ci Ficrida at Miami, except during these periods when the

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copies shall be necessary for the Special Committed to execute its duty under 23 U.S.C. § 272 (c) (5). Thereafter, the copies shall be returned to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and replaced under seal. There shall be no other reproductions made of the Grand Jury Records without leave of this Court.

7. IP IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the members of the Special Committee, Hessrs. Doar and Webb, and the secreterial assistant provided for in Paragraph we (2) of this Order shall hold in the strictest confidence all information and inferences that may be cleaned from the Grand Jury

Records.

e. This Court retains its authority and control over the Grand Jury Records. This Order, however, shall not be construed to deny the Special Committee any powers

reserved to it under 26 U.S.C. § 372 (=).

United States District Judge

December 29, 1982

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Exhibit II, letter from Judge Hastings to Peter W. Rodino, Jr. and John Conyers, Jr. dated August 10, 1987; and Exhibit IV, A Provisional and Preliminary Report on the Proceedings Against United States District Judge Alcee L. Hastings are reprinted in Appendix III, Submissions by Judge Hastings. See Table of Contents.

To The

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND EACH OF ITS HOUSES AND MEMBERS

THE PETITION OF THE HONORABLE ALCEE L. HASTINGS,
A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE,

FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE RELIEF

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To The

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND EACH OF ITS HOUSES AND MEMBERS

THE PETITION OF THE HONORABLE ALCEE L. HASTINGS,
A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE,

FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE RELIEF

The Honorable Alcee L. Hastings petitions the Congress of the United States and each of its Houses and Members to take such action as may be necessary and

proper:

1. to protect and restore the constitutional independence of United States

district judges;

2. to terminate the proceedings against him and to redress the grievances that have resulted from those proceedings; and

3. to undertake such investigations and hearings as may be necessary and proper to lay before the public and the Congress the full record of the proceedings against him and so much of the proceedings against other United States judges as may be relevant to the issues raised by this petition.

Specifically, Judge Hastings calls upon the Congress to:

1. Repeal the Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 (the "Act"), Pub. L. No. 96-458, 94 Stat. 2035 (1980), codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 331, 332, 372 (c), 604(h)(1982), or cause such amendments or revisions

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