RE: SEALING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

It has come to the attention of the court that there does exist a large number of case files which contain psychiatric evaluations and/or pre-sentence investigations of defendants which are made for the purpose of review by the court and that said reports are filed in an open and public manner; and

It is the opinion of the court that these reports are strictly confidential in nature and should be sealed to prevent misuse of the information contained therein, it is therefore

ORDERED:

1. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Pasco County shall seal psychiatric evaluations and/or presentence investigations of defendants, unless specifically directed by the court that such documents shall remain public.

2. Documents sealed under this order shall be marked with the case style, number and date of sealing, with the wording "SEALED - NOT TO BE OPENED WITHOUT ORDER OF THE COURT".

3. This order shall not apply to juvenile and dependency cases because reports in said cases are otherwise sealed by statute.

4. Pasco county administrative order 95-7 is hereby rescinded.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida this
2nd day of July, 1996.

/s/SUSAN F. SCHAEFFER
Susan F. Schaeffer, Chief Judge