---
title: "Letter chasing missing disclosure (United States)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/us-missing-disclosure-chase-letter"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a20-us-missing-disclosure-chase-letter"
area_id: "A20"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A20-P20260916-1", "A20-T1-R12"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter chasing missing disclosure (United States)

> A short follow-up that lists disclosure categories still empty on the tracker and asks the prosecution to answer by a date the lawyer sets.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/us-missing-disclosure-chase-letter  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when the disclosure tracker still has empty rows after a Brady and Giglio request. Do not use it to argue the facts of the offense or to file a motion.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare a missing-brief and exhibit request list](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/prepare-a-missing-brief-and-exhibit-request-list.md)
- [Build a disclosure and unused-material tracker](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/build-a-disclosure-and-unused-material-tracker.md)

## How AI may be used

A tool may copy tracker rows the lawyer has marked outstanding into the letter.

**AI may:**

- List only rows the tracker marks as still outstanding
- Insert the date of the original request
- Drop the Justice Manual sentence when the tracker says the forum is a state court

**AI must not:**

- Must not add a category the original request did not make
- Must not argue that the missing item is material
- Must not send the letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every listed item is an empty tracker row
- The forum sentence matches the original request
- The letter sets a date the lawyer chose
- The letter does not state the facts of the charge

## Authorities

- [Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/373/83)
- [Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/405/150)
- [U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Manual 9-5.001 (Policy Regarding Disclosure of Exculpatory and Impeachment Information) and 9-5.002 (Criminal Discovery)](https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-5000-issues-related-trials-and-other-court-proceedings)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/us-missing-disclosure-chase-letter and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*