Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Approved non-electronic sealed filings must be submitted to Sealed Records Department with order, unredacted copies, and PDF CD

Parties are expected to provide the Court with notice at least three business days before the relevant filing deadline if they wish to file documents under seal.

Letter-motion must indicate confidential information from another party and may request 1-week delay.

The proposed sealed document must be filed under seal at the same time as the motion and linked to that motion in ECF.

Meet and confer required before filing sealed/redacted materials

Applications required for redactions beyond ECF Privacy Policy categories.

Redaction requires filing redacted version publicly and unredacted version under seal with highlights.

A Party may be requested to produce Discovery Material that is subject to contractual or other obligations of confidentiality owed to a third party. Within two business days of receiving the request, the receiving Party subject to such obligation shall inform the third party of the request and that the third party may seek a protective order or other relief from this Court. If neither the third party nor the receiving Party seeks a protective order or other relief from this Court within 21 days of that notice, the receiving Party shall produce the information responsive to the discovery request but may affix the appropriate controlling designation.

Sealed letters must follow the Electronic Filing Under Seal procedure in Section 3.

Sealed or confidential letters may be emailed as PDF with all counsel copied.

Protective order proposals must conform to Court's Model Protective Order

Redactions must be narrowly tailored and consistent with public access presumption.

Sealed documents must be linked to an existing order granting leave to file under seal.

Transcripts with designated material must have legend and page list with protection levels.

Sentencing documents may only be filed under seal if strictly necessary and justified, and a redacted version with justifications for each deletion must be filed concurrently.

Parties must comply with Local Rule 79-5 and meet and confer before filing an application to seal.

When using Under Seal Filing Events, the docket screen must turn red; if not, restart the entry to ensure proper sealed event use.

Sealed documents must be served by printing NEF and serving both NEF and sealed document on opposing counsel.

Sealing applications must follow Local Rule 79-5 and Judge Staton's electronic filing guide.

Under seal filings must comply with Local Criminal Rule 49-1 and justify confidentiality over public access.

Applications with meritless sealing/redaction requests will be denied.

Sealed documents must be served by other means; print and serve NEF with sealed document.

Designation is allowed only if necessary to protect material from competitive or recognized harm.

Parties must provide good cause or compelling reasons justification for each document sought to be filed under seal.

To file under seal, first submit a written request with good cause showing and a proposed order.

Sealing requires compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 with judge-specific modifications.

Documents presumptively public; sealing requires narrowly tailored court order with good cause.

The Court requires strict compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 (except 79-5(d)(2)) and strongly disfavors motions to seal.

If certain attachments have been filed under seal (or provisionally filed under seal with an accompanying motion to seal), only the unredacted versions of the attachments should be uploaded to Box.com. The PDF files should be named first with the docket number associated with the redacted version of the document and second with the document number associated with the unredacted/sealed version of the document. E.g., “[61-2] [62-2] Decl Doe Ex 1 - News Release.” All attachments (sealed or unsealed) should then be organized so that they can be viewed in logical order.

Documents filed under seal must be highlighted to show proposed redactions.

Parties seeking less extensive sealing than Civil Local Rule 79-5(f) must file revised redacted, unredacted, and proposed order documents.

Documents under seal must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 (modified for Judge Thompson); non-conforming motions may be summarily terminated.

Multiple sealing motions must be consolidated into a single joint motion.

Separate Motion to Seal required for each pleading; omnibus motions prohibited.

Sealed documents must be uploaded to chambers Box.com in a separate submission containing only unredacted versions, with PDFs named using the redacted version's docket number followed by the sealed version's document number and all attachments organized in logical order; contact the Courtroom Deputy with concerns about sensitive uploads.

Sealing motions must comply with Local Rule 79-5 and provide specific arguments for sealing.

Motion to seal must be filed at least 7 calendar days before non-discovery motion.

Motion to seal must describe which documents/categories to seal and whether in full or part.

Materials submitted with a sealing motion must be marked for redaction in the provisionally sealed version.

Public redacted version required alongside sealed filing.

If the moving party has sought an order to seal the document in full, the party should file a slip sheet making clear for the Court that the document is subject to the motion to seal.

Opposing parties must notify judge's chambers within one court day if opposing seal application.

Sealing requires court order showing privilege or protectability

Voluminous sealing requests (>5 docs or >25 redacted pages) require a table

Documents filed under seal must be accompanied by a motion authorizing the sealing.

If the Court denies a motion to seal filed with a noticed motion, the documents will immediately be publicly filed on CM/ECF.

Lodging proposed protective orders in Word format by email to efile_Pettit@casd.uscourts.gov.

Designating parties must file joinder within 4 business days and show protectability; confidentiality designation alone insufficient.

Parties and counsel must personally redact personally identifiable, confidential, and privileged information from electronically filed documents when redaction is required.

Certain confidential documents must be placed in the confidential portion of the court file and disclosed only as permitted by law.

Petitions for involuntary medication and supporting or opposing documents filed under the specified Penal Code provisions may be filed under seal in an envelope marked “Confidential.”

Parties and counsel are solely responsible for redacting personally identifiable, confidential, and privileged information from electronically filed documents when redaction is required.

Access to the evaluation report or its contents is limited to the parties, their attorneys, law enforcement, judicial officers, necessary court employees, and minor’s counsel unless the court orders otherwise.

Medically verified HIV or AIDS-related information must be included only in a confidential memorandum attached to the Court’s probation report, marked confidential, kept in a sealed envelope in the confidential file section, and opened only by the presiding bench officer.

Records relating to the specified petitions must be kept in a confidential file inaccessible to the general public.

Petitions for involuntary medication and related supporting or opposing documents may be filed under seal in an envelope marked “Confidential.”

Attorneys in juvenile justice proceedings may disclose victim or witness contact information only as permitted by Penal Code Section 1054.2, and disclosure to the child or parent or guardian requires specific court permission after a hearing and a showing of good cause.

Medically verified information about AIDS, AIDS-related diseases, or HIV positivity must be included in a confidential memorandum attached only to the Court’s Probation Report, maintained in a sealed envelope, and opened only by the presiding bench officer.

Parties and counsel are solely responsible for redacting personally identifiable, confidential, or privileged information from electronically filed documents when redaction is required.

Medically verified AIDS, AIDS-related disease, or HIV-positive information must be placed in a confidential memorandum attached only to the Court’s copy of the probation report, marked confidential, maintained in a sealed envelope in the confidential court file, and opened only by the presiding bench officer.

Motion to seal must include meet-and-confer certification with date, manner, and participants.

Motions, oppositions, and replies should rarely be sealed; if necessary, file redacted version publicly and unredacted version under seal with motion to seal.

A party seeking to file a document under seal must explore all alternatives first.

Confidential documents cannot be filed under seal without a motion requesting leave of Court.

Thirteen categories of documents must be filed under seal with access limited to court staff, including grand jury matters, pretrial services reports, financial affidavits, cooperation materials, presentence reports, and others.

7-day notice required when filing documents claimed as confidential by other parties.

Parties must redact sensitive information unless filing under seal is unavoidable.

Sealed documents must be marked “FILED UNDER SEAL” on the first page.

Court filings, including complaint exhibits and attachments, must replace specified personal information with abbreviated identifying information.

Redact dates of birth to year only, unless deceased.

A separately filed excerpt of an administrative record must redact all personal information under LCR 5.2(a) or be the subject of a motion to file it under seal.

Personal identifiers must be redacted before filing per LCR 5.2(a), with specific redaction rules for dates of birth, minor children's names, SSNs, financial accounts, and other sensitive information.

When filing a redacted document, the party must submit an unredacted version with highlighted proposed redactions to Chambers or via CM/ECF.

Even when sealing is granted, parties must generally file redacted versions on the public docket unless redactions would render the document unreadable.

Motion to seal must identify specific injuries if materials are not sealed.

Redactions must not be so extensive as to render the document unreadable, in accordance with the common law right of public access.

(ii) If the motion to file under seal is granted, file the complete, unredacted versions of the documents under seal by ECF on the docket (observing appropriate deadlines). Consistent with representations made when seeking leave to file under seal, and any related order, counsel should highlight the non-public portions of sealed documents.

Existing confidentiality orders allow sealed filings without separate motion; otherwise, motion to seal required.

The unredacted version of the document should be filed under seal, which—unlike the rest of the motion—must be filed in paper copy with the Clerk of Court, with instructions to the Clerk to file the document as a sealed exhibit to the motion. See E.D. Pa. Local R. Civ. P. 5.1.2(7) (“Documents ordered to be placed under seal must be filed in paper copy filed in the traditional manner and not electronically.”).

Motions to seal require good cause to be shown.

Highly sensitive documents require compliance with January 22, 2021 Standing Order procedures.

Motion to seal must specify interests in nondisclosure.

Confidentiality/protective orders require formal motion, not stipulated orders.

Documents filed under seal should be filed appropriately using ECF. Any documents filed under seal should also be sent to chambers in the same manner as courtesy copies (see section 10, below). Paper copies will not be accepted.

Redacted version of sealed document must be filed electronically within 7 days; courtesy copies of sealed documents go to Clerk's Office; courtesy copies of redacted versions not required unless ordered.

A party seeking redactions must show good cause and explain how disclosure would cause a clearly defined and serious injury.

A redacted version of every sealed document must be filed electronically within seven days after the sealed document is filed.

Should any party intend to request to seal or redact all or any portion of a transcript of a court proceeding (including a teleconference), such party should expressly note that intent at the start of the court proceeding. Should any party subsequently choose to make a request for sealing or redaction, it must, promptly after the completion of the transcript, file with the Court a motion for sealing/redaction, and include as attachments (1) a copy of the complete transcript highlighted so the Court can easily identify and read the text proposed to be sealed/redacted, and (2) a copy of the proposed redacted/sealed transcript. With their request, the party seeking redactions must demonstrate why there is good cause for the redactions and why disclosure of the redacted material would work a clearly defined and serious injury to the party seeking redaction.

Counsel must deliver an original and two copies of papers filed under seal to the Clerk.

Sealed papers require original and copy delivered to Clerk; redacted version filed electronically within 7 days.

Sealed papers require delivery of an original and two copies to the Clerk, and a redacted version must be filed electronically.

Redacted version of sealed documents must be filed electronically within 7 days.

A party pursuing transcript sealing or redaction must promptly file a motion after the transcript is completed, attach the specified transcript copies, and demonstrate good cause and why disclosure should be restricted.

Redacted version of sealed documents must be filed electronically within 7 days.

Mediation statements and conference discussions are confidential, cannot be used in any litigation, and breach is subject to sanctions.

Counsel filing papers under seal must follow the District Court’s sealed-civil-documents policy and section G of the electronic filing and service procedures.

A party may designate material as 'Highly Confidential' only if the material is non-public and the party in good faith believes disclosure would create a substantial risk of serious financial or other injury that cannot be avoided by less restrictive means.

Parties must strictly comply with California Rules of Court 2.550 and 2.551 when filing under seal and should seal only when absolutely necessary because the Court must make specific findings for each part of every sealed document.

A party who believes exchanged discovery information needs protection must serve and file a proposed protective order within 5 days of this order and meet and confer on language, with the standard SCLAC Protective Order applying by default.

Materials in support of a motion filed under seal must comply with California Rules of Court Rule 2.551 et seq.

A party seeking protection for disclosed information must serve and file a proposed protective order within five days and meet and confer on agreeable language; otherwise the default is the Los Angeles Superior Court's standard protective order.

Motions or proceedings containing confidential materials that are governed by California Rules of Court Rules 2.550 and 2.551 must follow those sealing rules.

A party seeking protection for information covered by sections 2 or 3 must serve and file a proposed protective order within 5 days and meet and confer on language, with the standard LASC protective order as the default.

A party seeking protection for the ordered discovery information must serve and file a proposed protective order within 5 days of the Order, and the parties must meet and confer on language, with the SCLAC standard Protective Order as the default.

Submitting parties are responsible for redacting confidential information so that it is not publicly disclosed.

Exhibits containing sensitive personal information (e.g., Social Security number, home address, phone numbers, email) may not be displayed to the jury or shown to a witness unless the Court rules the information stays on the exhibit; before redacting, the party must show the document and proposed redaction to opposing counsel, and any objection is taken to the Court.

Confidential Materials may be accessed or disclosed only to the enumerated persons/entities: the Court; attorneys of record and their affiliated staff; in-house counsel and staff; officers, directors, partners, members, employees and agents of non-designating parties; court reporters; certain witnesses; mock jury participants; and outside experts or expert consultants.

A party who believes the information disclosed under this Order should be protected must serve and file a proposed protective order within 5 days of the Order, the parties must meet and confer on agreeable language, and the default is the standard LASC Protective Order from its website.

Petitions must include two copies of documents, one unredacted and one redacted, in a sealed envelope marked 'confidential'.

Juvenile court documents lodged in adult court must be placed under seal or in a confidential envelope.

Defense counsel inspecting, copying, or using juvenile case files for YOP mitigation must redact identifying information of victims and of co-participants who were under 18 at the time of the juvenile proceedings.

Records subject to a sealing motion are provisionally sealed while the motion is pending.

Documents are public when filed unless sealed; parties must redact personal data identifiers, and sealed documents are lodged electronically with a cover sheet and redacted version filed at the same time.

Further dissemination of juvenile court records is prohibited without express permission from the Juvenile Court.

Juvenile offender identities and case details must remain confidential and not be disclosed to the press.

If confidential request is denied, clerk keeps unredacted petition in confidential file for 15 days; minor may seek ex parte hearing; after 15 days it moves to public file.

If a motion or application to seal is denied, the moving party must notify the Court that the materials will be filed unsealed or refrain from relying on the materials, which will not be part of the record.

Juvenile file documents lodged in adult court must be placed under seal and/or in a confidential envelope within the court file.

Parties must redact certain social security numbers and financial account numbers as required by CRC 1.201.

Juvenile case files and child welfare agency records must be treated as confidential and may be filed with the Family Court only after seeking an order to file under seal; pleadings attaching them without such an order will be stricken.

Sealing requests require a first-step motion for leave with a cover letter explaining the sealing or redaction basis and the target document.

Sealing requests are typically denied if they do not propose redactions or specifically explain why redactions are not feasible.

Confidential information filed with the Court must be filed under seal.

Sealed documents must be marked "TO BE SEALED" and submitted to chambers with explanation and authority.

Objections to presentence reports should be filed under seal on ECF and served upon opposing counsel and the probation department at least two weeks before sentencing.

Prior court permission is required before filing documents under seal.

Sealing requests must comply with EDNY Administrative Order No. 2004-05.

Sealed filings must be filed on ECF as sealed documents.

Criminal sealed-filing procedures are provided in the referenced EDNY instruction document.

Sealed filings must be made via ECF and include a sealing motion, following EDNY website instructions.

PSR objections must be filed under seal two weeks before sentencing.

Sealed electronic filing is allowed only after filing a letter motion for leave and obtaining court permission.

Confidential information filed with the Court must be filed under seal to the extent permitted by law, and only confidential portions should be sealed where possible.

Court filings subject to confidential treatment or disclosing Confidential Information must be filed under seal to the extent permitted and remain sealed until further court order; if possible, only confidential portions should be sealed.

Exhibits with personal data identifiers must comply with S.D. Texas General Order #2004-11.

A party may provisionally file a document under seal only if it contemporaneously submits a motion for leave to file under seal, with the Court later deciding whether the document remains sealed.

To file a pleading, motion, or exhibit under seal, a party must first file a Motion to File under Seal for the Court to review.

Documents subject to confidential treatment or disclosing Confidential Information must be filed under seal, retained until court order, with only confidential parts sealed if possible.

Any exhibits containing personal data identifiers must comply with S.D. Texas General Order #2004-11 (available at the District website).

Designated Material filed with the Court is sealed only upon motion, with no automatic sealing; specific procedures apply based on whether the Filing Party is the Designating Party.

Filing documents under seal requires a motion establishing good cause, with redacted versions filed publicly, unredacted versions filed under seal, and proper SEALED designation on CM/ECF.

Exhibits with personal data identifiers must comply with S.D. Texas General Order #2004-11.

Counsel must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a) to protect minor plaintiffs' identities and privileged information.

Information subject to confidential treatment and court filings disclosing it must be filed under seal to the extent permitted by law.

A motion to seal may be granted only where confidentiality is required to protect an enumerated interest, such as preventing a serious and imminent threat to the administration of justice, a trade secret, a compelling government interest, obtaining evidence, avoiding substantial injury to innocent third parties or a party, or complying with established public policy.

Guardianship reports and orders appointing court monitors in guardianship cases are confidential.

A party seeking to have an appellate record sealed must ensure that the clerk of the lower tribunal is alerted to the issuance of the sealing order.

Substance abuse service provider records pertaining to identity, diagnosis, prognosis, and service provision are confidential.

The order may seal specifically identified documents in the court file while the remainder of the file and progress docket stay open to the public.

The closing statement should NOT be filed with the Court and should be submitted to the Court directly under seal or be brought to the hearing if one is held.

Juvenile delinquency records are maintained as confidential.

Complaints alleging misconduct against judges are maintained as confidential until probable cause is established.

Social Security, bank account, charge, debit, and credit card numbers in court records. § 119.0714(1)(i)-(j), (2)(a)-(e), Fla. Stat. (Unless redaction is requested pursuant to 119.0714(2), this information is exempt only as of January 1, 2011.)

Information subject to a Rule 2.420(f)(3) motion must be treated as confidential by the clerk pending the court's ruling, and filings containing that information must be docketed in a way that does not reveal its confidential nature.

The Clerk must immediately seal the court-designated materials and keep them from public access.

(B) Complaints alleging misconduct against other entities or individuals licensed or regulated by the courts, until a finding of probable cause or no probable cause is established, unless otherwise provided. Such finding should be made within the time limit set by law or rule. If no time limit is set, the finding should be made within a reasonable period of time;

Restricted personal information in medical records attached to a minor's compromise petition must be redacted before filing, and failure to redact requires a motion to redact under SRCR 3 and EDCR 2.13 before the judge will sign the order.

Documents may not be filed under seal based solely on the existence of a protective order; an independent basis is required.

Social Security and account numbers must be redacted from exhibits before submission.

If restricted personal information is filed in a minor's compromise proceeding, the petitioner must file a motion to redact under SRCR 3 and EDCR 2.13.

All social security numbers and insurance information must be redacted from exhibits.

Should a litigant inadvertently file a document that discloses “personal information,” the litigant must file a motion to seal or redact pursuant to the Nevada Rules for Sealing and Redacting Court Records (SRCR).

Proposed orders containing medical records or other presumed-confidential documents will be returned unsigned by the Judge.

The unredacted, unsealed potentially protected information must be filed simultaneously with the motion to seal, and a hearing on the motion must be set.

Counsel must also file an unredacted version, which the court designates TEMP SEAL (inaccessible to the public) until the motion is decided.

All personal information defined by SRCR 2(6) and NRS 239B.030 must be redacted before filing a minor's compromise petition, or a motion to redact must be filed before the order will be signed.

Redaction is preferred over sealing, and sealing is permitted only in the most unusual circumstances and not at all where reasonable redaction would adequately resolve the issues.

If medical records are filed in a minor's compromise proceeding, the petitioner must file a motion to redact under SRCR 3.

A motion or application filed in connection with a grand jury subpoena or other matter occurring before a grand jury, all other papers filed in support of or in opposition to such a motion or application, and all orders entered by the Court in connection therewith, shall be filed under seal. Such a motion or application shall be assigned a Grand Jury (GJ) case number and be assigned to the Chief Judge. All hearings on matters affecting a grand jury proceeding shall be closed, except for contempt proceedings in which the alleged contemnor requests a public hearing. Papers, orders and transcripts of hearings subject to this Rule, or portions thereof, may be made public by the Court on its own motion or on motion of any person upon a finding that continued secrecy is not necessary to prevent disclosure of matters occurring before the grand jury.

Motion for leave to file under seal requires both unredacted and proposed redacted versions.

Sealed document filings (in a totally sealed case or paper in a public case) must be made at Clerk's Office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., not at the security desk.

Consent/Declination Form must be filed in a manner that prevents public view.

When proposing redactions, parties must file an unredacted copy with proposed redactions highlighted.

Sealed documents in totally sealed cases must be filed in paper with electronic copy.

As soon as practicable after filing the motion, the moving party must deliver two paper copies or an electronic copy on a secure electronic device to the Clerk's Office, packaged as the Clerk's Office prescribes.

Petitions, notices, and oppositions must be filed under seal, with a conspicuous notation on the envelope, and maintained under seal pending further order.

In addition to Local Criminal Rule 49(f)(6), the parties should not presume that entire documents will be permitted to be filed under seal, but instead should strive to redact only the information that cannot be disclosed on the public docket. Therefore, when filing a motion for leave to file under seal, the moving party must not only submit the unredacted version that it seeks to file under seal, but also submit a proposed redacted version of the document for public docketing, if possible.

Motions citing fee agreement grounds must include the fee agreement, be filed under seal, and not be served on the opposing party.

When filing a sealed document in paper form, submit to Clerk's Office with electronic copy, in a securely sealed envelope/box conspicuously marked with required notation, case information, and sealing authority.

HSDs and related orders containing highly sensitive information must be kept in the Clerk's Office in a secure paper and/or independent electronic storage system.

Failure to deliver the signed TRO and commencement documents to the County Clerk before e-filing will result in public viewing of the filings.

A generic assertion that information is confidential is insufficient; the party seeking sealing must demonstrate compelling circumstances justifying restricted public access.

The movant bears the burden of demonstrating compelling circumstances to justify restricting public access.

All reports and exhibits must redact full social security numbers, finance account identifiers, and other sensitive personal information.

A confidentiality agreement or stipulation does not itself justify sealing or redaction; the Court independently determines whether sealing is appropriate.

Any request to seal records must be made specifically and on a showing of good cause.

The Court will not entertain successive sealing or redaction motions concerning material previously permitted to be sealed or redacted by final order; the parties must submit a proposed sealing order citing the prior order.

Attorneys filing documents with the County Clerk or Court must omit or redact confidential personal information covered by Uniform Rule 202.5(e).

If provisional sealing status was employed the OSC should include a TRO maintaining such status pending a decision on the motion. Since sealing of entire documents is rarely permitted, the moving papers shall include narrowly tailored proposed redactions and the movant shall email the court and opposing counsel a version of the documents with highlighted proposed redactions.

An infant's compromise application must be filed through NYSCEF in redacted form, with an unredacted copy submitted for the Justice's action.

Except in the specified proceedings or as otherwise authorized by rule, law, or court order, parties must omit or redact confidential personal information from papers submitted for filing, regardless of whether a sealing order has been sought.

Counsel seeking to seal documents in NYSCEF must follow the specified procedures and obtain an order under Uniform Rule Part 216.

Probation Office must file recalculation worksheet under seal.

Two paper copies (unfolded 8½x11) of specified documents must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked 'HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT' with redacted caption page and placeholder number affixed.

Probation Office must file the recalculation worksheet under seal.

Transportation Orders for prisoner debriefings/interviews may be filed under seal

A motion for leave to file a Highly Sensitive Document (HSD) is required before filing.

Worksheets for retroactive criminal history amendments must be filed as sealed ECF and sent to counsel of record.

Social Security records, administrative immigration records; qui tam complaints; and, Commercial or proprietary information. The motion to seal and to treat a document as an HSD via CM/ECF shall go forward under existing procedures, except that a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically. Instead, a blank placeholder document shall be attached to the motion in place of the proposed HSD to reserve the docket number.

The Court may order removal of an HSD or highly sensitive case from the electronic filing system upon motion of a party or sua sponte.

Petitions for violation of probation/supervised release/pretrial release conditions that include a request for an arrest warrant must be filed under seal; upon arrest, the Clerk shall unseal the petition and the docket entry for the warrant return.

Counsel must seek leave of court before filing an HSD.

The Court may designate certain materials as HSD on its own initiative or on party motion.

Petitions for violation of probation, supervised release, or pretrial release conditions, and related addenda and warrants, must be filed under seal and unsealed upon arrest.

A filing containing defined Confidential Documents must be marked confidential through the portal prompts when submitted.

Exhibits containing confidential information or filed under seal must not be accessible to the public.

An electronic filing containing defined Confidential Information must be appropriately redacted as required by the Public Access Policy.

When the proceeding concludes, its documents must be impounded and sealed in a packet that may be opened only by court order and must remain with the Register/Clerk.

When filing a document that requires confidential or other security treatment, the filer must indicate that treatment through the portal prompts at submission.

Electronic filings containing defined Confidential Information must be redacted as required by the Public Access Policy.

Parties may not file both redacted and unredacted versions of the same pleading, exhibit, or other document.

A filer submitting a document that should be confidential or otherwise secured must indicate the required security through the portal prompts at submission.

Unless the court orders otherwise, transcript preparers must redact Social Security numbers, financial institution account identifiers, and names of minor children.

If a confidential or sealed exhibit is filed in C-Track, the records office must mark the docket and maintain the exhibit as directed by the Court or its designee.

Complaint-related filings are confidential unless the President Judge makes them public; if misconduct is sustained, the President Judge may make the decision and appropriate file materials public.

Only the Court may seal a filing by order, and a party seeking sealing should present a motion rather than seal it on its own.

Impounded search warrant records are unavailable to the public but available to parties of record and as otherwise directed by court order.

Mental health records must be impounded subject to the cited statute.

Fitness reports and psychological or psychiatric evaluations must be impounded subject to the cited statute.

Financial affidavits and supporting documents must be filed as impounded documents and are not available to the public, subject to the stated authorized access.

Adoption files must be impounded subject to the cited statute.

Pretrial services reports received by the Circuit Clerk should be sealed in the applicable file, while the court, probation, parties, and counsel retain access.

After a jury trial, the listed juror documents must be placed in separate envelopes as specified and sealed in the court file.

Presentence investigation reports must be impounded subject to the cited statute.

The Circuit Clerk must maintain under seal in the case file copies of the specified items sent to the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Guardian ad litem reports concerning a minor in family, divorce, or minor guardianship cases must be filed as impounded documents, unavailable to the public but accessible to the listed persons and others as directed by the court.

A party seeking to file under seal without a prior court order must electronically file a motion for leave.

Juvenile files must be impounded subject to the cited statutes and local-rule exception.

If filing under seal without a prior court order, a party must e-file a motion for leave including a legal explanation, and may not attach the sealed document to the motion.

A Court Order or Grand Jury subpoena is Required to Divulge the Contents of the Case Records of the Department of Probation and Court Services. The Department of Probation and Court Services must strictly comply with the following paragraph of the Probation and Probation Officers Act: ... which records shall be open to inspection by any judge or by any probation officer pursuant to order of court, but shall not be a public record, and its contents shall not be divulged otherwise than as above provided, except upon order of court.

Parties must redact personal identifiers (SSN, driver's license, minor children's names, DOB, financial account numbers) from all electronic filings, using only last four digits or initials as specified, unless otherwise ordered.

A party filing under seal without a prior court order must e-file a motion for leave to file under seal, including an explanation of the legal standards; the document may not be attached to the motion.

Probation and Court Services case records are confidential and non-public; their contents may only be divulged upon a court order or grand jury subpoena, subject to specified statutory exceptions.

All filed documents must be redacted to protect privacy, except civil writs of attachment.

If a minor child must be mentioned, only the child's initials may be used.

The original pre-sentence or pre-plea report is filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in a sealed envelope marked with the report type and the case number and title.

Original eavesdropping device applications and authorization or denial orders are retained, filed, and impounded with the Clerk subject to further order of the Court.

The Department may share probation records with law enforcement when the information is already public record or is based on visual public observation by probation officers or court service personnel.

Caution is advised when filing documents containing other sensitive information like driver's license numbers, medical records, employment history, financial info, and trade secrets.

The original pre-plea or pre-sentence report must be delivered to the Clerk in a sealed envelope marked with the report type, case number, and title.

Default protective order in Appendix B effective upon initial disclosures; modifications allowed for good cause without delaying disclosures.

The destruction petition, the United States attorney's response, and any related chief judge order are restricted documents by default unless the court orders otherwise.

Under Alternative A, deposition testimony is protected only if designated “CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” on the record when taken, and the designation must be specific as to the confidential portions.

Documents authorized for non-electronic filing under seal must be delivered for filing pursuant to Local Rule 5.8.

A party must notify the producer at least five business days before publicly filing a document the producer designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential so the producer can move to seal it.

(b) The receiving party also must immediately inform in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material the subpoena or order seeks is the subject of this Order. The receiving party must also deliver a copy of this Order promptly to the party in the other action that caused the subpoena or order to issue.

AI models, inputs, and outputs derived from Confidential Information are deemed Confidential and restricted to use in this litigation.

Any party or interested member of the public may challenge the sealing of documents, with the party asserting confidentiality bearing the burden of proving the sealing is proper.

Confidential Information may be designated only for statutorily protected information, trade secrets, confidential research/technical/commercial/financial information, medical information, personal identity information, tax records, and non-party personnel or employment records.

Confidential Information and documents marked CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER must be returned to the producing party within 63 days of final judgment or dismissal, with specified exceptions.

Challenged Confidential Information must remain treated as confidential until court rules.

Marking a document “CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” confers protection only under this Order and not by statute or otherwise.

Documents may be designated confidential by stamping "CONFIDENTIAL" or another agreed method, without obscuring the underlying writings.

Deposition portions may be designated confidential on the record or by written notice within 72 hours of receiving the transcript, and should be transcribed separately and marked by the court reporter.

Any motion to seal court records must strictly follow Rule 76a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Paper filings containing sensitive data must include the notice phrase on the upper left-hand side of the first page.

When a confidentiality claim is challenged, the claiming party must move for a court ruling; material stays confidential for 20 days if no motion is filed, or until the Court rules if a motion is filed.

Orders about appointments and fees may never be sealed or withheld from public disclosure.

A party may designate deposition portions as confidential on the record or by written notice to opposing counsel within 72 hours after receiving the deposition transcript.

Any party may challenge a confidentiality designation by written notice of objection to the claiming party's counsel.

When a confidentiality claim is challenged, the party requesting confidential treatment must move for a ruling from the Court.

Confidential Material may only be used by counsel for litigation of this case or related actions, and may not be revealed without the claiming party's written consent or a Court order.

When a confidentiality claim is challenged, the claiming party must move for a Court ruling; the material remains confidential for 20 days if no motion is filed, or until the Court rules if a motion is filed.

Deposition portions may be designated confidential by written notice to opposing counsel no later than 72 hours after receipt of the transcript.

This balancing should include a “consideration of less drastic alternatives” to sealing entire documents. Binh Hoa Le, 990 F.3d at 420. For example, where the movant’s interests can be protected by redacting portions of a document, rather than sealing the entire document, courts generally favor redaction as a less drastic alternative.

for financial account numbers, use only the last four digits; for names of minor children, use only their initials; for dates of birth, use only the year; and (in criminal cases) for home addresses, use only the city and state.

Requests to seal or otherwise protect certain information of a confidential and/or proprietary nature from public disclosure during a hearing or trial should be made before the public disclosure of the information.

The above standing order makes clear that requests to seal or otherwise protect information from public disclosure during a hearing or trial should be made before the public disclosure of the information.

Transcript redactions must follow Local Rule CV-5.2 timing requirements.

Requests to seal courtroom/record must be made before public disclosure and demonstrate sensitive nature and good faith meet-and-confer.

Personal identifiers must be redacted from the witness list before filing.

Courts must be ungenerous with discretion to seal judicial records

Sealed attachments alone do not justify sealing the entire filing.

The above standing order makes clear that requests to seal or otherwise protect information from public disclosure during a hearing or trial should be made before the public disclosure of the information.

Exemptions from Protected Document status include published materials and government submissions.

When a document is sought to be sealed only partially, the party must specify the extent of the sealing.

Motions to seal must comply with Local Rule 5.3(c), include proposed order and findings, reference docket entries, and certify party consent.

If the parties designate as exhibits documents that are marked as confidential, a redacted set of the confidential documents should be filed on the public docket, and a separate, unredacted version of the documents should be filed under seal with the Court pursuant to Local Rule.

Redactions must be made before disclosure regardless of party agreement.

Sealed or sentencing materials may be emailed to Chambers if copying chambers email and filing a redacted version on CM/ECF.

Redactions must be sufficient to prevent content from being apparent from surrounding context.

If the parties designate as exhibits documents that are marked as confidential, a redacted set of the confidential documents should be filed on the public docket, and a separate, unredacted version of the documents should be filed under seal with the Court pursuant to Local Rule. During the Zoom proceeding, the Court will “screen share” only the redacted version of the confidential exhibits. The Court does not need hard copies of the redacted exhibits. In the hardcopy set of exhibits to be delivered to the Court, the confidential documents should be provided in separate sealed envelopes marked as confidential.

Sealed filings do not require physical copies; a redacted version must be filed electronically within 7 days.

Counsel of Record must meet and confer to determine redactions upon Request for Disclosure.

If the parties designate as exhibits documents that are marked as confidential, a redacted set of the confidential documents should be filed on the public docket, and a separate, unredacted version of the documents should be filed under seal with the Court pursuant to Local Rule. During the Zoom proceeding, the Court will “screen share” only the redacted version of the confidential exhibits. The Court does not need hard copies of the redacted exhibits. In the hardcopy set of exhibits to be delivered to the Court, the confidential documents should be provided in separate sealed envelopes marked as confidential. Whenever witnesses are expected to testify on the record about confidential information, counsel must provide advanced notice so that the Court can determine whether arrangements need to be made to protect that information from anyone listening in during the Zoom proceeding.

Motions to seal require proposed order, findings of fact, conclusions of law, and docket entry references.

If the parties designate as exhibits documents that are marked as confidential, a redacted set of the confidential documents should be filed on the public docket, and a separate, unredacted version of the documents should be filed under seal with the Court pursuant to Local Rule. During the Zoom proceeding, the Court will “screen share” only the redacted version of the confidential exhibits. The Court does not need hard copies of the redacted exhibits. In the hardcopy set of exhibits to be delivered to the Court, the confidential documents should be provided in separate sealed envelopes marked as confidential. Whenever witnesses are expected to testify on the record about confidential information, counsel must provide advance notice so that the Court can determine whether arrangements need to be made to protect that information from anyone listening in during the Zoom proceeding.

Counsel of Record during the meet and confer process should take great care to redact Presumptively Non-Public Information prior to e-filing on CM/ECF. Presumptively Non-Public Information includes the following: references to the Presentence Report (“PSR”); names of victims, witnesses, and other individuals whose identity and roles were not previously disclosed; information regarding cooperation by the defendant and others that was not previously disclosed; sensitive personal information concerning the defendant and others, including but not limited to medical or psychological reports and data; personal identifying information such as addresses, social security numbers, account numbers, and dates of birth; and information obtained during the course of a Grand Jury or law enforcement investigation that was not previously disclosed. All redactions should be sufficient to ensure that the content of the redacted information is not apparent from the context of the surrounding text.

When moving to seal appendix materials, divide into public and sealed volumes with separate pagination and table of contents requirements.

If either party files briefing under seal, the Court will enter a sealed order, and the movant must email a redacted public version to the law clerk for publication within seven days after entry.

Parties must meet and confer before filing a motion to seal; motion must certify compliance.

Parties may file unredacted documents or a reference list under seal with specified heading if full personal data identifiers are required; reference lists may be amended as of right and apply to civil and criminal cases.

Any party may file materials containing confidential information under seal without a separate motion for leave.

Compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 regarding redaction of certain material is mandatory.

Exhibits that are nonconfidential in their entirety should not be filed under seal at all.

Entirely nonconfidential exhibits should not be filed under seal.

Sealing requires motion with authority; redaction preferred over sealing.

Parties must coordinate on a publicly available version with targeted redactions of information any party deems confidential, label it “PUBLIC VERSION,” and coordination does not concede that the redacted information is confidential.

Cooperation on redactions does not constitute agreement on confidentiality

Redacted versions not required for exhibits to sealed documents

A motion to seal must request that the documents have no direct or remote public access.

Personal identifying information must be redacted from all exhibits, except where necessary to identify a specific account or exhibit.

A defendant or defense counsel must file an ex parte funding motion under seal directly with the court, after which the court records the filing date and time and maintains a separate ex parte file for later appellate-record determination.

Every motion requesting sealing must request denial of both direct and remote public access to the documents sought to be sealed.

A defendant's ex parte motion for funding must be filed directly with the court under seal.

Social Security numbers and other information that must remain outside the public record must be redacted under the court's and Supreme Court of Ohio's rules.

The probation department's CQE information packet is nonpublic and must not be added to the clerk's case file.

The Title IV-D benefits application must be filed in a confidential file.

A filer must redact statutory personal identifiers before e-filing and complete the e-filing system's personal-identifier questionnaire before the clerk will accept the filing.

Social security numbers and other information that must be excluded from the public record must be redacted under the court’s rules and the Rules of Superintendence.

The decision on an ex parte funding motion is sealed and provided only to the defendant and defense counsel.

The motion, proceeding transcript, defendant-submitted evidence, and court orders must be sealed and held by the court.

A party filing material that the opposing party has designated as confidential must give the opposing party sufficient advance notice before filing so the opposing party can seek a sealing or redaction order.

Filing parties must seek sealing/redaction order if including material opposing party identified as confidential.

Sealing requests must comply with LR 141 and FRCP; moving party must state if request is opposed.

Documents cannot be sealed or redacted without court approval unless required by Local Rule 140.

Sealing requests must comply with Local Rule 141 and FRCP, state opposition status, and allow 3 days for opposition/non-opposition.

Protective orders don't govern sealed/redacted filings; only proponent can request.

No case or portion of a case may be sealed unless good cause is adequately shown.

Counsel must redact all evidence.

When the parties agree that documents present compelling circumstances for sealing, they may proceed by a stipulation stating the good-cause reasons and requesting an order approving the stipulation.

A party seeking sealing or redaction may proceed by order to show cause stating proper reasons and demonstrating good cause, or may redact pursuant to 22 NYCRR §216.1.

No case or portion of a case may be sealed without adequately demonstrated good cause.

If the parties do not agree to sealing or redaction, the requesting party may proceed by order to show cause with proper reasons and good cause under 22 NYCRR 216.1.

Unredacted expert affirmations must be hand-delivered in a sealed envelope marked as specified and identify the redacted affirmation’s NYSCEF docket entry number and motion sequence number.

While the parties are free to exchange documents sought to be sealed, no unsealed version of the documents shall be filed unless found to be not subject to sealing in an Order on the sealing motion.

A request for additional redactions or sealing must be made by order to show cause establishing good cause under 22 NYCRR 216.1.

Before filing documents deemed confidential, a party must give the designating party at least five business days' notice, and the parties must meet and confer within three days of that notice.

A sealing motion must include an unredacted version of the relevant documents, sent to the court by email for comparison with the motion's redacted versions.

A case or portion of a case may not be sealed unless good cause is adequately shown.

Transcripts must identify minor children by initials only.

A transcript of a proceeding not open to the public may be released only with the presiding judge’s approval.

Parties may not file both a redacted and an un-redacted version of any document.

Police, arrest, and investigative reports attached to court filings must be redacted before filing, and the Court will refuse documents lacking the required redaction.

Redacted and conditionally sealed unredacted versions must be filed electronically in the same transaction.

The proposed sealing request must be highlighted in yellow in the unredacted documents accompanying a motion to seal.

The sealing filing must include both the redacted version and the conditionally sealed unredacted version.

The court will place the JV-535 in a confidential envelope only when the safety-risk disclosure box is checked.

Unredacted documents lodged under seal must be highlighted to identify the proposed redactions.

Confidential portions of an unredacted document should be highlighted or grayscaled to distinguish them from non-confidential information.

The Court will place the JV-535 in a confidential envelope only when the safety-risk disclosure box is checked.

The Court will consider requests for additional sealing or redaction only through an order to show cause.

The parties may not stipulate to seal or redact material beyond the categories permitted by the Redaction Rules.

Confidential personal information includes taxpayer identification numbers, birth dates, minors' full names, and financial account numbers, subject to the stated limited exceptions.

The parties may not stipulate to sealing or redaction beyond the Redaction Rules, and additional sealing or redaction requires an order to show cause.

The infant’s full name (other than initials) and date of birth (other than year) MUST BE REDACTED in all e-filed documents.

Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.

When additional sealing or redaction is permitted, the parties must electronically file a public redacted copy and the unredacted copy under seal.

When additional sealing or redaction is permitted, the parties must electronically file a public redacted copy and an unredacted copy under seal.

The moving papers must clearly identify every document for which sealing is requested, including its specific NYSCEF document number.

A sealing or redaction application must identify the document and reason for the request and establish good cause under 22 NYCRR 216.1.

The infant’s full name and full date of birth, rather than initials and year alone, must be redacted in every electronically filed document.

Each document to be sealed must be clearly identified in the moving papers by its specific NYSCEF document number.

Every Live Birth Certificate filed for a minor child must be treated as confidential.

All but the last four digits of a driver's license or identification number must be redacted before filing.

The second page containing the parties' Social Security numbers must be kept confidential from public disclosure.

The clerk must keep the personal-information page separate from the file and confidential.

Confidential information must be removed from documents provided to the Court before evidentiary use.

All but the last four digits of a driver license or identification number must be redacted using whiteout or blackout.

The Clerk of Court must maintain the 23 categories of documents identified by Rule 2.420(d)(1) as confidential.

The Clerk will redact specified sensitive information so it does not appear in documents accessible to the general public.

A filer may file a Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records to seek treatment as confidential for information outside the 23 categories identified in Rule 2.420(d)(1).

Unless the Court schedules argument otherwise, proposed record redactions are to be addressed at the pre-trial status conference.

A producing party may redact privileged, protected, personal data, data-protection, and other legally authorized information from produced documents and information.

An electronically submitted document may be filed under seal only if a Motion to File Document under Seal with a Proposed Entry is e-filed first and the documents are uploaded behind the proposed entry.

The clerk must place paper records in a numbered sealed envelope and secure it in a designated location.

The clerk must notify all public offices or agencies that may possess an official case record.

If an application to seal or expunge a record is approved, the court signs and files an order, and the clerk dockets and processes the order on the date of issuance.

Any pleading or filed document containing a victim’s name and address must include a redacted public copy, while the unredacted copy must be placed in the confidential case-file folder unavailable for public viewing.

Other personal and private information must be replaced with “REDACTED” in court documents.

The clerk must seal the electronic record in the case management system to prevent public access and searches.

The Clerk prints documents requested to be sealed, secures them in an envelope marked with the case number and motion date, and forwards the envelope to the Court for approval.

If a motion to seal is denied, the Clerk shreds the sealed envelope.

Confidential or highly confidential discovery material used in open court or lodged as a trial exhibit loses its confidential status and becomes public unless the producing party obtains a court order maintaining its confidentiality.

The Prothonotary may unseal materials governed by Paragraph 12 only under Rule 5(g) or a further court order.

If the motion seeking continued confidential treatment is not timely filed, the confidential filing becomes part of the public record and is accessible on the docket system.

Any court filing that communicates Confidential Discovery Material must be filed confidentially and withheld from public access under Superior Court Civil Rules 5(g) and 79.1.

A party must file a public version that redacts only sensitive, non-public Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material that the producing party reasonably and in good faith believes should be withheld.

A person challenging confidential treatment has seven days to file an opposition.

A producing party seeking to continue restricted public access to a confidential filing must file a motion with the court within the seven-day period specified by Superior Court Rule 5(g)(4).

Public versions of exhibits, affidavits, declarations, and other attachments ordinarily are not required, unless Rule 5(g), a court order, or the Prothonotary requires one.

Sealed documents will be released from confidential treatment or destroyed according to the court’s retention schedule.

Sealing requests must comply with CRC 2.550 and 2.551; records may not be sealed based solely on party stipulation.

Motion briefing filed with redactions or under seal requires a noticed motion to seal, and the motion will not be adjudicated until it is decided.

Documents may be filed under seal only in compliance with California Rules of Court Rule Nos. 2.550 and 2.551.

Documents under seal or conditionally under seal must comply with CRC Rules 2.550 and 2.551; the Court will not seal non-compliant documents.

Stipulated protective orders and motions to seal must comply with CRC Rules 2.550 and 2.551; records will not be sealed based solely on party agreement or stipulation.

Requests to seal court records must comply with CRC 2.550 and 2.551.

Documents submitted conditionally under seal will not be sealed unless the party complies with CRC Rule Nos. 2.550, 2.551, and 3.1302(b).

Sealing requires a motion complying with CRC rules 2.550/2.551; records are not sealed by stipulation alone, and a substantive motion is not decided until the sealing motion is heard.

Protective orders and sealing must comply with CRC rules 2.550 and 2.551; records are not sealed on stipulation alone, and sealed substantive motions are not decided until after the sealing hearing.

If no motion to seal is filed within the statutory time for conditionally sealed documents, the party must inform the clerk and file a notice that the documents become part of the public record.

Sealing requests will not be addressed ex parte unless the Court instructs otherwise.

For motions containing confidential materials, the Court prefers parties to lodge rather than file the confidential documents via a Notice of Lodgment.

Each party’s juror-information envelope must be sealed by court order and filed as a separate court exhibit to preserve the record.

Redaction compliance under rule 1.201 is additional to and does not replace WIC section 827 confidentiality requirements.

The submitting party must redact personally identifying information as required by California Rules of Court, rule 1.201.

The guardianship questionnaires are confidential, are excluded from the public record, and may be released to a party or attorney only by court order.

Filing parties and attorneys must exclude or redact personal data identifiers from all documents and exhibits filed with the court.

A proposed guardian's reported abuse or neglect allegations and criminal history must be submitted in a confidential supplemental report that is released only by court order.

The submitting party must redact confidential information so that it is not publicly displayed.

Documents containing unredacted sensitive data in violation of the rule may not be posted on the Internet.

Sensitive data includes government identification numbers, financial account information, birth dates, home addresses, and the name of a person who was a minor when the case was filed.

Sensitive data must be redacted before an electronic or paper document may be filed, subject to an expressly stated statutory, rule, or administrative exception.

Sensitive data must be redacted with an X for each omitted character or removed in a manner clearly indicating the redaction.

In criminal cases, the appellate record must not be posted on the Internet.

A filer may submit essential sensitive information in a paper reference list filed under seal.

The filer must retain an unredacted version of the filed document during the appeal and related proceedings filed within three years after judgment is signed.

Expunged cases must be removed from the case management system and their files destroyed.

Information omitted from a filing because it contains personal identifiers must be submitted to the Court or Clerk on the Court's Personal Identifiers form in a sealed envelope.

The nonpublic CQE investigation packet must not be added to the clerk's file.

In accordance with Sup.R. 11.14, a party may file a motion for leave to redact a previously filed document if personal identifying information was not omitted or redacted when the document was initially filed.

Cases must be sealed or expunged in accordance with the cited Ohio Revised Code sections.

Omitted personal identifiers must be submitted on the court’s Personal Identifiers form in a sealed envelope labeled for court-only opening, with the case number and related document identified, and provided upon a party’s motion if requested.

Documents may be filed under seal only after a prior court order authorizes sealing.

Documents requiring sealing must be submitted to the Clerk in a securely sealed envelope bearing the prescribed seal marking, case information, document title, sealing-order date, and filer's party designation.

The Court must prepare the sealing or expungement order and provide it with the BCI form to the Clerk.

Cases must be sealed or expunged in accordance with the specified Ohio Revised Code sections.

A request for access to a court document previously restricted from public access may be made by motion.

Cases may not be sealed by agreement; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing and may not occur before final trial, subject to the stated adoption exception.

Attorneys may not file documents containing unredacted sensitive data.

Parties cannot agree to seal a case; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing, and cases cannot be sealed before final trial.

The District Clerk may restrict the listed sensitive-data documents from online posting without a further court order, but the documents are not sealed unless a party obtains a court order sealing them.

On appeal, the court reporter must prepare the designated record, file it in a sealed envelope, and provide a copy to the district clerk for placement in the cause's sealed file.

Cases may not be sealed by agreement; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing and cannot occur before final trial.

Minors’ names and dates of birth may not appear in a filing except when the minor is charged as a defendant in a criminal matter.

Social security numbers may not be included in a filing except on the designated Confidential Information Form.

The confidential-document procedure applies to financial source documents, minors’ educational records, medical or psychological records, Children and Youth Services records, marital property inventories and pre-trial statements, income and expense statements, and agreements between parties used under 23 Pa.C.S. §3105.

Driver’s license numbers may not be included in a filing except on the designated Confidential Information Form.

In covered family-court actions, an abuse victim’s address and other contact information, including employer information, may not appear in a filing, but the victim’s name is excepted.

The court and filing offices are not required to review filed documents for Public Access Policy compliance and will not redact them.

The confidential-information section does not apply to sealed cases, cases exempt from public access, juvenile cases, child-support cases, or adoptions.

The confidential-document rule does not apply to cases already sealed or exempt from public access under applicable authority, including juvenile cases, child support cases, and adoptions.

Redacted or omitted personal identifying information must be supplied to the court on a separate form identifying the information and its location.

The Clerk will not accept a document for filing under seal unless a party files a sealing motion and the Assigned Judge approves it.

Under “Judge Access Only,” document access is limited to the Assigned Judge, while only the docket remains visible through PRO and the e-File System.

Documents submitted for in camera review must be sent directly to the Assigned Judge and not filed with the Clerk unless the judge directs filing under the “Judge Access Only” procedures in Rule 2.06.

When personal identifying information is redacted or omitted, the filer must provide it to the court on a separate form identifying the information and its location.

Documents designated for no remote public access must be filed electronically under Rule 2.01.

Before filing a written deposition transcript, the filing party must omit or redact all personal identifying information defined under Sup.R. 44(H).

Documents designated for judge access only must be filed with the Clerk in a sealed envelope using the specified procedure.

The sealing rule does not limit the court’s authority to restrict public document access under Sup.R. 45.

Inspection of the non-public file is limited to specified people acting in their duties or as directed by the Court; others must move for access, and unauthorized copying or disclosure may result in contempt penalties.

Protected information must be redacted; the Clerk must place the original petition under seal and prepare a redacted copy for the public case file, while records retain their status under law.

Defendants and defense counsel may access the Victim’s Rights Form, but not the victim’s address or other contact or identifying information unless the court orders otherwise.

Documents containing sensitive personal information and the listed categories of records must be kept in a separate non-public file maintained by the Clerk.

Those who are entitled to unredacted copy: prosecutor, victim or victim’s representative

The unredacted and proposed-redacted sealing exhibits must be hand-delivered rather than e-filed, and this is the sole exception to the e-filing requirement.

A sealing motion should include the unredacted documents and corresponding proposed-redacted versions as separate related exhibits.

A party filing a redacted document must contemporaneously or beforehand provide complete unredacted copies to the other parties and the Court.

In a county without electronic filing, a filing containing confidential information must be served and filed in redacted form, with redacted and unredacted copies transmitted to chambers, and the producing party may move to seal within three days.

The copy of the death certificate uploaded to NYSCEF should be redacted and an unredacted copy should be emailed to Chamber.

Infant compromise papers filed on NYSCEF must be redacted, while the mailed hardcopy set must remain unredacted.

All sealing orders automatically vacate when the case proceeds to trial unless the court expressly orders otherwise.

The court typically prefers redaction of discrete potentially confidential passages rather than wholesale sealing of a document.

When a minor child's name must be included, only the child's initials may be used.

When full personal identifiers are absolutely necessary in an entry or order, both the original and a redacted copy must be submitted to the clerk, and the redacted copy must carry the specified caption and redaction notations.

Sealed documents must be submitted to the Clerk in a sealed envelope whose face includes the case caption, document title, sealing-order date, and the notation “DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL.”

Personal and private information may not be included in filed documents, including exhibits and addenda, unless it is necessary and relevant to the case.

Unless otherwise ordered, documents submitted for in camera review must go directly to the assigned judge or magistrate rather than being filed with the clerk.

Documents requested to be filed under seal may not be attached to the motion because the motion itself will not be sealed.

The court will sign both the original and redacted journal entries.

The non-public file must contain the listed affidavits, financial and evaluation records, reports, letters, form, and other items directed by the Court.

The public file must contain a Clerk-prepared Notice of Filing identifying the non-public document and its filing date in place of that document.

A transcript of the recording may be made available to counsel or the parties only after objections to a Magistrate’s Decision are filed or an appeal is taken to the Court of Appeals.

The recording of a child’s in camera interview may not be made available to a party or counsel without Court approval.

When the Court deems it advisable, prospective juror lists may use numbers instead of names, and other identifying data may be withheld and sealed.

The Court may order that identifying data of prospective jurors and information contained on Juror Questionnaires provided counsel shall not be disclosed by counsel to litigants, defendants, or others not directly associated with counsel’s professional office.

Records of alleged child abuse or neglect may not be publicly released without a court order based on an in-camera inspection and a finding of necessity.

The Section 30.015 current-address notice must be maintained by the clerk outside public disclosure and must not be filed in the case papers.

The District Clerk may restrict the listed categories from internet posting without a further court order, but the documents remain unsealed unless a party obtains a sealing order.

If a filing contains improperly unredacted sensitive data, the clerk may require or permit the party to resubmit a redacted substitute document that may be posted online.

A party's name and current residence or business address contained in pleadings, motions, and other filed documents is not confidential under Section 30.015 and may be publicly disclosed as otherwise allowed by law.

Sealing or redaction motions must be noted before a judge or regularly appointed Court Commissioner, with a limited exception for certain unopposed Juvenile Court sealing motions heard by a temporary judge or commissioner.

Sentencing records and reports may not be sealed without a court order issued under the procedures in GR 15.

A party or interested person seeking to seal or redact a court record must propose written Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law identifying the alleged compelling privacy or safety concerns.

Pursuant to GR 31(e), the social security number should be redacted from the declaration filed with the court. An unredacted copy shall be filed with the court under seal;

All papers filed with the clerk must comply with GR 22 and GR 31 confidentiality requirements, including proper redactions before filing and confidential coversheets when required.

The court may order improper or inappropriate material to be sealed under the requirements of GR 15.

A motion or application to seal must be heard no later than a motion that relies on the materials sought to be sealed.

After denial of sealing, the moving party must either notify the Court that the materials will be filed unsealed or refrain from relying on materials that will not become part of the record.

A sealing motion or application must be decided before any motion relying on the materials, and after denial the moving party must either identify the materials for unsealed filing or refrain from relying on them.

Parties must redact agreed non-evidentiary information, including insurance information, from medical, personal, or consumer records offered as exhibits, and the proponent must prepare clean copies for evidence.

For medical, personal, or consumer records, the parties must delete agreed information that should not be introduced, including insurance information, and the proponent must prepare clean copies for evidence submission.

After denial of sealing, the moving party must either notify the Court that the materials will be filed unsealed or decline to rely on them, in which case they will not become part of the record.

The Guardianship Declaration and Confidential Guardian Screening Form remain confidential unless the court orders otherwise, while the other guardianship documents become part of the public record.

The victim-or-witness confidentiality sealing procedure preserves specified disclosure provisions, informant and search-warrant procedures, authorized defense access to unredacted reports, and documents submitted in support of civil complaints.

Confidential discovery documents lodged under Rule 2.1.9 will not be sealed because they are exempt from the sealing rules.

A child's in camera interview recording or transcript must be kept separately and released only with Court approval or, for a transcript, after objections are filed or an appeal is taken.

Only the listed individuals may inspect and review non-public-file contents in performing their duties or as the Court directs.

Documents filed in the public file must be redacted when they contain social security numbers or other individually identifying information.

Documents containing sensitive personal information must be maintained by the Clerk in a separate non-public file.

The non-public file must contain the specifically listed filings and any other items the Court directs.

The Clerk must place a Notice of Filing in the public file reflecting the non-public document and its filing date.

A Victim's Rights Form must be retained by the Clerk of Courts as a non-public document.

To file under seal without prior authorization, e-file a motion for leave to file under seal; the document must not accompany the motion.

Motions to file under seal must detail privacy interests, be supported by affidavit, include redacted version as exhibit, and cannot apply to all documents; protective orders must state they do not apply to court orders.

Fee petitions filed under seal or for in camera review require prior leave of court to be accepted.

Confidential memoranda must be sent to the court via email without including opposing counsel, plus hard copies.

If any materials are submitted which a party would like to remain confidential, the materials should be marked as such; otherwise, the Court will assume it has been seen by all parties (if it is not confidential, please provide a courtesy copy to the other parties).

Fee petitions filed under seal or for in camera review require prior leave of Court, including special State's Attorney fee petitions.

Parties must agree whether the pretrial settlement submissions shall be confidential.

Except when a statute provides otherwise, files, records, or documents may be impounded or sealed only by written court order.

When a party has a legal basis to seek sealing without a prior order, it must electronically file a motion for leave to file under seal, explain the legal standards, and not attach the document to the motion.

Fitness reports and psychological or psychiatric evaluations are subject to statutory impoundment requirements.

The judge must issue a written order granting or denying the sealing request; if granted, the order must specify the scope of sealing, whether parties' names are removed from the public index, and the sealing duration.

Parties and counsel must omit specified personal identifiers from electronically filed documents, or redact them when inclusion is necessary, unless the court orders otherwise.

Pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports must be maintained as confidential records.

The District Clerk maintains files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records in every adoption suit and every suit in which an authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.

Pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports must be maintained as confidential records.

In termination suits that do not seek adoption, files, docket sheets, and minutes are not confidential or sealed unless the court orders otherwise.

Protective order sealing must comply with the stated limitations and Washington General Rule (GR) 15 before documents are sealed.

Motions to seal must comply with GR 15/LGR 15 and caselaw; party agreement alone is insufficient; a proposed order with required findings is needed; documents may not be filed under seal or redacted without a prior court order.

Before filing substantive documents containing information sought to be sealed, the movant must obtain a court order allowing sealing/redaction, allowing sufficient time for noting and ruling.

Unredacted materials (hardcopy) should be sent to the Court via the Judges mailroom (516 3rd Ave, Rm C-203 Seattle, WA 98104). We do not accept unredacted materials over email.

Motions to seal must comply with GR 15, LGR 15, and controlling caselaw; party agreement alone cannot justify sealing or redaction.

Defense counsel must present a motion and proposed order for sealing, and the sealing order itself may not be sealed.

Circuit clerks must withhold specified personal, medical, employment, address, minor-child, and minor-offense information from Internet access by the general public.

The Guardian Information Sheet must be impounded with the Circuit Clerk because it contains personally identifiable information.

The Circuit Clerk must file the Confidential Disclosure Statement under seal and place the filing date and filing party on the public docket.

Information that is impounded, sealed, or expunged is excluded from public electronic access, and inspection requests must be made in person at the clerk's office.

The information identified in paragraph f (1) above should be filed with the Circuit Clerk under seal using the form called Confidential Disclosure Statement as set forth in the Forms portion of these rules, and hereinafter called f (1) Confidential Disclosure Statement.

A sealed record may be opened only by court order for good cause or at the applicant’s request for any reason.

Exhibit A containing account numbers is filed under seal but may be provided to the named financial institutions.

Unless the court orders otherwise, the order and proceeding records must be sealed upon the earliest of dismissal of the petition, expiration of the order, or the respondent’s 19th birthday.

Medical records and medical billing records must not be made available for public viewing unless the law or a subsequent court order provides otherwise.

A protective order may direct the parties to file specified documents or information simultaneously in sealed envelopes, to be opened as the court directs.

A person may request that an address be placed under seal if disclosure of their or their child’s address or identifying information would jeopardize health, safety, or liberty; the Court may hold a hearing on the request.

A receiving party notified that produced information is claimed to be privileged or protected must promptly return, sequester, or destroy it and its copies, and may submit it to the court under seal for a ruling.

A receiving party may promptly submit disputed privileged or trial-preparation information to the court under seal for a determination.

An in-camera child interview recording or transcript must be kept separately and withheld from parties and counsel without Court approval; a transcript becomes available only after objections are filed or an appeal is taken.

The non-public file must contain the listed categories of documents.

The custody evaluation report and its attachments are not publicly accessible and are placed in the family file, where counsel or self-represented parties may view them upon request.

Sensitive documents may be ordered into the non-public file, while social security numbers and other identifying information must be redacted from documents placed in the public file.

Inspection and review of the non-public file are limited to the listed individuals acting in their duties or as directed by the Court.

When the custody evaluation report is submitted for filing, the clerk must place in the public file a notice stating the report's filing date.

When the Court deems advisable, potential-juror lists may identify jurors only by number, with other identifying data withheld and sealed.

A filing containing trade secrets or attorney-client or work-product communications may be publicly filed in redacted form, but a complete unredacted version must then be submitted to the court for in camera review.

Other individuals may seek access to the non-public file by filing a motion.

If ordered by the Court, counsel may not disclose prospective-juror identifying data or Juror Questionnaire information to litigants, defendants, or others outside counsel's professional office.

The decedent’s social security number must be redacted from copies attached to or filed with the report.

In extraordinary circumstances involving electronic-device and social-media records, a party seeking to seal or exclude material must file a written request, provide notice, obtain a hearing, and maintain confidentiality pending the court’s ruling.

In extraordinary circumstances, either party may seek to seal or exclude otherwise disclosable materials from public access. A party must file a written request with the court after which notice will be provided and a hearing will be held in accordance with the processes found in A.C.R. Rules 6(C)-(D) or Indiana Code section 5-14-3-5.5. The material shall be treated as confidential from the time of the filing or tendering until the court rules on the request.

Supporting documentation must not be attached to the court-filed Financial Declaration Form unless it is redacted as necessary to comply with Indiana Trial Rule 5(G).

When an inheritance tax exemption affidavit is filed, the decedent’s social security number must be redacted from it.

Redactions must be clearly marked on the document, identify the redaction basis, and be recorded in a metadata field.

Requests to seal information from public access must comply with Access to Court Records Rule 6.

Filing parties and counsel must redact social security numbers, full financial account numbers, driver’s license numbers, and other statutorily designated personal or private information from filed documents, exhibits, and addenda, although the last four digits of social security and financial account numbers may be listed.

The filing party and counsel must remove personal and private information from filed documents, including attached exhibits and addenda.

Full financial account numbers may not appear in a public record, although the last four digits may be listed.

Personal and private information in documents filed before the rule took effect and in records or transcripts transmitted from another court is considered public.

Personal and private information in prior filings and records or transcripts transmitted from another court is public, but an affected person may petition for its removal and redaction if the request is granted.

The clerk of courts has no responsibility to remove personal and private information from public documents.

The parties' highest offer and lowest demand must be filed in a sealed envelope with the Deputy Court Administrator, which is not opened or transmitted to the arbitration judge until after the arbitration decision is reached.

Ex parte and sealed filings continue to be filed in paper format.

All hearing evidence in the guardianship matter is sealed and unavailable except upon further court decree.

Clerk is not required to redact filings but may reject papers violating confidentiality rules.

Specified healthcare, treatment, guardian ad litem, financial, appraisal, and legally confidential documents are confidential and inaccessible to non-parties and attorneys of record unless admitted as evidence, subject to the stated caveat.

The clerk must maintain this document in the confidential portion of the case and restrict access to the record.

Social Security numbers and other information excluded from public records must be redacted, and the Clerk must file the original petition under seal; the quoted text ends before specifying what follows.

Documents filed in the public case file that contain Social Security numbers or other individual personal identifiers must be redacted by the filing party.

Check the box requesting that an address be sealed only if disclosure of the address or identifying information would jeopardize the health, safety, or liberty of you or your children.

If a Social Security number must be included in a publicly filed document, only the last four digits may be used.

When a Social Security number must be included, only its last four digits may be used.

Financial account numbers included in filed documents must be limited to their last four digits.

If a Social Security number must be included in a publicly filed document, only its last four digits may be used.

E-filers are responsible for ensuring that filed documents comply with the Court’s rules requiring redaction of personal identifiers, and the Clerk will not review each document for redaction.

When financial account numbers are relevant, only the last four digits may be used.

If an individual's date of birth must be included in a publicly filed document, only the year may be used.

All documents related to mental health proceedings must be filed confidentially unless the court orders otherwise.

Child abuse reports, reporting-party identity, and court-ordered psychological evaluations may not be exchanged between agencies without a court order, and copies of DCFS/APS/JPD documents may not be attached to court reports or made public without a court order.

Where authorized by required by law or court order, parties may designate all or portions of electronically filed documents as confidential and file confidential information may be obtained through the filer’s EFSP and the court’s web site at http://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/Pages.aspx/efsp.

Parties in criminal cases may designate all or portions of e-filed documents as confidential when authorized or required by law or court order.

The following documents are confidential but do not require a court order to seal: (1) Court investigator reports and memoranda. (2) Original bank statements. (3) For guardianships: (A) Confidential Guardianship Screening Form (form GC-212); Confidential Proposed Guardianship Questionnaire and Screening (local court form); (B) Confidential Guardianship Status Report (form GC-251); (C) Confidential Guardianship Termination Questionnaire (local court form);

A grand jury seeking to interview a court member or employee in a civil investigation must submit a sealed written request to the Presiding Judge identifying the interviewing grand jurors and specifying all questions.

Listed persons and agencies may access juvenile court records and obtain photocopies without a prior court order, subject to conditions (best interest of child, necessary and relevant information).

Parties must omit specified personal identifiers from case documents and submit the omitted information on a separate form, which may be the court’s form or a form of their own.

A Statement of Expert Evaluation (SPF17.1) must be maintained as a confidential record.

When a pleading requires or contains the specified personal and private information, the filing party must submit that information on the Personal Identifiers form.

When disclosure of identifying information would jeopardize health, safety, or liberty, the address should be kept confidential and placed under seal upon request.

Information received to assist with a decision under Section 2953.25 retains its public or non-public status as provided by law.

Personal and private information must be filed separately as a non-public record and kept in a separate envelope in the case file.

The filing party and counsel are responsible for removing personal and private information from filings, including attached exhibits and addenda.

Personal and private information should be listed on the General Information Sheet for Domestic Relations Cases, which is kept in a separate envelope.

The Clerk and Deputy Clerks are not responsible for removing personal and private information from public documents.

The Clerk or Deputy Clerks will remove personal and private information from a stamp-filed document only with a court order.

In the specified family court actions, an abuse victim's address and other contact information must be kept confidential, but the victim's name is excepted.

The addendum and any additional pages may be provided only to the court and must remain confidential.

Provide confidential information to the court only when required by law, ordered by the court, or otherwise necessary to dispose of the matter.

An active financial account number may be identified by its last four digits only when the account is at issue and cannot otherwise be identified.

The best way to protect confidential information is not to provide it to the court.

The Confidential Information Form and its additional pages must remain confidential, but are available to the parties, counsel of record, the court, and the custodian.

A minor's name and date of birth are confidential, except when the minor is charged as a defendant in a criminal matter.

For documents identifying a child victim, a party must submit a redacted or fictitious-name public version and an unredacted confidential-file version.

Child-victim cases require separate public and confidential court files during prosecution and disposition.

Information subject to a privilege or protection claim must be presented to the court under seal and remain unused or undisclosed until the claim is resolved.

When appropriate, identical public-file and confidential-file copies may be submitted for non-victim-identifying documents.

For confidential exhibits, the motion must state that the exhibits are excluded from the public file and provided directly to chambers and the responding party.

A stipulated order allowing sealing without a separately filed motion will be rejected, or its sealing provision will be stricken if the remainder is otherwise acceptable.

Parties may not agree by stipulation to seal documents or records.

Parties may not agree by stipulation to seal documents or records.

Confidential materials may not be filed except in sealed envelopes bearing the specified caption, inventory, and notice; only confidential portions should be sealed when practical, and non-disclosing references may be filed without sealing.

For confidential exhibits, the moving party must state in the motion that they are excluded from the public file and provided to chambers and the responding party, and email copies to chambers with the staff attorney copied.

Confidential exhibits omitted from the public file must be emailed to chambers as part of a complete judge’s copy and provided to opposing counsel by noon on the Thursday before the hearing.

The listed personal and financial information must not appear in court-filed documents except on a Confidential Information Form filed at the same time; specified exceptions apply to active account numbers, minors charged as criminal defendants, and an abuse victim's name.

The form is public, but attached documents are not publicly accessible unless a court orders otherwise; they are available to the parties, counsel of record, the court, and the custodian.

Parties and the attorney of record may access the Confidential Information Form, and its information must remain confidential.

THIS FORM IS CONFIDENTIAL

For a document that fails to comply with the policy, the court may on motion or on its own initiative, with or without a hearing, order sealing, redaction, amendment, or a combination, and may impose sanctions including compliance-preparation costs.

The instructions recommend not providing confidential information to the court and limit provision to information required by law, ordered by the court, or otherwise necessary to resolve the matter.

If a filed document does not comply with the policy, the court may, on motion or on its own initiative and with or without a hearing, order it sealed, redacted, amended, or subject to a combination of those remedies.

A pro se defendant may apply for an order sealing or expunging the criminal record under Ohio Revised Code sections 2953.33 or 2951.041.

Social Security, financial account, driver's license, tax, employer, employee, and other statutorily protected identifying information may not appear in public filings, although the last four digits of Social Security and financial account numbers may be listed.

Social Security numbers and other information that must be excluded from the public record must be redacted under the Court's and Rules of Superintendence.

Every motion to seal a record must be set for a hearing.

The filing party and counsel must remove personal and private information from filings and attached exhibits and addenda, including judicial reports, tax liens, medical records, and other attached materials.

Counsel seeking to seal a document or case must file a motion and proposed entry with the assigned judge and include the specific case number and caption of the material to be sealed.

Personal information in earlier filings and records transmitted from another court is public, but an affected person may petition for its removal and redaction if the request is granted.

Parties must obtain Court approval by filing and serving a motion under MCR 8.119(1) before filing documents under seal, and may not tender sealed items to the Clerk until the motion is granted.

When materials are designated Confidential on the record, the court reporter must note it on the cover page, list pages/lines/exhibits, bind the transcript in separate portions, and unauthorized persons must be excluded during discussion of Confidential information.

A non-producing party may designate produced materials as Confidential by notifying all parties in writing of the specific item.

The Security Plan, including any amendments, must be kept confidential and excluded from the public record.

Filing parties must omit or partially redact the listed personal data and proprietary or trade secret information, unless the assigned judge orders otherwise; the filer alone is responsible for redaction, and the Court will not review or redact the documents.

Confidential records may be accessed only as authorized by the Judge or applicable law, and unauthorized disclosure or receipt may result in contempt.

The decedent’s social security number should be redacted from photocopies of a death certificate presented to the court.

The decedent's social security number should be redacted from photocopies of a death certificate presented to the court.

Documents for which confidentiality is requested must be emailed to the judicial assistant for in-camera judicial review.

Attached documentation must be redacted as applicable, including removal of banking or credit card account numbers from proof of payment.

Confidential patient treatment records generally may not be filed in the court file.