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Confidential Documents: Court Permission to File Under Seal

5003-2(c):  Confidential Documents: Court Permission to File Under Seal

No documents may be presented to the court for filing under seal unless and until the court has granted a motion authorizing the filing of such documents under seal.  All motions for authority to file documents under seal must be filed electronically, if the filer is an attorney.

  1. The motion should include as exhibits, or in a separate appendix also filed electronically, the documents that the movant seeks to file under seal with the confidential portions  redacted; provided, however, that, if the documents are voluminous, the motion may be accompanied by a declaration under penalty of perjury to this effect and a schedule of the documents that movant seeks to file under seal.
  2. The motion must describe the nature of the information that the party asserts is confidential (without disclosing the confidential information) and explain why the information should not be publicly disclosed.
  3. If and when the court grants the motion for authority to file documents under seal, unredacted versions of the documents, together with an entered copy of the order authorizing the sealed filing, should be presented for filing under seal in the manner directed by the court in its order authorizing the filing under seal. 

Additional information regarding the process of filing a document under seal is available by calling Case Initiation at the division where the bankruptcy case is pending.  See link below.

 

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Section 4 - Match Local Bankruptcy Rules with Forms
Section Number or LBR Number: 
5003-2(c)
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