EXHIBITS, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, AND SEALED DOCUMENTS
(a) Retention by Party or Attorney. All non-electronically submitted
exhibits offered by any party in civil or criminal proceedings, whether or not received as
evidence, shall be retained after trial by the party or attorney offering the exhibits until
time for appeal expires or the mandate on appeal issues, unless otherwise ordered by the
Court. All non-electronically submitted administrative records offered by any party,
whether or not received into evidence, in Social Security cases and other cases reviewed
under the Administrative Procedure Act will be returned to the party or attorney when the
time for appeal expires or the mandate on appeal issues, unless otherwise ordered by the
Court.
(b) Sensitive Exhibits. Sensitive exhibits, whether or not received as
evidence, shall remain in the custody of the arresting or investigating agency or its
designee throughout the proceedings, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Sensitive
exhibits include drugs and drug paraphernalia, guns and other weapons, money, and any
other exhibit designated as sensitive by the Court.
(c) Transmission on Appeal. If requested by the Court of Appeals, each party
or attorney is responsible for transmitting non-electronic exhibits to the appellate court as
part of the record on appeal.
(d) Notice to Remove Non-electronically Submitted Exhibits and
Administrative Records. Upon thirty (30) days’ notice, the Clerk may destroy or
otherwise dispose of any non-electronically submitted exhibits or administrative records
when the time for appeal expires or the mandate on appeal issues, unless otherwise
ordered by the Court.
(e) Sealed Documents – Search Warrants, Tracking Warrants, and Orders
on Pen Registers, Trap and Trace Devices, and §2703(d) Applications. Unless
otherwise ordered by the Court, any search warrant, tracking warrant, or order on pen
register, trap and trace device, or application under 18 U.S.C. §2703 (d) ordered sealed
by a magistrate judge in a criminal matter on or after December 1, 2023, will be unsealed
one year after the file date of the search warrant or §2703(d) order, or the expiration date
of the pen/trap order or tracking warrant. At least 60 days before the expiration of the
sealing order, the Clerk of Court must notify the Criminal Chief at the Office of the
United States Attorney, or designee, of the date when the documents will be unsealed.
Before the expiration of the sealing order, the government may move the court to unseal
the documents or to extend the sealing order. A motion to unseal or to extend a sealing
order may be filed ex parte. Documents that have been unsealed may be destroyed when
eligible under the Records Disposition Schedule in the Guide to Judiciary Policy.
F.R.Civ.P. 80. Stenographic Transcript as Evidence
(NO LOCAL RULE)
Title XI. General Provisions
F.R.Civ.P. 81. Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions
(NO LOCAL RULE)
F.R.Civ.P. 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
(NO LOCAL RULE)
F.R.Civ.P. 83. Rules by District Courts; Judge’s Directives
