5.2, no case or document may be filed under seal without first
obtaining approval by the Court.
All documents to be filed under seal and all Applications for Leave to
File Under Seal must be filed electronically using the Court’s
CM/ECF System, unless otherwise indicated in this rule or exempted
from electronic filing pursuant to L.R. 5-4.2. Before electronically
filing any under-seal documents or any Applications for Leave to File
Under Seal, filers must familiarize themselves with the Court’s Guide
to Electronically Filing Under-Seal Documents in Civil Cases,
available on the Court’s website at www.cacd.uscourts.gov. Failure
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to comply with the instructions in this Guide may result in the
disclosure of confidential information.
Where this rule directs that documents must be presented for filing in
paper format, the original of all such documents must be submitted for
filing in separate sealed envelopes, with a copy of the title page
attached to the front of each envelope, and must be accompanied by a
PDF version of the documents on a CD or flash drive, unless
otherwise ordered by the judge.
