(a) An Application and Affidavit for a Search Warrant, Seizure Warrant, Tracking
Warrant, etc. (hereinafter “Search Warrants”) must include a proposed Warrant. Any application
to file the documents in a Sealed case shall also include an Application to Seal the case, a Public
Sealing Order and a proposed Sealing Order with an expiration date to unseal the case not to
exceed 180 days after the last search warrant return is filed, unless an extension has been granted
by the Court.
(b) The search warrant return shall be filed within 30 days after the execution of the
warrant. Tracking warrant returns are due within 10 days after the use of the tracking device has
ended pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. Rule 41(f)(2)(B). If a delayed notice has been granted, a search
warrant return is due 30 days after the expiration of the delayed notice deadline.
(c) The Government must file a request for an extension of the deadline to unseal the
case no later than 180 days after the search warrant return is filed or 30 days after the delayed
notification deadline has expired.
(d) The Government must file a motion to unseal a search warrant case no later than
180 days after the search warrant return is filed or 30 days after the delayed notification deadline
has expired. Upon the unsealing of the case, if the Government seeks to have any of the
individually filed documents remain under seal and/or be redacted, the Government shall include
in its motion to unseal the docket number, the proposed redactions, if applicable, and the
reason(s) that the referenced material should remain under seal and/or redacted under the
governing legal standard pursuant to Criminal Local Rule 49.2.
