UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
IN RE: )
) SO-17-02
ENCRYPTION OF ELECTRONIC )
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, )
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE )
STANDING ORDER
The Court must ensure that it and the litigants appearing before it have access to all
discovery, documents, pleadings, and other materials to which they are entitled. The use of
encryption technology, however, may cause accessibility issues for the viewer, who may not
possess the appropriate software necessary to view the encrypted material. Accordingly, to ensure
that access to such material continues, the Court hereby ORDERS that all discovery, documents,
pleadings, and other materials in electronic format be submitted for filing or presented to the Court
without password-protection or encryption, unless otherwise directed by the Court following
adequate demonstration of necessity.
ENTER: August 4, 2017
s/Thomas A. Varlan
Chief United States District Judge
