(a) Redacted Filings.
In addition to redactions required by Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1, parties shall redact in their entirety
Passport Numbers and Driver License Numbers.
(b) through (c) Reserved
(d) Matters To Be Filed Under Seal
If the following matters or items are filed, they shall be filed under seal, with access provided
only to court staff:
(1) grand jury matters;
(2) pretrial services reports and recommendations;
(3) petitions for warrant, until the defendant appears on the petition;
(4) financial affidavits in support of motions for appointment of counsel;
(5) materials relating to motions for leave to withdraw as counsel;
(6) psychological or psychiatric reports;
(7) lists of prospective or seated jurors;
(8) transcripts of voir dire;
(9) materials relating to a defendant’s cooperation, e.g. U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1, 18 U.S.C. §
3553(e) memos, or Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b), and supporting documents may be filed
electronically via CM/ECF pursuant to General Order 12-23 of this court so they do not
appear on the publicly available docket. These materials must be served on the opposing
party via traditional means;
(10) release status reports;
(11) final presentence reports and recommendations;
(12) the judge’s statement of reasons for the sentence imposed; and
(13) documents received from a defendant who is represented by counsel may be
forwarded to counsel or filed under seal, pending review by and specific order of the court.
Pro se motions to disqualify counsel should ordinarily be filed under seal and ex parte.
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(e) Sealing Requirements
If a party wishes to file under seal materials other than those enumerated above, a motion or
stipulated motion to seal must be made or filed before or at the same time the party files the
sealed materials. The motion should set forth a specific statement of the applicable legal standard
and the reasons for keeping a document under seal, with evidentiary support from declarations
when necessary.
Parties may file a motion or stipulated motion requesting that the court unseal a document.
Withdrawing Unsealed Document
When the court denies a motion to seal, the clerk will unseal the document unless (1) the court
orders otherwise, or (2) the party who is relying on the sealed document requests in the motion to
seal or response that, if the motion to seal is denied, the court withdraw the document from the
record rather than unseal it. If a document is withdrawn on this basis, the parties shall not refer to
it in any pleadings, motions or other filings, and the court will not consider it. For this reason,
parties are encouraged to seek a ruling on motions to seal well in advance of filing underlying
motions relying on those documents.
(f) through (h) Reserved
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