Sealed Document

Official Procedure - Last Updated: August 17, 2020ClosedAuthor:

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Fed.R.Bankr.P. 9037(c)

11 U.S.C. ยง

Local Rule 5005-5

08/17/2020 - Added #3 to the background and updated steps #10 through #17.

Date Description
06/10/2020 Updated background to conform to the revised Local Rule 5005-4. File the Sealed Document AFTER you file the Motion to Seal.
02/14/2020 Updated to conform to the revised Local Rule 5005-4. File the Sealed Document AFTER you file the Motion to Seal.
12/08/2017 Created

Background

Note: Per Local Rule 5005-5, you must file a Motion to File Sealed Document BEFORE you file this event.

Local Rule 5005-5

(1) A party wishing to file an entire document under seal (e.g., an entire motion, an entire exhibit to a motion, etc.) must:

  1. file a motion requesting permission to file the document under seal;
  2. file the document provisionally under seal; and
  3. file a proposed order that contains a paragraph identifying the person, if any, who may have access to the document without further order of the court.

(2) Any document filed provisionally under seal without a motion requesting permission to file the document under seal will be unsealed.

(3) Effective August 10, 2020, the event was modified to add an entry number. The entry will be visible on the public docket.


No party has access to a Sealed Document unless an order allowing access is signed by the Judge.

Step-by-Step Procedures:

  1. Select [Bankruptcy>Other] or [Adversary>Other]

  2. Enter case number

  3. Click Next

The verification screen will display

  1. Verify you are docketing on correct case.   If notClosedclick the back button to go back to the case number field and re-enter the case number/If yes

  2. Select Sealed Document from pick list

  3. Click Next

  1. Select Party from party pick list or Add/create new party

  1. Click Next

  2. The Attorney/Party Association screen may display.  If it does, click here. Click Next

  3. The following message will appear, click Next

This document, and any attachments, will be sealed. Per Local Rule 5005-4, you must file a Motion to File Sealed Document BEFORE you file a Sealed Document. If the Sealed document does not relate to another entry, please relate it to your Motion to File a Sealed Document.

  1. Enter title of Sealed Document, click Next

  2. The PDF Document selection screen will display.

  3. Browse, View and Attach the appropriate document/file

  4. Click Next

  5. Select the category to which you event relates, click Next

  6. Select the appropriate event(s) to which your event relates, click Next

  1. The Final Text Editing Screen will display

    Verify the accuracy of the docket text. If not correctClosedselect Bankruptcy or Adversary to start over/if correct

  1. Click Next to complete filing process

The Notice of Electronic Filing will display.  It is the verification that the filing has been sent electronically to the court.

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