ACCESS TO RECORDS AND PAPERS

(A) Withdrawal. No person, other than an employee of this court in the exercise of official duty, may withdraw any original pleading, paper, record, model or exhibit from the custody of the clerk of this court or other employee of this court having custody thereof, except upon written order of a judge of this court, and upon leaving a proper receipt with the clerk of this court or employee. (B) Public Access. (1) (2) Electronic access to the electronic docket and to documents filed in the System is available for viewing to the public at no charge at the Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.

A copy fee for an electronic reproduction is required in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1930. Public remote electronic access to the System for viewing purposes is limited to subscribers to the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (“PACER”) system, which charges a user fee for remotely accessing certain detailed case information. Conventional copies and certified copies of electronically filed documents may be purchased by the public at the Clerk’s Office. The fee for copying and certifying will be in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1914.

An exception to the prohibition on general public remote access is possible in a high-profile criminal case where the demand for documents may impose extraordinary demands on the Court’s resources. The Court is authorized to provide Internet access to documents filed in such a case if all parties thereto consent and the trial judge finds that such access is warranted. (C) Conventional Copies. Conventional copies and certified copies of electronically filed documents may be purchased by the public at the Clerk’s Office.

The fee for copying and certifying will be in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1914.

RULE.

49.12 PRIVACY.

(A) Redactions. To address the privacy concerns created by Internet access to court documents, litigants must modify or partially redact certain personal data identifiers appearing in case initiating documents, pleadings, affidavits, or other papers. In addition to those set out in Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1, these identifiers and the suggested modifications are as follows: (1) (2) (3) Addresses: Use only City and State; Signatures: Use s/name; and Driver’s License numbers: Use only last four numbers. Litigants also should consider redacting or filing a motion to file under seal any document that contains information that might bring harm to anyone or should not be made public for law enforcement or security reasons.

(B) Unredacted Documents and Reference Lists. When redactions result in a documents’ intent being unclear or if ordered by the Court, the filing party must file under seal an unredacted document or a reference list. A reference list must contain the complete personal identifier(s) and the redacted identifiers(s) to be used in its (their) place in the filing. If an unredacted version is not filed, the unredacted version of the document or the reference list must be retained by the filing party for one year after completion of the case, including all appeals.

Upon a showing that the redacted information is both relevant and legitimately needed, the Court may, in its discretion, order the information disclosed to counsel for all parties. (C) Transcript Redactions. Parties and attorneys may order transcripts. A court reporter then will file the transcripts electronically in CM/ECF.

The transcript will be available for viewing at the Clerk’s Office public terminal, but may not be copied nor reproduced by the Clerk’s Office for a period of 90 days. A Notice of Filing of Official Transcript will be served on all parties. If any material should be redacted from a transcript, a party must file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction within 7 days of the filing of the transcript. The responsibility for identifying material that should be redacted, in a transcript, lies solely with counsel and the parties.

Within 21 days from the filing of the transcript, the parties must file under seal a Motion of Requested Redactions indicating where the material to be redacted is located, by page and line. If a party fails to follow the procedures for requesting redaction, the official transcripts will be made available electronically to the public 90 days after the transcript was initially filed with the Clerk. Revised 03/2010