Filing of Transcripts

See Administrative Order 2008-35. Transcripts must be submitted (but are not file-stamped) by Court Reporters electronically in PDF format. These transcripts will not be in redacted form. The transcript will not be accessible electronically via PACER for 90 days from the date of filing.

The transcript will be available for inspection only, free of charge, at the office of the Clerk of Court via the public terminals. Copying of said transcripts will not be permitted during the 90 day period. During this period, a copy of the transcript may be obtained from the court reporter or transcriber at the rate established by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Upon the Court Reporter filing the transcript, CM/ECF will generate and serve all parties associated with a particular case a Notice of Filing of the Office Transcript which will advise parties that they have seven (7) calendar days from the filing date of the transcript to file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction of a Transcript and twenty-one (21) calendar days from the filing date of the transcript to file the actual Request for Redaction.

Parties wishing to redact a transcript must inform the Court, by filing a Notice with the Clerk via CM/ECF, of the party’s intent to redact personal identifiers, as required by Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 49.1 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, from the electronic transcript of the court proceeding. Within twenty-one (21) calendar days of the filing of the transcripts a Request for redaction shall be filed via the CM/ECF system and served on the Court Reporter. The request for redaction shall indicate by page and line number the location of the personal data identifiers for which redaction is being requested. Personal data identifiers include: individual’s social security and taxpayer identification numbers, financial account numbers, names of minor children, dates of birth, and in criminal cases, home addresses.

Requests for Redaction should be worded so that they do not include personal data identifiers since they will be viewable on the public docket of the case record. Parties seeking to redact personal identifiers other than those listed above shall file a motion in accordance with this court’s local rules. A copy of the motion shall be served on the Court Reporter by the party seeking the redactions. Redaction responsibilities are solely the responsibility of the attorneys or pro se litigants who attended the hearing to which the transcription applies.

Each party is responsible for reviewing and requesting redaction of testimony of witnesses that were called for the party and for that party’s own statements. The Court has not responsibility and is not staffed to verify that redactions are complete, so the E- Filer should submit specific instructions to the Court Reporter preparing such transcripts in order to ensure compliance with the E-Government Act of 2002 and to protect against the disclosure of other sensitive personal, financial, and trade-secret ECF Policies and Procedures 12/1/2016 information. Page 17 of 30 When the Notice of Intent to Request Redaction has been filed and subsequently a Request to Redact is filed within the requisite twenty-one (21) calendar days deadline, the Court Reporter shall redact the personal data identifiers as detailed in the Request for Redaction to include compliance with the E-Government Act of 2002. The Court Reporter shall then electronically file a redacted transcript with an amended certification indicating that the transcript was amended by the redacted of certain personal identifiers at the request of the parties.

Parties who have made financial arrangements with the Court Reporter will be given remote access to the redacted transcript. After the 90-day restriction period has expired, the filed transcript, or in the event of redaction requests, the redacted transcript will be available for inspections and copying at the Clerk’s office and for downloading form CM/ECF system via PACER. If and when the redaction requests are made, the un-redacted version of the transcript will NOT be accessible remotely, but will be available for inspection and copying in the Clerk’s office. The requisite copy fees and PACER access fee will apply.

NOTE: If the required redaction of a transcript renders that transcript unusable because of the loss of specific information, the transcript should be filed by the E-Filer in both un-redacted and redacted format. The redacted format will be used for public access through ECF and the un-redacted format ought to be filed under seal so as to preclude public display. Details concerning redaction are set forth in Section 13 of this manual, in Administrative Order 2005-28, the ECF User Manual, and in various teach material available on the District Court’s Web site.