Limited Access Cases
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
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Certain types of cases and documents may be designated as limited access due to potential privacy issues arising from the contents of the filings. Examples might include Social Security and ERISA cases and certain aspects of criminal cases. Limited access cases on the ECF System shall be accessible by certain court personnel and E-Filers for that case only, but any request for limited or special access to cases not otherwise available to the public must be submitted to the court for an appropriate order. NOTE: In order to view the documents in such cases, you must be an Attorney of Record for said case and use both your ECF login and password and your PACER login and password.
If you are logged into CM/ECF and you access a document, it will prompt you to enter your login and password again. At that time you would enter your PACER login and password. If you are logged into PACER and you access a document, it will prompt you to enter your login and password again. At that time you would enter your CM/ECF login and password.
The dual password use is required for viewing restricted filings in criminal cases as well.