Requests to File Documents Under Seal in Criminal Cases

Until further notice, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.2, incorporated into the Local Criminal Rules, documents filed under seal in criminal cases are exempted from ECF filing and are to be filed pursuant to the following procedures. Parties may submit documents to be filed under seal in criminal cases either: (1) via hard copy to the Clerk’s Office; or (2) in a password-protected PDF emailed to the presiding judge’s courtroom deputy, with the password sent via separate email to the courtroom deputy. The document will be deemed filed when the document is delivered to the Clerk’s Office, as per the Clerk’s Office time-stamp, or when the document is emailed to the courtroom deputy. See Administrative Order 20205-09