Local Rule RULE 9037–1: Protecting Privacy for Filings

RULE 9037–1 Protecting Privacy for Filings Transcript Redaction Procedures. Upon the receipt of a transcript, the Clerk shall serve a Notice of Requirement to Review Transcript on all parties to the hearing. A filed transcript shall be available at the Clerk's office for inspection only for a period of ninety (90) days after it is filed. During the ninety (90) day period, a copy of the transcript may be obtained from the transcriber at the rate established by the Judicial Conference, the transcript will be available within the court for internal use, and an attorney who obtains the transcript from the transcriber may obtain remote electronic access to the transcript via the Court's NextGen CM/ECF system for purposes of creating hyperlinks to the transcript in court filings and for other purposes. Attorneys, or self-represented litigants, will have seven (7) days from the date of filing of the transcript to file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Court, stating an intention to review the transcript to determine whether to request redaction of sensitive private information before the transcript is made electronically available to the public. A copy of the notice must be served upon the transcriber. A party will have twenty-one (21) days from the date of the filing of the transcript to file a Request for Redaction of Transcript with the Court (which will be a private, restricted event) and send a copy to the transcriber, listing the entries by page and line where personal data appears that should be redacted. The deadline for filing the redacted version of the transcript is thirty-one (31) days from the filing date of the transcript. At the end of the ninety (90) day restriction period, the redacted version shall be made available via remote electronic access and at the public terminals in the Clerk's office for viewing and printing. The unredacted version of the transcript shall not be available via remote electronic access or at the Clerk's office upon the filing of the redacted transcript; it shall be maintained as a private, restricted event. An attorney who purchases the transcript during the ninety (90) day restricted period shall be given remote electronic access to the transcript and any redacted version filed.