Local Rule RULE 5005-5: SEALED AND REDACTED DOCUMENTS
Bankr. N.D. Ill. — General rule
RULE 5005-5 SEALED AND REDACTED DOCUMENTS A. Sealed Documents
(1) To file an entire document under seal (e.g., an entire motion or an entire exhibit to a motion), a party must:
(a) move for permission;
(b) file the document provisionally under seal; and
(c) file with the motion a proposed order that contains a paragraph identifying the persons, if any, who may have access to the document without further order of court.
(2) A document filed provisionally under seal without a motion to file it under seal will be unsealed.
(3) On motion and for good cause shown, the court may order that the docket entry for a sealed document state only that the document was filed and not describe its nature. Otherwise, a sealed document must be docketed as any other document, except that the entry must reflect that access to the document is restricted.
B. Redacted Documents
(1) To file under seal an unredacted version of a redacted document (i.e., a document with portions blacked out), a party must:
(a) move for permission;
(b) file an unredacted version of the document provisionally under seal; and
(c) file with the motion a proposed order that contains a paragraph identifying who may have access to the unredacted version without further order of court.
(2) An unredacted version of a redacted document provisionally filed under seal without a motion to file it under seal will be unsealed.
(3) When a party files a redacted document but does not move to file an unredacted version under seal, the court may order the party to file an unredacted version under seal. The order must specify who may have access to the sealed, unredacted version of the document.
C. Converting Paper Documents into Electronic Documents The clerk must convert any sealed document filed in paper into an electronic document and destroy the paper document.
D. Documents Subject to Redaction under Rule 9037 This Rule does not apply to the redaction of documents under Rule 9037 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.