Local Rule Rule 9018-1: Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matters.
Bankr. S.D. Miss. — General rule
Rule 9018-1. Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matters.
(a) (c) Documents or proceedings may be sealed only by order of the court.
(b) (d) Documents shall be maintained under seal according to such procedures as may be directed by the clerk.
(c) (e) The order sealing the document or proceedings shall identify who shall have access to sealed documents and terms and conditions of the maintenance and the ultimate disposition of same.
(d) (f) The order sealing the documents shall provide for the duration the documents are to be sealed. If no duration is stated, or if no ultimate disposition is provided in the sealing order, any court records and documents filed under seal shall be returned to the party who placed the records or documents under seal, or if no such party is available, such documents and records shall be maintained under seal for ten years after closing of the bankruptcy case, after which time such records, unless released by an order of the court prior to that time, may be destroyed.