Handbook VIII.H: Motions to Unseal

(See D.C. Cir. Rule 47.1.)

Parties or other interested persons may move at any time to unseal any portion of the record in this Court, including confidential briefs or appendices filed under Circuit Rule 47.1. See D.C. Cir. Rule 47.1(c). If the case arises from the district court, the motion will ordinarily be referred to that court, and, if necessary, the record will be remanded for that purpose. This Court may, when the interests of justice require, decide such a motion itself. If unsealing is ordered by this Court, the record may be remanded to the district court for unsealing. Unless otherwise ordered, the filing of a motion to unseal any portion of the record does not delay the filing of any brief under any scheduling order.