Local Rule Rule 5.2: PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION; PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT FILES; REDACTED INFORMATION; SEALED INFORMATION
S.D. Miss. — Civil rule
Rule 5.2. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION; PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT FILES; REDACTED INFORMATION; SEALED INFORMATION Responsibilities of Counsel and Parties. Counsel should advise clients of the provisions of this rule and FED. R. CIV. P. 5.2 so that an informed decision may be made about the inclusion of protected information.
(a) Counsel and parties must consider that the E-Government Act of 2002 (as amended) and the policies of the Judicial Conference of the United States require federal courts eventually to make all pleadings, orders, judgments, and other filed documents available in electronic formats accessible over the Internet and the courts' PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records] systems. Consequently, personal and sensitive information and data that formerly were available only by a review of the court's physical case files will be available to the world, openly, publicly, and near-instantaneously.
(b) If a redacted document is filed, it is the sole responsibility of counsel and the parties to ensure that all pleadings conform to the redaction-related standards of this rule.
(c) Neither the court nor the clerk will review pleadings or other documents for compliance with this rule.