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  • The Court’s Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures Manual states as follows:
    I. PRIVACY.

    1. Redacted Documents. Filing parties shall redact private personal information from filings in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2.
    2. Unredacted Documents. With leave of the court, a party may file under seal a document containing the unredacted personal data identifiers listed in Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a).

    a. The party seeking to file an unredacted document shall file electronically a motion to file the document under seal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2.
    b. In granting the motion or application to seal, the assigned judge may require the party to file a redacted copy for the public record.

    3. The responsibility for redacting personal data identifiers rests solely with counsel and the parties. The Clerk’s Office will not review documents for compliance with this rule, seal on its own motion documents containing personal data identifiers, or redact documents, whether filed electronically or on paper (See FRCP 5.2 Advisory Notes, 2007 Adoption). The court may, however, order an unredacted document sealed to protect privacy interests, particularly of non-parties.