United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Sealing

Serve sealed documents by means other than CM/ECF.

“Because sealed documents filed in CM/ECF will no longer be accessible or viewable, service cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Instead, parties must serve sealed documents by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Procedure and the Court’s Local Rules.”

Sealing

File a motion in person at the clerk’s office to seek highly sensitive document designation; do not file that motion electronically.

“Any party seeking to designate documents as HSDs must first file a motion in person at the Clerk’s Office in the manner provided in paragraph 2(b). Parties shall not file any materials or motions seeking designation of materials as HSD electronically.”

Sealing

Submit the highly sensitive document motion and proposed material in a sealed envelope marked “HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.”

“The motion and proposed HSD material shall be submitted to the Clerk’s Office in a sealed envelope marked ‘HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.’”