United States District Court for the District of Utah

Discovery

For criminal ESI disclosure, follow the national production recommendations adopted by the court.

“The Court adopts by reference the ‘Recommendations for Electronically Stored Information Discovery Production in Federal Criminal Cases’ (2012)”

Sealing

Serve sealed and restricted filings outside CM/ECF by appropriate conventional means.

“parties filing sealed and restricted documents must serve those documents conventionally, by other appropriate means, as provided by federal procedural rules.”

Sealing

Continue filing sealed and restricted documents in CM/ECF under existing procedures.

“Sealed documents and ‘restricted documents’ (i.e., documents accessible only to the filing party or case participants) will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under existing procedures.”

Sealing

File a highly sensitive document designation motion and materials on paper in a sealed envelope marked as required.

“The motion, proposed order, proposed HSD, and a certificate of service (unless moving ex parte), must be filed, in paper, with the Clerk’s Office in a sealed envelope marked ‘HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.’”

Sealing

After filing, sealed and restricted documents generally cannot be accessed in CM/ECF.

“After filing, however, sealed and restricted documents will no longer be accessible in CM/ECF.”