United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Sealing

File and serve highly sensitive documents in paper form or on a secure electronic device.

“HSDs will be filed and served in paper form or on a secure electronic device, such as an encrypted, external hard drive or flash drive 1 , in accordance with this Order and the HSD Guidance”

Sealing

File sealed documents in CM/ECF; after filing, they cannot be accessed or viewed electronically.

“Parties with filing privileges will file sealed documents in CMECF. After filing, those documents will no longer be accessible or viewable by electronic means.”

Sealing

Serve CM/ECF sealed documents conventionally or by other appropriate means; the electronic filing notice does not serve them.

“Since sealed documents filed in CMECF will no longer be accessible or viewable, service of those documents cannot be accomplished electronically in CMECF through a Notice of Electronic Filing. Instead, parties will serve sealed documents conventionally or by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Procedure or the Court’s Local Rules.”

Sealing

Use encrypted email when submitting sealed or proposed sealed documents that the submitter does not docket in CM/ECF.

“The use of encrypted email to submit certain sealed or proposed documents to the Court that are not docketed by the submitter in CMECF remains the only acceptable electronic method of transmittal. Unencrypted emails deemed or marked ‘confidential’ or other similar terms do not comply with this order.”