Judge Durkin does not require motions to seal confidential information. Unless otherwise ordered, parties in all cases may file under seal materials containing confidential information without filing a separate motion seeking permission to do so.

For every document filed under seal, the filing party must also separately file a publicly available redacted version.

Judge Durkin requires parties to meet and confer prior to filing any motion. This meet and confer process should address any dispute about whether a document is appropriately sealed. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute, the document should be filed under seal (along with the public redacted version), and the parties should then contact the Courtroom Deputy to schedule a hearing on the dispute regarding sealing. No motion of any kind about sealing a document should be filed unless the Court so orders.

Note about filing a sealed document: File the publicly available redacted version first. Then file the unredacted version using the ECF filing event "Sealed Document." If you use the ECF filing event "Sealed Motion" you will create a duplicate motion, which is unnecessary. A party should only use the "Sealed Motion" filing event if for some reason the party believes the filing of the motion itself must be confidential.