{"id":1331,"date":"2021-09-28T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=1331"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:02:15","slug":"confidential-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/confidential-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1331\" class=\"elementor elementor-1331\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86d84c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86d84c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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Appearance<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1394\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/highly-sensitive-documents\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\"><p style=\"padding-left:10px;\">– Highly Sensitive Documents<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1395\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/judgments\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\"><p style=\"padding-left:10px;\">– Judgments<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-160366\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/motions\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\"><p style=\"padding-left:10px;\">– Motions<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1396\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/new-petitions-and-appeals\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\"><p style=\"padding-left:10px;\">– New Petitions & Appeals<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1397\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/petitions-for-rehearing-rehearing-en-banc\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\"><p style=\"padding-left:10px;\">– Petitions for Rehearing & Rehearing En Banc<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1398\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/case-records\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Case Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1399\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/electronic-filing-information\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Electronic Filing Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/fee-schedules\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Fee Schedules<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/filing-resources\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Filing Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1402\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/mediation\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Mediation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1403\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/case-information\/opinions-orders\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Opinions & Orders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7cd45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fe7cd45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-87c921d\" data-id=\"87c921d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{"background_background":"classic"}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdefed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-481 elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"bdefed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06fc2dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06fc2dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">At the Federal Circuit, confidential or sealed documents are governed by <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Federal Circuit Rule 25.1<\/a>.\u00a0 Filers should review <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Federal Circuit Rule 25.1<\/a> and relevant portions of the <a href=\"\/home\/case-information\/electronic-filing-information\/electronic-filing-procedures\/\">Electronic Filing Procedures<\/a> before filing a confidential or sealed document.  At the Federal Circuit, documents filed a “confidential” are treated the same as documents filed “under seal.”<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">For the filing of documents requiring a higher level of security, please review the <a href=\"\/home\/case-information\/case-filings\/highly-sensitive-documents\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Circuit’s Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; padding-top: 10px;\">Filing Sensitive, Confidential, or Sealed Material<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">The parties and counsel are responsible for redacting all sensitive or confidential material from documents filed with the court.\u00a0\u00a0<em>See<\/em> <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(a)(3)<\/a>.\u00a0 The Clerk\u2019s Office does not review documents for compliance with this rule.\u00a0 However, on its own initiative or at the request of a party, the court may strike the document, direct other corrective action, and\/or impose sanctions on any party failing to redact such information.\u00a0 To ensure redactions do not remain accessible in filed documents, counsel may consider completely deleting the information in the original word processing document and replacing it with innocuous filler characters such as \u201cX,\u201d or a required general descriptor, if required pursuant to <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(e)(1)(B)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; padding-top: 10px;\">Access to Confidential or Sealed Materials<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">Confidential documents are not available to the public.\u00a0 Within the court’s electronic filing system, users will not be able to access these documents. Documents filed as confidential or under seal will include a notation of such on the docket entry.\u00a0 Absent court order, the Clerk\u2019s Office may not provide access to confidential or sealed documents except to case participants served at the time of filing. <i>See<\/i> <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 45(b)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; padding-top: 10px;\">Service of Confidential or Sealed Documents<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">Documents to be filed as confidential or under seal documents must be served on parties and counsel through alternative methods, and it is the filer\u2019s responsibility to ensure that all appropriate parties are served with the confidential document.\u00a0\u00a0<i>See<\/i> <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25(e)(3)<\/a>; <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(a)(2)<\/a>.\u00a0 Because service is performed outside of the court’s electronic filing system, <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/form30.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proof of service<\/a> must be attached to the filing.\u00a0\u00a0<i>See<\/i> <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25(e)(3)\u2013(4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; padding-top: 10px;\">Certificate of Confidential Material<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">When filing a confidential or sealed version of a motion, petition, response, reply, or brief that includes material marked confidential under <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. 25.1(d)(1)<\/a>, counsel must also include a <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/form31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate of Confidential Material (Form 31)<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<i>See<\/i> <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(e)(2)<\/a>.\u00a0 Documents filed under <a href=\"\/home\/rules-procedures-forms\/federal-local-rules-of-appellate-procedure\/\">Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(d)(1)<\/a> without an attached Certificate of Confidential Material may be found non-compliant and require refiling.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; padding-top: 10px;\">Filing Confidential or Seal Material in Error<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">If a filer erroneously includes confidential or sealed information in a public filing or misfiles a confidential or sealed document using a public event, the filer should promptly call the Clerk\u2019s Office at <a href=\"tel:202-275-8000\">202-275-8000<\/a> or <a href=\"tel:202-275-8055\">202-275-8055<\/a> during business hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">If the error is discovered outside of business hours, a member of the Clerk’s Office can be reached from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) on weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) on holidays and weekends at <a href=\"tel:202-275-8000\">202-275-8049<\/a> or by <a href=\"\/contact-us\/?category=Emergency%20Filings\">submitting a request<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Federal Circuit, confidential or sealed documents are governed by Federal Circuit Rule 25.1.\u00a0 Filers should review Federal Circuit Rule 25.1 and relevant portions of the Electronic Filing Procedures before filing a confidential or sealed document. 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