Motion to Redact Document

Rev. 01/09/2024

11. U.S.C. § 107
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037(h)

Unless the court orders otherwise, electronic or paper filings may only include:

the last four digits of a Social Security
the last four digits of a taxpayer identification number
the year of birth of an individual
the minor's initials, and
the last four digits of the financial account number

A party wishing to redact a previously filed document must file a motion and proposed order with the court.

The motion must:

identify the proposed redaction(s).
include the docket or proof-of-claim number of the previously filed document.
have (as an attachment) a proposed redacted document.

Docket Events:

[Bankruptcy > Motions/Applications > Redact Document (Motion)]

[Adversary > Motions > Redact Document (Motion)]

Requirements:

KMS Cases	JAW Cases
Motion Proposed Redacted Document (as an attachment) Certificate of Service	Motion Proposed Redacted Document (as an attachment) Certificate of Service
Filing Fee	Filing Fee
Proposed Order	Proposed Order

Local Forms

When the movant is the filer of the original document: Motion to Redact Document (MSSB-MRD-1) and Proposed Order Granting Motion to Redact Document (MSSB-ORD-1)

When the movant is not the filer of the original document: Motion to Redact Document Filed by Other Party (MSSB-MRD-2) and Proposed Order Granting Motion to Redact filed by Other Party (MSSB-ORD-2)

Service

The movant must serve the redaction motion and proposed redacted document on:

the debtor;
debtor's attorney (if any);
case trustee (if any);
U.S. Trustee; and
any individual whose personal identifying information is to be redacted;

Filing Fee

Filing fee is applicable to both open and *closed cases and is due upon filing the motion.
The court may waive the fee in appropriate circumstances.
The fee is for filing a motion to redact, per affected case. If the motion requests redaction of multiple documents in a single case, the movant pays one fee.

*It is not necessary to reopen a case when the sole purpose to reopen is to redact information from the case record. If a party files a motion to reopen for the sole purpose to file a motion to redact, no fee is due.

File an Amended Motion

File amended motion using the above docket event;
In the receipt field enter the receipt number for the filing fee payment made for the original motion; and
Select "Amended" from the drop-down prefix list.

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