Privacy Notice

Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 107(a), with limited exceptions, bankruptcy files are public records and open to examination by any entity at reasonable times without charge.  Under the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Program, the full text of documents that are either filed electronically or filed in paper form and scanned into the ECF database, including documents in adversary proceedings and court orders, may be viewed via the Internet by any party holding a PACER login and password.

The Court anticipates that the full text of all documents filed after January 7, 2002, in both adversary proceedings and bankruptcy cases, will be available via the Internet.  As provided in 11 U.S.C. section 107(b) and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9018, the Court will consider any motion for protective order or motion to seal documents on its individual merits.

Attorneys are responsible for ensuring that names and birth dates of minor children, account numbers, and social security information is not included.  Clerks are not responsible for redacting or identifying their presence on scanned documents or other electronic submissions through the CM/ECF system.

Detailed information on this topic will be provided during training sessions for CM/ECF, in updates on this website, and in the court's newsletter.