2. Redaction rules. To comply with the policy of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, along with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1, filing parties must omit or, where inclusion is necessary, partially redact the following personal data identifiers from all pleadings, documents, and exhibits, filed with the court, whether electronically or in paper form.
b. Financial account numbers: Identify the name or type of account and the financial institution where maintained, but use only the last four numbers of the account number;
c. Social Security numbers: Use only the last four digits;
d. Taxpayer Identification numbers: Use only the last four digits;
e. Dates of birth: Use only the year;
f. Home address: Use only city and state (criminal cases only).
b. A record of an administrative or agency proceeding;
c. An official record of a state court proceeding;
d. The record of a court or tribunal, if that record was not subject to redaction when originally filed;
e. A filing exempted under Federal Rules of Procedure;
f. A pro se litigant filing an action brought under 28 U.S.C. §§2241, 2254, or 2255;
g. An arrest or search warrant; and
h. A charging document and an affidavit filed in support of any charging documents.
