(b) FILING UNDER SEAL IF AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE, RULE, OR ORDER. If filing under seal is authorized by a statute, rule, or order, a motion for leave to file under seal:
(2) must cite the statute, rule, or order authorizing the seal;
(3) must describe the item submitted for sealing;
(4) must establish that the item submitted for sealing is within the statute, rule, or order;
(5) must propose a duration of the seal;
(6) must state the name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of the person authorized to retrieve a sealed, tangible item; but
(7) must not include the item proposed for sealing.
An order sealing an item under this section must state the reason the seal is required and must identify the statute, rule, or order authorizing the seal.
(2) must describe the item proposed for sealing;
(3) must state the reason:
(B) sealing the item is necessary, and
(C) partial sealing, redaction, or means other than sealing are unavailable or unsatisfactory;
(5) must state the name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of the person authorized to retrieve a sealed, tangible item;
(6) must include a legal memorandum supporting the seal; but
(7) must not include the item proposed for sealing.
An order permitting leave under this section must state the reason that a seal is required.
(e) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. Sealing of a settlement agreement is unavailable absent an extraordinary justification, such as preservation of national security, protection of a non-party, protection of a trade secret or other proprietary information, or protection of a minor or another especially vulnerable person.
(f) EXPIRATION. No seal under this rule extends beyond ninety days after a case is closed and all appeals exhausted.
