Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Counties Sealing & Redaction Procedures
3 rules from official source documents
Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
Civil cases
Confidential or sensitive information in exhibits must be protected in accordance with the cited Florida Rules of Judicial Administration.
By submitting exhibits into evidence at the final hearing, the attorneys certify that the document contains no confidential or sensitive information, or that any such confidential or sensitive information has been properly protected by complying with the provisions of Rule 2.420 and Rule 2.425, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration.
Civil cases
Counsel must redact all confidential information from documents to be offered into evidence.
Respective counsels are responsible for redacting ALL confidential information on any document that will be offered into evidence.
Counsel or a party offering a document into evidence is responsible for redacting all confidential information in it.
Counsel or any party will be responsible for redacting ALL confidential information on any document that will be offered into evidence.
How does Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Counties handle sealed or redacted filings?
Judge Jarred Patterson: Counsel must redact all confidential information from documents to be offered into evidence.
Judge William S. Henry: Counsel or a party offering a document into evidence is responsible for redacting all confidential information in it.
Judge Ana Maria Garcia: Confidential or sensitive information in exhibits must be protected in accordance with the cited Florida Rules of Judicial Administration.
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