11th Judicial Circuit Court, McLean County, Illinois Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Financial documents, bank records, and income-and-expense affidavits admitted as exhibits are impounded unless the court orders otherwise.

Any financial document, bank record or affidavit of income and expenses offered and received as an exhibit shall be filed in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 138, and shall be considered impounded, unless the court orders otherwise.

CRITICAL

Exhibits containing information specified by the cited rules or law, or otherwise directed by the Court, must be designated by court order as public, impounded, confidential, or sealed.

Exhibits which contain confidential information as defined by SCR 15, SCR 138 or SCR 364, those exhibits specified by Illinois Statute or Rule, or as otherwise directed by the Court, shall be either ordered to be public, impounded, confidential or ordered sealed.

WARNING

Impounded documents are accessible only to parties of record unless the court orders otherwise.

- ▪ Impounded – a document which is accessible only to the parties of record, otherwise it is only accessible upon the order of court;

WARNING

Confidential documents are accessible only to the submitting party unless the court orders otherwise.

- ▪ Confidential – only accessible to the party submitting the document, otherwise it is only accessible upon the order of court;

WARNING

Sealed documents are accessible only by court order.

- ▪ Sealed – a document which is accessible only upon order of the court.

WARNING

Juror materials may disclose only city of residence and year of birth, need not include Social Security numbers, and collected information is impounded unless the court orders otherwise.

3. Juror home addresses and dates of birth shall not be included in materials provided to counsel or parties. Disclosure of city of residence and year of birth is allowed. Social Security numbers shall not be required on the juror questionnaire or qualification form. All information collected is considered impounded unless ordered otherwise.