New York Supreme Court, Bronx County Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats. This page is scoped to New York Supreme Court, Bronx County; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
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Civil cases
Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.
Parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information in papers submitted to the court for filing pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.5 (e) (1).
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All e-filed documents must redact the infant’s full name and date of birth, except initials and year.
The infant’s full name (other than initials) and date of birth (other than year) shall be redacted in all e-filed documents.
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Civil cases
The parties may not stipulate to sealing or redaction beyond the Redaction Rules, and additional sealing or redaction requires an order to show cause.
Parties may not stipulate to seal or redact documents or information beyond those permitted by Redaction Rules (22 NYCRR 202.5[e] [i.e., date of birth, social security number, and account numbers]). The Court will consider an application for additional sealing or redaction of documents only by order to show cause.
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Civil cases
A sealing or redaction application must identify the document and reason for the request and establish good cause under 22 NYCRR 216.1.
An application to seal or redact documents shall set forth the nature of the document, the reason for the request, and must establish “good cause” pursuant to 22 NYCRR 216.1.
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Civil cases
The moving papers must clearly identify every document for which sealing is requested, including its specific NYSCEF document number.
All documents to be sealed shall be clearly identified in the moving papers, including by the specific NYSCEF Doc. No.
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Civil cases
When additional sealing or redaction is permitted, the parties must electronically file a public redacted copy and the unredacted copy under seal.
If the Court permits additional sealing or redaction of a document in whole or in part, the parties shall e-file both the redacted copy publicly and the unredacted copy of the document under seal.
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Civil cases
Papers submitted to the court must omit or redact confidential personal information.
Pursuant to 22 NYCRR §202.5[e][1], the parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information (“CPI”) in papers submitted to the Court
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The infant’s full name and full date of birth, rather than initials and year alone, must be redacted in every electronically filed document.
The infant’s full name (other than initials) and date of birth (other than year) shall be redacted in all e-filed documents.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 5, 2026CRITICAL
Parties must omit or redact confidential personal information from papers submitted for filing.
Parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information in papers submitted to the Court for filing (see 22 NYCRR § 202.5[e][1]).
Checked against the court's document on Oct 5, 2026CRITICAL
Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted to the court for filing.
Parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information in papers submitted to the Court for filing (see 22 NYCRR § 202.5[e][1]).
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Parties must comply with the document-redaction rules stated in Section P.
The parties are to comply with redaction rules (see Section “P” below)
Checked against the court's document on Oct 5, 2026CRITICAL
Parties must omit or redact confidential personal information from papers submitted to the Court.
Pursuant to 22 NYCRR §202.5(e)(1), the parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information in papers submitted to the Court.
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Confidential personal information includes taxpayer identification numbers, birth dates, minors' full names, and financial account numbers, subject to the stated limited exceptions.
Confidential Personal Information (CPI) means: 1. Taxpayer identification number of an individual or entity except for the last 4 digits; 2. The date of birth except for the year of birth 3. A minor’s full name, except for the initials 4 Financial account numbers including credit and/or debit card numbers, a bank account number an investment account number , except for the last 4 digits or letters thereof.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 5, 2026CRITICAL
Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.
The parties shall omit or redact confidential personal information in papers submitted to the Court for filing (see 22 NYCRR §202.5[e][1]).
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Civil cases
Parties may not stipulate to seal or redact documents or information beyond those permitted by Redaction Rules (22 NYCRR 202.5[e] [i.e., date of birth, social security number, and account numbers]).
Summary: The parties may not stipulate to seal or redact material beyond the categories permitted by the Redaction Rules.
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Civil cases
The Court will consider an application for additional sealing or redaction of documents only by order to show cause.
Summary: The Court will consider requests for additional sealing or redaction only through an order to show cause.
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Civil cases
An application to seal or redact documents shall set forth the nature of the document, the reason for the request, and must establish “good cause” pursuant to 22 NYCRR 216.1.
Summary: A sealing or redaction application must identify the document and reason for the request and establish good cause under 22 NYCRR 216.1.
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Civil cases
All documents to be sealed shall be clearly identified in the moving papers, including by the specific NYSCEF Doc. No.
Summary: Each document to be sealed must be clearly identified in the moving papers by its specific NYSCEF document number.
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Civil cases
If the Court permits additional sealing or redaction of a document in whole or in part, the parties shall e-file both the redacted copy publicly and the unredacted copy of the document under seal.
Summary: When additional sealing or redaction is permitted, the parties must electronically file a public redacted copy and an unredacted copy under seal.
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Civil cases
The infant’s full name (other than initials) and date of birth (other than year) MUST BE REDACTED in all e-filed documents.
Summary: The infant’s full name and full date of birth must be redacted in every e-filed document.
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Civil cases
Working copies of both the redacted and unredacted papers shall be delivered to the Court, with a designation clearly indicating on the cover page whether the papers are redacted or unredacted.
Summary: Both redacted and unredacted working papers must be delivered to the Court, with the cover page identifying which version is being delivered.
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Civil cases
The parties are on notice that the Court may refuse to accept a paper for non-compliance with 22 NYCRR §202.5[d][2]
Summary: The court may refuse to accept a paper that does not comply with the stated New York redacted-filing rule.
How does New York Supreme Court, Bronx County handle sealed or redacted filings?
Judge Shawn T. Kelly and Judge Erik L. Gray's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Fidel Gomez. The parties may not stipulate to sealing or redaction beyond the Redaction Rules, and additional sealing or redaction requires an order to show cause.
Judge Mary Lynn Nicolas-Brewster's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Parties must omit or redact confidential personal information from papers submitted for filing.
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