Rocky River Municipal Court, Ohio Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Filing parties must omit or, when necessary, partially redact the listed identifiers and information from pleadings, documents, and exhibits, unless the assigned judge orders otherwise.

Filing parties shall omit or, where inclusion is necessary, partially redact the following personal data identifiers from all pleadings, documents and exhibits, whether filed electronically or on paper, unless the assigned judge orders otherwise:  Social security numbers except for the last four digits;  Financial account numbers, including but not limited to debit card, charge card, and credit card numbers;  Employer and Employee identification numbers;  A juvenile’s name in an abuse, neglect, or dependency case, except for the juvenile’s initials or a generic abbreviation such as “CV: for “child victim”;  Proprietary or trade secret information.

With court permission, a party may file an unredacted document under seal by electronically filing a motion to seal; the judge may require a redacted public-record copy.

With permission of the Court, a party may file, under seal, a document containing the un-redacted personal data identifiers listed above. (1) The party seeking to file an un-redacted document shall electronically file a motion to file the document under seal. (2) In granting the motion or application to seal, the assigned judge may require the party to file a redacted copy for the public record.

The filing party alone is responsible for redacting personal data identifiers; the Clerk’s Office will not review or redact documents.

The responsibility for redacting personal data identifiers (i.e., social security numbers and bank/credit card numbers) rests solely with the filing party. (1) The Clerk’s Office will not review the documents for compliance with this rule or redact documents, whether filed electronically or on paper.