Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Orange and Osceola Counties Sealing & Redaction Procedures

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Civil cases

The Orange and Osceola County Clerks must temporarily seal as confidential petitions for injunction for protection under sections 741.30, 784.046, or 784.0485 until the court has reviewed the petition.

The Orange County Clerk of Court and the Osceola County Clerk of Court are directed to temporarily seal as confidential any Petition for Injunction for Protection under sections 741.30, 784.046, or 784.0485, Florida Statutes, until such time as the court has reviewed

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Civil cases

Motions to seal are disfavored, and sealed filing is permitted only when the court finds extraordinary circumstances and particularized need.

Motions to file under seal are disfavored. The court will permit the parties to file documents under seal only upon a finding of extraordinary circumstances and particularized need.

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Civil cases

A party may not file documents under seal without first obtaining a court order authorizing sealing upon a showing of particularized need.

Each confidentiality agreement shall provide or shall be deemed to provide that no party shall file documents under seal without having first obtained an order granting leave of court to file documents under seal based upon a showing of particularized need.

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Civil cases

The closing statement should not be publicly filed with the court and must instead be submitted under seal or brought to any hearing.

The closing statement should NOT befiled with the Court and should be submitted to the Court directly under seal or be brought to the hearing if one is held.

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Civil cases

The party responsible for seeking and obtaining the appropriate measure to seal limited documentation under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420(d) must be identified.

Which party will take responsibility to seek, and obtain, the appropriate measure to seal the limited documentation in the Court file pursuant to Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule2.420(d)?

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Civil cases

The closing statement must not be filed publicly with the court; it must be submitted directly under seal or brought to the hearing if one is held.

The closing statement should NOT befiled with the Court and should be submitted to the Court directly under seal or be brought to the hearing if one is held.

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Civil cases

Although the closing statement should not be entered in the public court record, it should be submitted directly to Chambers under seal.

The closing statement should not be filed in the record but should be submitted directly to Chambers under seal.

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Civil cases

Once the order granting the Petition issues and the Respondent is served, or the court denies the Petition, the Orange County Clerk of Court and the Osceola County Clerk of Court are directed to make the Petition for Injunction for Protection which was temporarily confidential, public record unless some other confidentiality provision also applies.

Summary: After the order granting the petition issues and the respondent is served, or after the court denies the petition, the clerks must make the temporarily confidential petition public unless another confidentiality provision applies.

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Civil cases

The closing statement should not be filed in the record but should be submitted directly to Chambers under seal.

Summary: The closing statement should not be filed in the court record and must instead be submitted directly to Chambers under seal.

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25. Protective limits. On its own initiative or on motion, the Court may deny, defer, or restrict any disclosure required by this Order upon a finding of a substantial risk to any person of physical harm, intimidation, or reprisal that outweighs the usefulness of the disclosure. A party seeking a protective limit shall move promptly and, where feasible, before the disclosure deadline. Disclosure of a victim's or witness's identifying or locating information shall be limited as necessary to protect that person's safety.

Summary: The Court may deny, defer, or restrict required disclosures when a substantial risk of harm, intimidation, or reprisal outweighs their usefulness; a party seeking protection must move promptly and feasibly before the disclosure deadline, and identifying or locating information must be limited as needed for safety.