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D. Or. LR 5-5

In Camera Submissions

activein force · 2020-12-01 – presentact-effective-date

(a) Submissions for in camera review must be made in paper.

(b) During Court Proceedings

Documents or other materials offered and accepted for in camera inspection during a Court proceeding will be handled in accordance with LR 5-5(d).

(c) Tendered to the Clerk's Office

Documents tendered ex parte to the Clerk's Office for transmission to the Court and subsequent in camera inspection must be:

(1) Accompanied by a transmittal letter or motion to the assigned judge requesting that the materials be reviewed in camera; and

(2) Enclosed in a separate envelope provided by the Clerk's Office and marked to include the following information:

Example

Case caption including case number

For In Camera Inspection

Submitted by: name of attorney, representing (name of party)

(d) Court Responsibility

After completing the in camera inspection, the Court will direct the Clerk's Office to:

(1) File the documents or materials in the public record; or

(2) File the documents under seal with appropriate disclosure instructions to the clerk; or

(3) Direct that the documents should be returned to the offering party with appropriate instructions.

LR 5-6 Exhibits

(a) Demonstrative, Physical, or Oversized Exhibits

Demonstrative, physical, or oversized exhibits need not be filed electronically.

(b) Trial Exhibits

(1) Electronic trial exhibits are to be submitted to the Clerk's Office per the requirements and procedures as described in "Submission Requirements for Electronic Trial Exhibits" found on the Court's website.

(2) Physical exhibits are to be handled in accordance with the trial judge's instructions.

(3) All exhibits will be returned to offering counsel at the conclusion of trial. The Court does not maintain copies of electronic or physical exhibits following conclusion of trial. Offering counsel must maintain all exhibits during the time permitted for filing an appeal and during the pendency of any appeal.

History

June 1, 2006: LR 5-5: New Rule. Moved text of LR 10.3 to this rule. Heading Policy was added. The phrase ".. on or after June 1, 2002..." stricken. Sections (b)(c) and (d) added to conform with August 2, 2004, amendments to the E-Government Act of 2002. December 1, 2009: LR 5-5: Deleted former LR 5.5 as redundant with the subsequently enacted Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2. March 1, 2014: LR 5-5: New section based on a modified version of former LR 100-5(a) and former Practice Tip 2 to LR 100-5. March 1, 2016: LR 5-5(b): Updated cross-reference from "LR 3-6, LR 3-7, and LR 3-8" to "LR 3-6, LR 3-7, and LR 26-4(b) and (c)." March 1, 2017: LR 5-5(b): In the heading, added "Not Filed Electronically." after "Documents." In the rule text, after "in a civil case," added comma and "sealed and in camera documents must be filed in paper." March 1, 2017: LR 5-5(c): After "Route," added "and concurrently filed certificates of service for these." January 1, 2018: LR 5-5(c): Deleted LR 5-5(c), "Individual 'Consent to Jurisdiction by a Magistrate Judge and Designation of the Normal Appeal Route' and concurrently filed certificates of service for these forms." January 1, 2018: LR 5-5(d): Relettered LR 5-5(d) to LR 5-5(c). January 1, 2019: LR 5-5 to 5-15: Renumbered as LR 5-4 to 5-14. January 21, 2020: LR 5-5: "Paper Copy Requirements" deleted and incorporated into LR 10-1. December 1, 2020: LR 5-5: Inserted "In Camera Submissions." December 1, 2020: LR 5-5(a): Inserted "Submissions for in camera review must be made in paper." December 1, 2020: LR 5-5(b): Inserted "During Court Proceedings" "Documents or other materials offered and accepted for in camera inspection during a Court proceeding will be handled in accordance with LR 5-5(d)." December 1, 2020: LR 5-5(c): New subsection. December 1, 2020: LR 5-5(d): New subsection.

Provenance

Source
www.ord.uscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-18
Edition
fed-district-2026-09-19
Content hash
275e2c9162004645871efac4d83faeff8daf61d2f64b9bd67f6927a259e9f6a1
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