US · rules
W.D. Wash. LCR 5.2
Redaction of Filings
(a) Redacted Filings
Parties shall refrain from including, or shall partially redact where inclusion is necessary, the
following personal data identifiers from all documents filed with the court or used as exhibits in
any hearing or at trial, to include state court records filed in removal actions, unless otherwise
ordered by the court:
(1) Dates of Birth - redact to the year of birth, unless deceased
(2) Names of Minor Children - redact to the initials, unless deceased or currently over the
age of 18
(3) Social Security Numbers and Taxpayer-Identification Numbers- redact in their
entirety
(4) Financial Accounting Information - redact to the last four digits
(5) Passport Numbers and Driver License Numbers - redact in their entirety
(b) Reserved
(c) Social Security Appeals and Immigration Cases
Unless the court orders otherwise, in an action for benefits under the Social Security Act and in
an immigration action or proceeding relating to an order of removal, to relief from removal, or to
immigration benefits or detention, the administrative record must be filed under seal, and the
court will maintain it under seal. These actions are entitled to special treatment due to the
prevalence of sensitive information and the volume of filings. A party filing any excerpt of the
record separately must redact all personal information in accordance with LCR 5.2(a) or move to
file the document under seal in accordance with LCR 5(g).
Provenance
- Source
- www.wawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
- Content hash
61f18e440208a9e2ef7c00c5d39fefd05d0ee85e789af346e59bf6435b839021
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