Editing Summary judgment (section)

====Filing and privacy====
{{See also|Motion (legal)#Motion for summary judgment}} 
Many [[U.S. district courts]] have developed their own requirements included in local rules for filing summary-judgment motions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies/FederalRulemaking/LocalCourtRules.aspx|title=Local Court Rules|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522042618/http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies/FederalRulemaking/LocalCourtRules.aspx|archive-date=2010-05-22}}</ref> Local rules can set limits on the number of pages, explain if a separate factual statement is required, whether it is acceptable to combine motion petition with a response, and if a judge needs an additional copy of the documents (called a judge's copy), etc.<ref name="indiana" /><ref name="Oklahoma" /> Local rules can define page-layout elements like [[Margin (typography)|margins]], text [[font|font/size]], distance between lines, mandatory footer text, [[Pagination|page numbering]], and provide directions on how the pages need to be bound together – i.e., acceptable [[Staple (fastener)|fasteners]], number and location of [[Hole punch|fastening holes]], etc.<ref name="indiana">{{cite web|url=http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/publications/localrules.pdf|title=Local Rules of U.S. District Court, District of Indiana|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928042133/http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/publications/localrules.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref name="Oklahoma">{{cite web|url=http://www.oknd.uscourts.gov/legal/generalo.nsf/0A0713F3B13A3660862570360013F310/$file/civil%20local%20rules.pdf|title=Local Rules of U.S. District Court, District of Oklahoma}}</ref><ref name="oregon">{{cite web |url= http://ord.uscourts.gov/local-rules-of-civil-procedure/lr-10-form-of-pleadings-and-other-documents |title= Local Rules of U.S. District Court, District of Oregon |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527104338/http://www.ord.uscourts.gov/local-rules-of-civil-procedure/lr-10-form-of-pleadings-and-other-documents |archive-date= 2010-05-27 }}</ref> If the filed motion does not comply with the local rules, then the judge can choose to [[Motion to strike (court of law)|strike]] the motion completely, or order the party to re-file its motion, or grant a special exception to the local rules.
 
Summary-judgment motions, like many other court filings, are a matter of public record. So under [[Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]] 5.2, sensitive text like [[Social Security number]], [[Taxpayer Identification Number]], [[birthday]], bank accounts and [[Minor (law)|children]]'s names, should be [[Sanitization (classified information)|redacted]] from the summary-judgment motion and accompanying exhibits.<ref name=frcp5>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule5_2.htm|title=Federal Rules of Civil Procedure}}</ref> The redacted text can be erased with black-out or white-out, and the page should have an indication that it was redacted – most often by [[Rubber stamp|stamping]] the word "redacted" on the bottom. Alternately, the filing party may ask the court's permission to file some exhibits completely [[Under seal (Law)|under seal]]. A [[Minor (law)|minor]]'s name of the petitions should be replaced with initials.<ref name=frcp5 />

However, certain types of filings containing information that would otherwise be redacted are excepted from redaction.<ref>Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5.2(b) et seq.</ref> Additionally, the local rules may require parties seeking to seal documents to first file a motion to seal and obtain leave of the court prior to filing the sealed documents.<ref>e.g. [https://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/ecf/cm_ecf_GuideToFilingSealedDocuments.pdf Local Rules, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota]</ref> 
 
A person making a redacted filing can file an unredacted copy [[Under seal (Law)|under seal]], or the court can choose to order later that an additional filing be made under seal without redaction.<ref name=frcp5 /> Copies of both redacted and unredacted documents filed with the court should be provided to the other [[Party (law)|parties in the case]].