E.D.N.Y. Administrative Order No. 2024-08 — Redaction of Signatures and Identifying Information of Grand Jurors
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Administrative Orders. Verified against the official source (E.D.N.Y. — Compendium of Administrative Orders Relevant to Practitioners (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York)) on November 7, 2026.
Summary
Redaction of Signatures and Identifying Information of Grand Jurors (Administrative Order No. 2024-08): the court's own administrative order as its Compendium of Administrative Orders Relevant to Practitioners (orders effective as of July 11, 2025) compiles it, verbatim from the official PDF (sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: governs practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York alongside the Local Rules, the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X In Re: Redaction of Signatures and Identifying Information of Grand Jurors -----------------------------------------------------------------X ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2024-08 Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure sets limits on the disclosure of matters occurring before a grand jury. Grand jury secrecy has been construed to extend to the identity of grand jurors themselves. In light of that and to ensure the privacy and safety of grand jurors, effective May 15, 2024, the Clerk of Court is directed, as to any document containing the signature or other identifying information of a grand juror that is filed in a case and not sealed in its entirety to: (1) file publicly a copy of the document with the signature and identifying information of the grand juror redacted. If feasible, the redaction of any signature should be sufficient to obscure the identity of the signer but not the fact that the document was signed; and (2) maintain an unredacted copy of the document under seal, with access restricted to Court personnel. The Court finds that this policy is consistent with the presumption in favor of public access to judicial documents because the redactions are limited to what is necessary to protect grand jury secrecy and the “privacy interests” of grand jurors, Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 120 (2d Cir. 2006), and because the presiding judge in an individual case may, if the circumstances warrant it, order that any document in the case be unsealed. SO ORDERED: Dated: May 15, 2024 Brooklyn, New York s/ MKB MARGO K. BRODIE Chief United States District Judge
Source of truth
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X In Re: Redaction of Signatures and Identifying Information of Grand Jurors -----------------------------------------------------------------X ADMINISTRATIV
- Official source
- E.D.N.Y. — Compendium of Administrative Orders Relevant to Practitioners (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- November 7, 2026benchpath-nyfed-orders-2026-11-07
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