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E.D.N.Y. Administrative Order No. 2025-09 — Requests to File Documents Under Seal in Criminal Cases

High confidence· verified November 7, 2026Administrative Orders

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

Requests to File Documents Under Seal in Criminal Cases (Administrative Order No. 2025-09): 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: Requests to File Documents Under Seal in Criminal Cases -----------------------------------------------------------------X ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2025-09 Until further notice, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.2, incorporated into the Local Criminal Rules, documents filed under seal in criminal cases are exempted from ECF filing and are to be filed pursuant to the following procedures. Parties may submit documents to be filed under seal in criminal cases either: (1) via hard copy to the Clerk’s Office; or (2) in a password-protected PDF emailed to the presiding judge’s courtroom deputy, with the password sent via separate email to the courtroom deputy. The document will be deemed filed when the document is delivered to the Clerk’s Office, as per the Clerk’s Office time-stamp, or when the document is emailed to the courtroom deputy. SO ORDERED: Dated: July 11, 2025 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: Requests to File Documents Under Seal in Criminal Cases -----------------------------------------------------------------X ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO.
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
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Last verified
November 7, 2026benchpath-nyfed-orders-2026-11-07

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