A. The Court may grant the request to seal or redact following a hearing on the request, or without a hearing, provided all parties have had the opportunity to object to the request.

B. In granting a request, the Court must enter written findings that the specific sealing or redaction is justified by compelling privacy or safety concerns that outweigh the public interest in access to the Court record.

C. A Court record shall not be sealed when the Court determines that redaction will adequately resolve the issues before the Court.

D. When the Clerk receives a Court order to seal the entire Court file, the Clerk shall seal the Court file and secure it from public access. All future pleadings filed and orders entered shall be sealed unless otherwise ordered. The order to seal and written findings supporting the order to seal shall also remain accessible to the parties, unless protected by applicable law.

E. When a Court record is redacted pursuant to a Court order, the original Court record shall be replaced in the public Court file by the redacted copy. The redacted copy shall be provided by the requesting party. The original unredacted Court record shall be sealed by the Court Clerk.

F. A Court record, or any portion of it, sealed in the trial court shall be made available to the Wilton Rancheria Appellate Panel in the event of an appeal. Court records sealed in the Tribal Court shall be sealed from public access in the Wilton Rancheria Appellate Panel subject to further order of the Wilton Rancheria Appellate Panel.

G. Sealed Court records may be maintained in mediums other than paper.

H. Sealed Court records may be examined by the public only after the Court records have been ordered unsealed by the Court upon a finding that good cause exists to unseal Court records. (Res. 2023-04; Res. 2021-43; Res. 2020-59; Res. 2020-42 Exh. A)