(a)  Filing.

      (1)   Documents or proceedings may be sealed only by order of the Court, and on motion with notice
             to parties in interest.

      (2)   Documents to be sealed shall be presented to the Clerk after the order has been entered. The
             documents shall be contained in an envelope or other secure device, with the initials or signature
             of the submitting party or attorney written across the edge of the closure, and transparent tape
             placed on top of the mark for security. The envelope (or other secure device) shall have affixed to
             it a letter-size sheet of paper bearing the style and caption of the matter with reference to which
             the documents are being filed.

      (3)   The form of order submitted with the motion requesting a matter be sealed shall contain the
              following recitations:

             (A)   The matter shall remain under seal for no longer than one year from the date of entry of the
                     order, unless the Court orders otherwise.

             (B)   The only entities permitted to review documents or transcripts of proceedings placed under
                     seal are those entities specified in the order, except that the following entities shall also have
                     access to matters placed under seal unless the Court specifically rules otherwise: (1) the judge
                     presiding over the case, (2) the law clerk to whom the matter is assigned internally by the
                     presiding judge, (3) the Courtroom Deputy responsible for the matter, (4) the Clerk of the Court,
                     and (5) the presiding judge and staff of any appellate tribunal.

(b)  Disposition of Sealed Documents.

     (1)   Documents or transcripts of proceedings under seal may be forwarded to an appellate court
            without the necessity of unsealing the matter. The matter so forwarded shall be accompanied by a
            true copy of the order placing the matter under seal. Further motions with regard to the sealing or
            unsealing of a matter shall be filed with the Court that entered the original order sealing the
            matter, notwithstanding the pendency of an appeal.

     (2)   Upon the entry of an order unsealing a matter (or upon the expiration of the time period
            specified in paragraph (a)(3)(A), supra), the Clerk (or other person responsible for the
            maintenance of the matter) shall place the document or transcript of proceedings in the file of the
           case or adversary proceeding.