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CASB — General Order 168a

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2026-09-26
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2026-09-27
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CASB — General Order 168a

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re ) ) BANKRUPTCY GENERAL ORDER PRIVACY POLICY REGARDING ) PUBLIC ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC ) NO. 168-A CASE FILES AND AMENDMENT OF ) LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULE 1007-2 ) )

In compliance with the policy of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the

E-Government Act of 2002, and in order to promote electronic access to case files while also protecting personal privacy and other legitimate interests, the court hereby amends General Order 168 with regard to unredacted documents containing personal data identifiers, to add the following section at the end:

Upon the request of a party interest who has identified a proof of claim and/or

attachments thereto which contain any of the personal identifiers itemized in Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9037(a), the Clerk shall restrict general public access to that proof of claim and attachments and notice the claimant of the requirement to file an amended proof of claim and attachments with the redacted information. This delegation is limited to proofs of claims and attachments. All other requests to restrict public access shall be made by motion consistent with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9037.

DATED: May 12, 2008

/s/ Peter W. Bowie /s/ James W. Meyers PETER W. BOWIE JAMES W. MEYERS Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

/s/ Louise DeCarl Adler /s/ Laura S. Taylor LOUISE DeCARL ADLER LAURA S. TAYLOR Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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