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There are five security levels for documents filed with the court:

• Public: Access to court, all case parties, and public.
• Protected: Access to the public following redaction.
• Restricted: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, all case parties (including parties' attorneys), and criminal justice agencies.  
• Suppressed: Access to judges, court and Judicial Department staff, and all case parties (including parties’ attorneys).
• Sealed: Access to judges and court/Judicial Department staff.

See Chief Justice Directive 05-01 for detailed definitions of these security levels.

There are three security levels for serve-only documents:

• Public: All case parties and public.
• Suppressed: All case parties only.
• Private: Filing parties and served parties only.

Each judicial district has a local ADA Coordinator or Jury Commissioner who is responsible for arranging reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. You can access the link ADA Coordinators  or Jury Commissioners for a listing for each judicial district. Accommodation requests should be submitted to the local ADA Coordinator or Jury Commissioner by accessing the ADA Online Request form.

The request should identify the particular court program or service for which accommodation is sought, the date, time and location where the accommodation is needed, a description of the disability and the type of accommodation being requested. All requests for an accommodation will be held confidential.

Reasonable notice must be given to consider an accommodation request without causing undue disruption to the court proceeding. If the request relates to a jury summons, the individual should contact the Jury Commissioner as far in advance as possible by contacting the person indicated on the summons or listed on the Judicial Department’s website at Jury Commissioners.

If the request concerns a particular court proceeding, the request should be made a minimum of five days in advance, if practicable, to allow for consideration of the request and to arrange for reasonable accommodation.