Wyo. R. Prac. & P. 8
A motion to limit public access to information in a case record, supported by affidavit showing good cause, may be filed by any party to the case, by any interested person, by an entity charged with maintaining the confidentiality of records, or by the court. The motion and affidavit shall be accompanied by a proposed order, request for setting, and a certificate showing service of the motion and affidavit upon the parties and any interested persons, or a request for waiver of the notice requirements due to inability to locate any interested person after due diligence. The motion and affidavit of an interested person shall be titled as a motion for limited intervention and shall include a request for an order granting limited intervention. Any party or interested person may file a response within thirty days of service of the motion. When a motion to limit public access is filed, the Clerk shall keep the documents confidential and shall restrict public access until the judge has ruled on the motion. After the court has ruled on the motion, the clerk shall file the documents accordingly. Upon a finding that the information is confidential as a matter of law, or that disclosure of the information would do substantial injury to the public interest or to the privacy interest of an interested person, and the interest in non-disclosure resulting from such substantial injury outweighs the public right of access, notwithstanding the fact that the information might otherwise be available for public access, the court shall limit public access or the manner of public access, using the least restrictive means that achieves the purposes of the limitation. A record of the finding shall be kept, and the factual basis for the finding upon which closure is predicated shall be made apparent therein. There shall be a publicly accessible indication of the existence of information within a case record, to which access has been restricted, which indication shall include the title of the document with a notation that it is sealed.
Wyo. R. Prac. & P. 8
Created August 11, 2010; Effective January 1, 2011.