What is a &quot;sealed&quot; document?
<p>When reading about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Miller#Sexual_assault_allegations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">T.J Miller</a>, I noticed one sentence</p>
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<p>Student conduct proceedings were held, the results of which are sealed (...)</p>
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<p>What is the legal framework for such &quot;sealing&quot; of information? Can it be &quot;un-sealed&quot;? (in case an investigation was to be performed)</p>
<p><em>Note: the Wikipedia article is just an example, I am not interested in that particular case but in the US concept of &quot;sealing&quot; some documents (legally speaking)</em></p>

<p>&quot;Sealing&quot; means ending access to the records of a proceeding, usually, in a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding. This generally means that the records can't be released without a court order.</p>
<p>The most common circumstance in which records are sealed is under state statutes which are designed to have the practical effect of eliminating the collateral effects of a past criminal conviction, in a manner similar to a pardon issued after a sentence of the crime has been fully served.</p>

united-states data-protection