[PAR35]

Can someone tell me exactly what she did that was wrong?

She didn't properly redact Social Security numbers from a pleading that she filed. That's her job, not the clerk's. The purpose is to make identity theft more difficult. If you do need to use a full SS number, you get the court's permission to file it under seal.

[Psalm 144]

“Can someone tell me exactly what she did that was wrong?”

She didn’t properly redact Social Security numbers from a pleading that she filed. That’s her job, not the clerk’s.

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Exactly. When an attorney signs off on a document, that attorney OWNS it. There is the formal understanding that the attorney has read and approved every iota of the document.

[ethical]

Her argument was “The SSA told me that this number had never been issued, did not belong to anyone so why would it need to be redacted?” Then, without saying they had made a mistake and it had been issued, they told her they could not release the application form for that SSN to protect the privacy of the person who is using it. So they want it both ways, it was never issued but you have to redact it to protect the privacy of the person using it.