The judge in the Aurora theater-shooting case ordered most of the case’s court file unsealed Friday.

In the order, 18th Judicial District Chief Judge William Sylvester said all documents in the file should be made available to the public except for arrest and search warrant affidavits and parts of certain motions. The unsealed documents — which are expected to be largely procedural in nature but will provide new insights into the case — will be opened to the public at 8 a.m. next Friday.

A consortium of media organizations, including The Denver Post, filed a motion to unseal the file, prompting the judge’s ruling.

“It’s a very positive development that the court is going forward, implementing a regime that makes everything presumptively open,” said attorney Steven Zansberg, who represented the media organizations.

The documents remaining closed deal with evidence in the case and privileged doctor-patient information. The release of those could interfere with the ongoing investigation of the shooting, Sylvester said. However, Sylvester said he would reconsider unsealing some of them after the case’s preliminary hearing, which is scheduled for November.