diff --git a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index d4f72086ce85b..54453a383887f 100644
--- a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <library file="HcalCalibFEDSelector.cc,HcalCalibTypeFilter.cc,HcalDigiToRaw.cc,HcalEmptyEventFilter.cc,HcalHistogramRawToDigi.cc,HcalRawToDigi.cc,modules.cc,HcalDigiToRawuHTR.cc,HcalRawToDigiFake.cc" name="EventFilterHcalRawToDigiPlugins">
 </library>
 
-<library file="HcalLaserEventFiltProducer2012.cc, HcalLaserEventFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHFFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHBHEFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHBHEHFFilter2012.cc" name="EventFilterHcalRawToDigiFiltersPlugins">
+<library file="HcalLaserEventFiltProducer2012.cc, HcalLaserEventFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHFFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHBHEFilter2012.cc,HcalLaserHBHEHFFilter2012.cc, HBHEstuckADCfilter.cc" name="EventFilterHcalRawToDigiFiltersPlugins">
 </library>
 
 <iftool name="cuda-gcc-support">
diff --git a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/HBHEstuckADCfilter.cc b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/HBHEstuckADCfilter.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..32098fb1b4040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/HBHEstuckADCfilter.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// simple filter slecting events with all-equal 8 ADC counts > threshold
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Frameworkfwd.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/MakerMacros.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/one/EDFilter.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSet.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSetDescription.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ConfigurationDescriptions.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/ESHandle.h"
+#include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/ESGetToken.h"
+#include "DataFormats/HcalDigi/interface/HcalDigiCollections.h"
+#include "DataFormats/HcalDigi/interface/QIE11DataFrame.h"
+#include "DataFormats/HcalDetId/interface/HcalGenericDetId.h"
+#include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+
+class HBHEstuckADCfilter : public edm::one::EDFilter<> {
+public:
+  explicit HBHEstuckADCfilter(const edm::ParameterSet&);
+  ~HBHEstuckADCfilter() override;
+
+  static void fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions&);
+
+private:
+  bool filter(edm::Event&, const edm::EventSetup&) override;
+  void endJob() override;
+
+  edm::EDGetTokenT<QIE11DigiCollection> tok_qie11_;
+  int thresholdADC_;
+  bool writeList_;
+  std::ofstream outfile_;
+};
+
+HBHEstuckADCfilter::HBHEstuckADCfilter(const edm::ParameterSet& conf)
+    : tok_qie11_(consumes<QIE11DigiCollection>(conf.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("digiLabel"))),
+      thresholdADC_(conf.getParameter<int>("thresholdADC")),
+      writeList_(conf.getParameter<bool>("writeList")) {
+  if (writeList_)
+    outfile_.open("events_list_stuckADC.txt");
+}
+
+HBHEstuckADCfilter::~HBHEstuckADCfilter() {}
+
+bool HBHEstuckADCfilter::filter(edm::Event& ev, const edm::EventSetup& set) {
+  edm::Handle<QIE11DigiCollection> theDigis;
+  ev.getByToken(tok_qie11_, theDigis);
+
+  bool result = true;
+  for (QIE11DigiCollection::const_iterator itr = theDigis->begin(); itr != theDigis->end(); itr++) {
+    int tsize = (*itr).size();
+    const QIE11DataFrame frame = *itr;
+
+    bool flag = true;
+    int adc0 = (frame[0]).adc();
+    if (adc0 < thresholdADC_)
+      flag = false;
+    else {
+      for (int i = 1; i < tsize; i++) {
+        if ((frame[i]).adc() != adc0) {
+          flag = false;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    //  report explicitly
+    if (flag) {
+      const HcalDetId cell(itr->id());
+      edm::LogWarning("HBHEstuckADCfilter") << "stuck ADC = " << adc0 << " in  " << cell << std::endl;
+      result = false;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!result && writeList_)
+    outfile_ << ev.id().run() << ":" << ev.luminosityBlock() << ":" << ev.id().event() << std::endl;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+void HBHEstuckADCfilter::endJob() {
+  if (writeList_)
+    outfile_.close();
+}
+
+void HBHEstuckADCfilter::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions) {
+  edm::ParameterSetDescription desc;
+  desc.add<edm::InputTag>("digiLabel", edm::InputTag("hcalDigis"));
+  desc.add<int>("thresholdADC", 100);
+  desc.add<bool>("writeList", true);
+  descriptions.add("hbhestuckADCfilter", desc);
+}
+
+//define as a plug-in
+DEFINE_FWK_MODULE(HBHEstuckADCfilter);
diff --git a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/python/HBHEstuckADCfilter_cfi.py b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/python/HBHEstuckADCfilter_cfi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f27cd9aef86a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/python/HBHEstuckADCfilter_cfi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms
+
+import EventFilter.HcalRawToDigi.hbhestuckADCfilter_cfi
+stuckADCfilter =  EventFilter.HcalRawToDigi.hbhestuckADCfilter_cfi.hbhestuckADCfilter.clone()
+stuckADCfilter.thresholdADC = 100