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District Court Dockets - CM/ECF-Powered
District Court dockets contain summaries of proceedings in court cases tried
before any of the 94 District Courts nationwide and in US territories. Most
District Court dockets are available online and are searchable by the name of
plaintiff or respondent, the hearing date, or the case number.
District Court Dockets - File Papers in 5 Easy Steps
In certain areas (e.g., Virginia), searches should be coursed through individual
courts, since a search by state is not enabled. However, such limits are nearly
a thing of the past with the roll out of the US Judiciary's online court records
database, called the Case Management and Electronic Case Files system.
District Court dockets have been put online through the CM/ECF beginning May
2002. And, as of September 2006, the new system has been rolled out in nearly
every federal court in the United States.
The purpose of the CM/ECF is two-fold: it takes the place of the old electronic
dockets and enables litigants to file court papers through the Internet. To
date, at least a quarter of a million people have used the CM/ECF to expedite
court filings.
District Courts that have not yet rolled out the new system take less than a
year to do so; however, all courts are expected to have it up and running by
2007.
The CM/ECF can run on a regular computer that is Internet-capable. All that is
needed is the software to open PDF files and just 5 easy steps to file court
papers!
• Prepare papers with word processing software.
• Save as .PDF.
• Enter a court-assigned password at the District Court website.
• Enter basic data about what is being filed.
• Submit the papers.
The CM/ECF will provide an auto-generated receipt and the other people involved
in the case will get an e-mail notice regarding whatever was filed. No extra
fees are required to use the new system.
As the case proceeds, each new filing, motion, and order will be recorded in the
District Court dockets. The general public may access the records via the
Internet, based on whatever guidelines are set by the US District Courts. The
guidelines were drawn up through public consultations regarding likely methods
and manners of access.
If you are a litigant in the case, you get a copy of records filed online
relating to your case FREE OF CHARGE, which you can either save to a disc or
hard drive, or print out. If you are not a party in the case, you can access
dockets and records at $0.08 per page, or by paying no more than $2.40 for each
set of papers.
Note, however, that you would probably have to know a lot of information about
the district court docket you are looking for as the CM/ECF is more for
streamlined searches.
If you have bare-bones information about the district court dockets you are
looking for, don’t fret; simply try one of the top online public record search
providers we have reviewed at
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