Access to view cases and documents in CM/ECF is available to anyone with a PACER login and password. PACER offers convenient electronic access to case file documents, listing of all case parties, reports of case related information, chronologies of events entered in the case record, claim registries, listing of new cases, judgments or case status, and a calendar of events.  For more information regarding PACER, please visit the PACER website at: https://pacer.uscourts.gov/.

To defray the costs of PACER and CM/ECF, the Judicial Conference has set a fee of 10-cents per page or a $3.00 maximum charge per document for electronic court data via the internet, except for calendar information, for which there is no charge. All fees are set by the Judicial Conference of the United States and subject to change. Parties entitled to documents as part of the legal process receive a free electronic copy, although they will be charged for replacement copies, whether in paper or electronic form.

Due to privacy procedures, some documents filed electronically will not be available online. When a user tries to access a document that is not available online, the System will display the message, “The document has been restricted. If this document is not redacted or sealed it may be viewed in the Clerk’s Office...” Restricted documents will be available for viewing and printing at the Clerk’s Office or may be purchased in paper form. For instructions on purchasing a restricted document by mail, please call 918-699-4072.