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The Cases Report displays summary data for a range of cases. It can be used to produce a list of open or closed cases between a date range.
The Cases Report can be found under the Reports menu option in CM/ECF. The report is NOT subject to the 30-page limit on PACER charges, so users should use caution when running the report. There are a number of filtering options you can set before running a report to help limit the results.
In district and bankruptcy courts:
Electronic access to Social Security Administration case documents is limited to parties in the case. In addition, documents from criminal cases filed prior to November 1, 2004, are only available electronically to the parties in the case. Contact the clerk's office for information about viewing copies. Criminal documents filed after November 1, 2004, are available electronically through PACER.
In appellate courts:
Viewing certain document types (social security and immigration) in an appellate CM/ECF court may be restricted.
No. Sealed documents, including sealed indictments, are not available to the public and cannot be found on PACER.