PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is the U.S. federal judiciary's electronic public-access system for federal court case and docket records. Managed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, it provides case and docket information from U.S. district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts, including dockets, case summaries, and filed documents. Access is provided to the public for a per-page usage fee. PACER is the primary upstream source of federal court records used by downstream projects such as SCALES.
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