pacer is the system for searching and accessing federal court records
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PACER is the system for searching and accessing federal court records. The site includes video tutorials and a user manual. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PACER is the system for searching and accessing federal court records.
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The site includes video tutorials
and a user manual.
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You must create an account in order to log in. This requires providing a credit card (because PACER charges you 10 cents a page to view certain documents). However, PACER won’t bother billing you if your charges are less than $15 per quarterly billing cycle.
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First, I’ll search all the courts for an entity’s name. (It could be a person or an institution.)
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Let’s see what cases involve VCU.
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VCU is trying to collect money from people who’ve declared bankruptcy.
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VCU is among the parties bringing criminal charges against someone (in this case, for health insurance fraud).
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First, click on ‘Case Summary.’
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Then, you might explore the documents that have been filed in the case.
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Watch this number. Keep it below $15 to avoid getting billed.
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When you click on ‘View Document,’
here’s what you’ll see. In your browser, save or print this as a PDF.
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If you want to look at a specific court …
You’ll find a lot of civil cases, filed by people who say they got hurt at VCU or were discriminated against.
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… like the federal appeals court in Richmond
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Get a list of recent opinions.
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After skimming the opinion, you may need to see the original filings to understand the case.
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The numbers below link to documents.
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You can also find statistics on the number of case filings.
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Here’s what the spreadsheet looks like in Excel. To find trends, you’d download and combine several of the files.