Resources for Journalists

Obtaining Information About Cases

This Court uses an electronic case filing system (CM/ECF or Case Management/Electronic Case Files system). Public information entered into CM/ECF is available through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records).

PACER is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index. PACER training is available for free by visiting the Free PACER Training/Practice Site


Opinions Search

The Court makes recent opinions available at no charge through PACER.

www.mad.uscourts.gov/caseinfo/opinions.htm

The U.S. Government Printing Office's system provides free, full-text searching of many government publications, including United States district court opinions. Anyone can access govinfo at: www.govinfo.gov.


A Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts

The Administrative Office has published "A Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts", which is intended to assist representatives of the media assigned to court coverage.

www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/publications/journalists-guide-federal-courts


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Attorney Handbook

The Clerk's Office has prepared an Attorney Handbook, intended to provide the public and the Bar of this Court with information needed to conduct business with the Court.

This reference guide will also be helpful to the media, answering questions on many topics.

Attorney Handbook


Glossary of Terms

The Court's website has a glossary of general legal terms.

Glossary of Legal Terms


AO - U.S. Courts FAQ

The current FAQ page is a link to the Administrative Office website.

www.uscourts.gov/frequently-asked-questions-faqs