Local Rule DUCivR 79-1: ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS

DUCivR 79-1 ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS

(a) Access to Public Court Records.

(1) Access via Internet. Cases filed after May 2, 2005, are available for review electronically via Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). To access an electronic case file, users must first register for PACER. Lengthy exhibits, transcripts of court proceedings, and other supporting documents may be accessible only in paper format in the Clerk's Office. Some cases filed before May 2, 2005, also may be accessible electronically through PACER. PACER users are subject to a modest per-page charge for case information that is downloaded.

(2) Access in the Clerk's Office. The public records of the court are available for examination in the Clerk's Office during the normal business hours and days identified on the court's website. Paper files of cases filed before May 2, 2005, may not be removed from the Clerk's Office by members of the bar or the public. However, a clerk will make and furnish copies of official public court records upon request and after payment of the prescribed fees.

(b) Sealed Records.

Records or exhibits ordered sealed by the court are not public records within the meaning of this rule.

(c) Search for Cases by the Clerk.

The Clerk's Office is authorized to conduct searches of the most recent ten years of the master indices maintained by the Clerk of Court and to issue a certificate of such search. Consistent with the court's fee schedule, the clerk will charge a fee, payable in advance, for each name for which a search is conducted.