- CM/ECF PACER
All records in the Clerk's Office are filed and retrieved by case number. If the case number is unknown, CM/ECF PACER can be searched to identify the case number for a given plaintiff or defendant. Docket sheets of criminal cases filed in or after July 1991 and civil cases filed in or after May 1989 can be reviewed via CM/ECF PACER.

- MICROFICHE AND CARD FILES
Complete indexes of all participants in federal cases from 1962 to 1995 are available in card files located in the File Retrieval Room of the Clerk’s Office Lobby or on microfiche in the Clerk’s Office Lobby. The following table describes the type of participant index that should be searched depending on case filing year.

The Clerk's Office makes microfiche and card files available to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding federal holidays). The Clerk’s Office can perform party name searches at a charge of $15 per name.

CASE FILING YEAR

PARTICIPANT INDEX TYPE

1953 - 1966

Microfiche

1966 - 1974

Card Files

1974 - 1995

Microfiche*
* Some of the cases listed on Microfiche will also be available in CM/ECF PACER. See above.