Dataset
PACER-CourtRecords
US federal court docket and filing dataset extracted from PACER, normalized and full-text indexed.
24M+ federal cases
Cases
480M+ docket entries
Filings
320M+ pages
OCR'd PDFs
All US federal districts + circuits, 1990–present
Coverage
Comprehensive PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) extraction covering all US federal district and appellate courts. Each docket entry includes parties, judges, filed motions, orders, and full-text PDFs OCR'd and indexed. Useful for legal research AI, case-outcome prediction, and citation-graph models.
Data sample
What a record looks like
Sample docket entry
JSONIllustrative — full sample available under NDA
{
"case_id": "1:24-cv-04812-AKH",
"court": "S.D.N.Y.",
"parties": [{"role":"plaintiff","name":"..."}],
"filed": "2024-06-18",
"docket_no": 142,
"event": "MEMORANDUM in Opposition to motion to dismiss",
"filing_pages": 38
}