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More than 500,000 Users Now Hold PACER Accounts

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), the service that allows users to obtain case information online from federal courts, now has over 500,000 user accounts. The half-million figure was reached in early September.

PACER offers an inexpensive, easy-to-use alternative for obtaining case information without having to visit the courthouse. PACER allows an Internet user to request information about a particular case or party. The data is immediately available for printing or downloading.

PACER offers convenient electronic access to:

• Case file documents
• Listings of all case parties
• Reports of case-related information
• Chronologies of events entered in the case record
• Claims registries
• Listings of new bankruptcy cases
• Judgments or case status
• Nationwide party/case index

To register instantly, visit the PACER Service Center web site – www.pacer.uscourts.gov– and click on the Registration icon. For more information on PACER, see http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pacerdesc.html.