GENERAL
INFO.
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HELP SCREENS
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STEP 1
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STEP 2
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Click
on “Reports” in the blue menu bar at the top of the screen.

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STEP 3
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Click on the hyperlink.
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STEP 4
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The “PACER Login” screen will now display unless you
previously logged in using your PACER login and password or unless you are an
attorney who does not use the “Client code:” field and you have defaulted your
PACER login to be linked to your CM/ECF login. The client code field is mainly for creditor attorney’s use to
facilitate billing the client for expenses.
Enter your PACER login and password and a client code, if
desired.
Then, click the button.
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SEARCH PARA-
METERS
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The following parameters are available to produce the
“Docket” report.

Make your choices following the guidelines set out below.
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CASE NO. FIELD
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You must know the number of the case whose docket report
you wish to produce.

Click the button or the button and try entering the case number again.
This is a required field.
If you do not type in a case number, a message box will appear as
shown below.

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LIMITING
THE
REPORT
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NOTE: Enter
dates as mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy.
NOTE: You
can enter a beginning date with no end date.
This will include all entries from the start date to the present
date. You can also enter an ending
date in the field after the “to” with no beginning date. This will include all entries in the case
up to the ending date.
You can also limit the data gathered to a range of
document numbers using the boxes shown below.

You can limit the data using both filed/entered date
ranges and a range of document number, or you can limit data by choosing
either filed/entered dates or document numbers.
NOTE: The
report defaults to gathering all pleadings/events in a case from the
beginning of the case to the current date.
Since you are paying 7 cents a page, you may want to narrow down the
information gathered.
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LIMITING
OR INCLUDING
OTHER
DATA
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By default, the report will include “Terminated Parties”.

You can change the above fields by adding or removing
checkmarks by clicking with your mouse.
You can eliminate the terminated party information, or you could run
the report to include hyperlinks to the “Notice of Electronic Filing”. Or, you could change both defaults.
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OUTPUT
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You can also choose the form that the data will be in once
it has been gathered using the radio buttons shown below.

The default is “HTML”, but you may wish to change the
output to “Text” format if you need to insert sections of a docket sheet into
a word-processed document.
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SORTING
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After you have made your choices as to what data the
report will gather, the report will default to sorting the pleadings starting
with the first document filed and ending with the most recent document filed.

Since you are paying 7 cents per screen viewed, you may
wish to sort the pleadings in various other ways using the choices shown
below to reduce your PACER fees.

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CLEAR OPTION
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You can click the button to return the screen to the normal
defaults if you change your mind about any of the choices you have made.
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STEP 5
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After making your choices, click the button.
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SAMPLE DOCKET
REPORT
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A docket report similar to the report shown below will
display.
 
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CASE
FLAGS
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Any “case flags” providing information in the case will be
displayed on the first line right before the report heading.
In the above example, the filing fees are being paid in
installments and the installment payments have not yet been completed.
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BASIC
CASE
INFO.
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Just below the report heading is some basic case
information - the judge assigned to the case, the case chapter, whether the
case is a voluntary or involuntary case and if the case is an asset or no
asset case.
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PARTY
AND ATTORNEY AND
TRUSTEE INFO.
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Below the basic case information is a list of all the
parties, the attorneys who represent them, and the case trustee assigned (if
any). The information includes names,
addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses (if available).
NOTE: This
information may not display terminated parties if you changed the default on
the search criteria screen.
Terminated parties, if shown, will appear as shown in the
example below.

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PLEADING
OR EVENT INFO.
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Following the party information is the pleading(s) and/or
event(s) information. The date the
pleading was filed will display, followed by the document number assigned,
and a brief summary of what pleading was filed. If it is an event, the date of the event and a brief summary of
the event will display.
Each pleading that has a .pdf image attached will have a
document number that is underlined because the document number is actually a
hyperlink.
NOTE:
Clicking on the blue-underlined document number(s) will display the .pdf
image of the pleading and supporting documentation (up to 50 pages), but will
launch Adobe Acrobat Reader within the CM/ECF screen. See warning message below.
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IMPORTANT
WARNING
RE VIEWING .PDF
DOCU- MENTS
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When you click on a document or claim number while in
CM/ECF, you will be able to view the document or claim, but the Adobe Acrobat
Reader software will not be separately launched in the process. Your screen will look similar to the
screen below.

Note that the title bar at the top is still showing the
“Kentucky Eastern Train Database – Netscape” program.
 
In addition, note that the main CM/ECF blue menu bar still
shows.
You will need to use your browser’s button to go back to the screen you were
previously viewing.
If you try to close the .pdf document by clicking on the button, you will actually throw yourself
out of the CM/ECF system.
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PLEADINGS
WITH NO DOCUMENT
NO. OR A NON-UNDER-LINED
DOCUMENT NO.
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If there is no document number (as shown in the example
below), or there is a document number and it is not underlined, then there is
no hyperlink. This means that there
is no .pdf image of the document attached.
This usually means that the entry is an event or the pleading is a
“virtual” document. See the separate
instructions on “Virtual
Pleadings”.

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HYPERLINK TO
NOTICE OF ELEC- TRONIC FILING
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If you chose to ,
then a silver bullet will appear next to each document number as shown below.

If you click the silver bullet, a copy of the original
court notification of the electronic filing will display. This will be useful to you if you forgot
to print or save the “Notice of Electronic Filing” when it first displayed or
when it was e-mailed to you.
NOTE: As mentioned above, you should use your
browser’s button to go back to the docket report
screen.
If you try to close the “Notice of Electronic Filing”
using the button, you will actually throw yourself
out of the CM/ECF system.
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PRINTING OR
SAVING THE REPORT
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Click on your browser’s printer icon to print the “Docket” report.
To
save a copy of the “Docket” report, click “File” in your browser’s menu bar.

Then select “Save As”,
“Save Frame As”, or “Save Target As” and save to the drive you wish to
on your computer.

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