Docket Report for Creditors

(Based on CM/ECF Version 2.2 and Netscape Version 4.7)

GENERAL INFO.	This report can only be run for a particular case. It can be run for documents filed or entered within a particular date range, or it can be run for a range of document numbers. The data that is gathered includes a hyperlink to each document number if there is a .pdf image of the document attached. It can also include a silver bullet, which will hyperlink you to the “Notice of Electronic Filing” for each document if the appropriate criterion is chosen.
HELP SCREENS	Help is available for most screens by clicking on the button. The help box will display describing the fields and what entry is required for the window you are currently viewing. Click on the button at the upper right hand corner of the screen or the button to close the help screen.
STEP 1	Log in to the CM/ECF System using your ECF Login and Password if you aren’t already logged in. NOTE: If you aren’t going to be filing any pleadings, but will simply be running a report, you can log in using your PACER Login and Password instead. NOTE: After logging in, if you click on Netscape Navigator’s (resize) button accidentally instead of clicking the minimize button, or if you drag the sides to resize the Netscape window, there is a Netscape Navigator bug which will throw you out of your CM/ECF session and you will lose all the information that you have entered up to that point. So, resize the window before you login!
STEP 2	Click on “Query” in the blue menu bar at the top of the screen.
STEP 3	Click on the hyperlink.
STEP 4	The “PACER Login” screen will now display unless you previously logged in using your PACER login and password or unless you have defaulted your PACER login to be linked to your CM/ECF login. Enter your PACER login and password and a client code, if desired. Then, click the button.
SEARCH PARA- METERS	The following parameters are available to produce the “Docket” report. Make your choices following the guidelines set out below.
CASE NO. FIELD	You must know the number of the case whose docket report you wish to produce. NOTE: It may contain the case number of the last case you have been using during the current login session. Change the case number if necessary, and then click the button. If you need to change the case number, enter the correct case number as yy-nnnnn (including the hyphen). NOTE: If you changed the case number and entered it incorrectly, the system will display the following message regarding the case number format. 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.
LIMITING THE REPORT	Using the following boxes, you can limit the report to those pleadings filed or entered during a particular date range. 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.
LIMITING OR INCLUDING OTHER DATA	By default, the report will include “Terminated Parties”. By default, the report will not include “Links to Notice of Electronic Filing”. 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.
OUTPUT	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.
SORTING	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.
CLEAR OPTION	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.
STEP 5	After making your choices, click the button.
SAMPLE DOCKET REPORT	A docket report similar to the report shown below will display.
CASE FLAGS	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.
BASIC CASE INFO.	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.
PARTY AND ATTORNEY AND TRUSTEE INFO.	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.
PLEADING OR EVENT INFO.	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.
IMPORTANT WARNING RE VIEWING .PDF DOCU- MENTS	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.
PLEADINGS WITH NO DOCUMENT NO. OR A NON-UNDER-LINED DOCUMENT NO.	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.
HYPERLINK TO NOTICE OF ELEC- TRONIC FILING	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.
PRINTING OR SAVING THE REPORT	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.