Here is a list of all the types of Docket Searches you can run in Tracers.
The docket searches return an index of the federal case, not the entire federal docket report. It can list the case number - if the customer uses a case locator service such as Pacer, they can use the case number provided in these searches to run the full docket report.
Here is a link with more information about Federal Courts: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/criminal-cases
Here is the link for Pacer: https://www.pacer.gov/
All Docket
The All Docket search is a combo of all 4 searches: Federal Civil Dockets, Federal Criminal Dockets, Federal Bankruptcy Dockets and Federal Appellate Dockets.
Appellate Docket
Federal Appellate Dockets contain information from the U.S. Court of Appeals and may contain Name, Case Number, Filing Date, Closed Date, Case Type and Case Name.
Bankruptcy Docket
Federal Bankruptcy Dockets contain information from Federal Bankruptcy Courts and may contain Name, Case Number, Filing Date, Chapter and Case Name.
Federal Civil Docket
Federal Civil Dockets contain information from Northern, Middle, Eastern, Western & Southern Federal Court Districts and may contain Name, Case Number, Filing Date, Close Date, Case Type and Case Name.
Federal Criminal Docket
Returns a variety of information depending on the type of court searched which may include filing date, judgment or disposition date, court location, filing type or nature of suit, docket number, plaintiff and/or defendant information.
Here is a link to the Federal Bureau of Prisons to find information on FEDERAL inmates: https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/
Federal Criminal Docket Search - these search results refer specifically to offenses that violate U.S. Federal laws. They are investigated by federal law enforcement and prosecuted by United States attorneys in federal courts with federal judges. While many of these offenses are distinctive to the federal system, they also include crimes that would otherwise fall under state or local jurisdictions had they not occurred on U.S. federal property or an Indian reservation. These records will not be returned in a regular criminal record search.
Most documents in federal courts - appellate, district, and bankruptcy - are filed electronically, using a system called Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF). The media and public may view most filings found in this system via Public Access to Court Electronic Records Service (PACER). Once case information has been filed or updated in the CM/ECF system, it is immediately available on PACER.
Conversely, most documents and docket sheets for cases that opened before 1999 are in paper format and therefore may not be available online. Paper files on closed cases eventually are transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or they are destroyed in accordance with a records retention schedule approved by both the Judicial Conference of the U.S. and NARA. Any search for older paper documents should begin by contacting the court where the case was filed.
Some documents are not ordinarily available to the public, such as: unexecuted summonses or warrants;pre-trial bail and presentence reports; juvenile records; documents containing information about jurors etc.
Some documents may be sealed by judges to protect witnesses and cooperating informants or to protect ongoing criminal investigations or a defendant’s due process rights.
Some examples:
- A document may contain sensitive material involving national security
- Case documents or transcripts sealed to protect cooperating witnesses
- To protect a party or person from annoyance, oppression, undue burden
- Bankruptcy court records are public, but under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
- Procedure, the court may withhold certain commercial information, any ‘scandalous or defamatory matter’ or information that may create an undue risk of identity theft.