Thursday, June 09, 2022

PACER to become free?

That would be nice!  From Reuters:

Federal judiciary policymakers have approved a plan to eliminate costly fees for online docket searches amid debate in Congress about whether to force the court system to make its PACER electronic court record system free for the general public.

A newly released report on the Judicial Conference of the United States' closed-door March 15 meeting showed that the policymaking body greenlighted making PACER searches free for non-commercial users in any future overhauls of the system.

6 comments:

Stephen said...

PACER already has a cut-off in place. If the charges are less than $X per month/quarter (the details escape me right now), then they're waived and not charged to the user.

Anonymous said...

I read it and it seems they endorse making PACER free in future versions (not the current one) and for non-commercial users. I assume a lawyer using PACER for work is a commercial user.

Rumpole said...

There is no free lunch.

Anonymous said...

Stephen I think its $10 month or lower that they waive it.

Anonymous said...

Less than $30/quarter is waived.

Anonymous said...

Is Rumphole the thirstiest lawyer in Miami?