PACER and trustee

Can someone tell me how to search on my trustee on PACER? I've looked and looked and obviously don't know what the heck I'm doing. I want to see what cases he dismissed, etc.

Thanks!

Go to your State and District. Log In. Then click Query.

On the Query page, enter your Trustee's name. Maybe just enter a last name and first initial. That way you'll get possibly several names to choose from.

There's "Type" search and a drop down menu box. Select Trustee there. And run the Query.

BEWARE!!! If your Trustee has been working for the BK Court for a long time, 20-30 years or so, the initial search page will be every case your Trustee has ever handled. It could be HUNDREDS of PACER billable pages. You could easily be billed $20-$30 just for the list or your Trustee's cases. That's not counting looking at any cases that have been filed that your Trustee administered.

Yes, please heed SinkingFast's warning. I ended up with a nice little bill doing the very same thing.

I am staying totally away from Pacer now until our case is filed and then will only use it to check on our case.

reallynervous

I did the same thing...ended up with a 41 dollar bill and not much to show for it. You may try to search a set time period say 6months-1 year.

Since I had looked on PACER for a couple of other things and had gotten a "Your query has identified 18 pages...are you sure you want to proceed" type message, I thought I'd try to check on our Trustee, too....OOOOPS! I just "queried" our Trustee's name and in the Type (dropdown menu), chose Trustee. Well, as it was loading, I realized it was taking WAAAAY too long, so I clicked "BACK". It stopped mid-load, and THEN RE-LOADED! Yikes...I IMMEDIATELY "logged off" and then re-logged on checked my PACER billing. Withing seconds, I had a $54 bill on PACER...even though I didn't look at any of the cases (12,000+)! It charged me for the "aborted" query and the re-loaded one! I have sent an email to PACER, claiming stupidity and asked for a refund/review....if they're anything like the rest of our legal/justice/political system, I doubt I will get any reprive...but it's worth a shot.

At any rate, BE CAREFUL! You will NOT get a warning that you are about to embark on a 700+page query!

When I log on to PACER I have to put my acc't info. Next page I have to put my name and SS#. Then I get to my case. Where is it that I start out by state? :blush2:

On the PACER main page, top toolbar, upper left, next to Register, place your cursor over Links. You'll get a drop down menu.

Select PACER Links. Next page, select BK, upper toolbar to the right.

Then, find your State and District. Click on that link.

Next page, you'll see a Court Seal top center with a Link under it. Click on that link.

Next page, you log in with your User ID and password. Click "log-in" and it will take you to a new page.

In the top toolbar, select Query. Next page, you can enter the Trustee's name. In the "Type" box at the bottom, select Trustee from the drop down menu.