High PACER Bill

[AngelinaCat]

That's not even funny. Discharging a Bankruptcy Debt of the Bankruptcy Court!!!

I LOVE it!

[epiphany]

I think I have everyone beat ...last quarter (April) ours was $556. However, since it was accrued prior to filing, we were able to list Pacer as a creditor.

That's hilarious!!!!!!

[epiphany]

My pacer bill was at around 11.00 last time I was in there and I haven't gotten a bill.

Should I get a bill or will they just debit my account?

ep

[liz417]

24.00 - just received today.

I found it funny that my brother and grandfather both filed in 2005 with the same attorney that I am using. I found this out when I did a search in PACER for cases my attorney has handled and saw their names in the list.

Neither of them told me that had filed for BK. I won't mention to them that I know.

Hi,
I just signed up for Pacer (I haven't filed yet), but I wanted to check out the cases my attorney has worked on. How do you do an attorney search on Pacer? I should be receiving my pacer info in 7 days.

Thanks for the help!

[justbroke]

Hi,
I just signed up for Pacer (I haven't filed yet), but I wanted to check out the cases my attorney has worked on. How do you do an attorney search on Pacer? I should be receiving my pacer info in 7 days.

Thanks for the help!

Head what I write below...

DO NOT EVER PERFORM A PACER SEARCH ON A PROMINENT ATTORNEY!!!

That's all... you'll have a really big money hit. I paid $13.00+ for two searches against a prominent attorney in this area (who had like 7,000 cases in the system).

The easier way to do this, is to look at the Court's "calendar". This is usually on the main District website (not in PACER). Search the court's calendar for a few months back until the current date. Then in that result, write down the case numbers of your attorney, or any other case that "looks" interesting. Then do your lookups in PACER by the case number!

What I do is, if I'm in court that day or going to see the Clerk of the Court, I'll research cases for my favorite judge THAT day. I'll then grab all the relevant documents (pleadings) being heard. I'll print them and bring them with me and sit in and listen and take notes.

Okay, I'm weird... but I'm a pro se filer and getting a feel for my "favorite" judge.