PACER is our Public Access to Court Electronic Records system. It provides case information over the Internet.

PACER is part of our CM/ECF system. We were a test court for the new Case Management / Electronic Case Files system and went live October 11, 2002.

CM/ECF information covers Civil back to January of 1991 and Criminal back to August 1991. Many open cases were also put on the system, so there may be a few older cases, but not every case. Documents filed on or before October 11, 2002 are available in paper form in the Clerk's Office case files. Documents filed after October 11, 2002 are available on CM/ECF.

For more information on CM/ECF please see our CM/ECF page.

P.L. 101515, the Judiciary Appropriations Act of 1991, signed in November 1990 gave the Judiciary the authority to establish access fees and therefore permitted nationwide expansion of the public access program since Congress had appropriated no funds for its operation. The United States Congress has given the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judicial governing body of the U.S. Federal Courts, authority to impose user fees for electronic access to case information.

As per 28 USC Sec. 1914, all registered agencies or individuals will be charged the fee of $0.08 per page ($0.07 prior to January 1, 2005), will be assessed for access to CM/ECF (PACER) service on the Internet.

CM/ECF is available at http://ecf.ned.uscourts.gov

CM/ECF (PACER) Information and Signup is available on the PACER Service Center website at http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov or 800-676-6856.

Opinions

Selected court opinions are available on the Nebraska Bar Association website.

The list of opinions on that site is not comprehensive. In the US District Court, District of Nebraska, each judge decides whether or not to post opinions. If you do not find the opinion you are looking for, please contact the Clerk's Office at 402-661-7350.

To view opinions, go to the Judicial Resources page on the Nebraska Bar Association website at http://www.nebar.com/resources/opinions/index.htm.  You may click on US District Court to view opinions from the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska.  Opinions are available by Name or Case Number.

CMECF is an electronic case file. Thus new cases after June 17, 2002 and any case after Oct 11, 2002 will have their opinions available on CMECF for the fee of $0.08 per page ($0.07 prior to January 1, 2005).