Every motion that has been ruled on is to be terminated when the order...
A minor's full name should generally not appear as a party, in the...
A certificate of service is necessary for documents that were served...
If paper copies should have been sent by staff but no indication was...
Every pleading filed with the court must contain a scanned original...
If a Clerk's Office action was mentioned in the docket text but...
If the case number on a filed document is incorrect but the document...
Co-Counsel Not Added can be either a "Case Opening Error" or...
Docket text should be free from typos, misspellings, and duplicate...
If a duplicate entry is made in a criminal case:
Civil and criminal case disposition information is transmitted to the...
The initials added to the case number are those of the first assigned...
Pick the correct filing date for an Order:
The Cause of Action (COA) entered during case opening should be...
Pick the correct filing date for a minute entry:
Diversity Jurisdiction requires parties to accurately list their:
If using damages to seek federal jurisdiction, the minimum demand is...
If a filer selects the incorrect fee status:
Typically, after a case has been transferred out of the District of...
If the Nature of Suit (NOS) code is incorrect:
Only attorney filings are required to be text searchable by local...
Generally, a docket entry that relates to or responds to a previous...
For a Notice of Removal, the correct county code is:
New civil cases do not need a cover sheet if they clearly lay out all...
A common problem found if an incorrect docketing event was used...
Case flags can only be seen from the CM/ECF docket sheet, so they do...
Pro se parties are notified in paper by opposing counsel as well...
Motions for leave to file an amended document should have the proposed...
When checking a p2255 filing in a criminal case, also check for a...
When entering official party names (not aliases), use ALL CAPS for...
If the attached PDF file is illegible, the filer should:
If a filer chose an incorrect lead event name (e.g. complaint...
In a criminal case, if a procedural interval was not entered or was...
When correcting a deadline error, if you update the case using...
County codes are no longer required for statistical data, so you do...
If an incomplete list of filers was selected (for example, if a...
Case Captions are generally required, except for exhibits. Exhibits...
Checking case access level (e.g. sealed, court only) is an important...
All counsel who are listed on the complaint must be added at case...
If a date correction affects a deadline, hearing, or schedule then:
If an attorney should have been terminated but wasn't that means...
Select the option where both statements are true:
When a filing is accidentally filed in the wrong case by an external...
If an excludable delay was not entered, select the following:
If multiple attorney names appear in the signature block, only the...
Contact information for parties located on the docket sheet should...
Jury demands may only by made in the Initial Complaint.
Exhibits or attachments to pleadings should be clearly numbered, but...
A proposed order should be filed as a stand-alone docket entry.
If you see an obvious error, you can check an error box before opening...
In MJ cases, only the first count must be entered at case opening....
At case opening Class Action should never be selected because the...
If you notice a date error, such as "Trial to begin on Monday,...
It's okay to leave an alias as the main case name if that's...
Select the real case origin options below:
All defendant location changes should be entered at the time of...
If a summons was not issued inadvertently following case initiation: