The federal Judiciary's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system has reached the one-million mark in the number of subscribers who have registered since 1991.The total of subscriptions officially topped the one million mark on Friday afternoon, July 31, 2009.
PACER allows users to obtain federal court case and docket information for all 94 district courts, 90 bankruptcy courts, and 13 courts of appeals on the Internet. PACER currently provides access to 500 million case documents, which are available immediately after they have been electronically filed.
Active users include lawyers, litigants who represent themselves, government agencies, trustees, bulk data collectors, researchers, educational institutions, commercial enterprises, financial institutions, the media, and the general public.