PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT ELECTRONIC RECORDS
A Court Information Service from the Office of
the Clerk
1.2 Required Equipment And Software
1.4 PACER Access Telephone Number
1.7 Timeliness Of The PACER Information
1.11 Registration As A PACER User
SECTION 2: INFORMATION PACER PROVIDES
2.1 Understanding Civil and Criminal Case Numbers
2.2 Understanding Civil and Criminal Docket Reports
2.3 Outline or Skeletal Dockets
2.4 Getting Answers To Questions
SECTION 4: TIPS ON USING PACER
The United States District Court for the District of Utah provides the bar, the press, and the public with efficient remote electronic access to court information.(1) The name of this service is "Public Access to Court Electronic Records" or "PACER."
PACER allows users -- members of the bar, the public, and others -- to access civil and criminal case information electronically and remotely through use of a terminal or computer and modem. Users simply dial a special court number, connect to a special public information computer, and request case-related information. The system can provide lists of cases, searched by name, as well as the full electronic docket for the case. Users have the option of saving the docket on their own computer or of printing it out in their office or any other location equipped with a printer. Through the use of PACER, users no longer are compelled to physically come to the court or place requests for court information in writing; they now can obtain docket information on any of the hundreds of civil and criminal cases in the district court that have been docketed electronically. The court electronic database contains dockets for virtually all civil cases filed on or after July 1989, and for many of the civil cases that were filed earlier but remained active in the latter half of 1989. The database also provides access to dockets in criminal cases filed after November 1992.
PACER has proven to be a useful and economical source of information for users who need accurate data about civil and criminal cases filed in this court. With PACER users are able to:
Track updates to a case of interest -- in less than a minute, users are able to determine whether anything has happened in one or even several cases they may be tracking.
Get a printed history of a case -- in fewer than 30 seconds, users are able to retrieve the entire electronic docket of a typical case, a copy of which then can be printed.
Research case parties by name -- for example, users are able to search for all the cases where "ABC Manufacturing" is a litigant.
1.2 Required Equipment and Software
To utilize the PACER system, prospective users will need communications software, certain types of computer equipment, and an available telephone line. Please note that the court is not in a position to provide technical assistance in loading or setting up equipment to enable users to access PACER or in diagnosing and solving problems users may experience with their equipment. To that extent, users might wish to consult with their equipment vendor regarding the set-up of their equipment and any difficulties they experience when accessing PACER.
Software: To access PACER, users will need an appropriate communications software package such as PROCOMM PLUS, KERMIT, CROSSTALK, SMARTCOMM, or other. These are all off-the shelf commercial applications that can be purchased at a relatively modest cost from computer software vendors.
Computer or Terminal: The primary piece of equipment is a computer. Users also can access PACER with a terminal, but a computer offers them the advantage of (1) saving the information they have accessed by downloading it onto a disk for later review, (2) printing the information for further reference, and (3) if they so wish, editing the information, such as with a word processor, once they have downloaded it. However, if all users wish to do is look at and review the information on the screen, a simple terminal will suffice.
Printer: If users wish to preserve the information that they have extracted from PACER on paper, they should plan on having a printer. Generally, it is much easier to read and to study a printed docket. Moreover, once users are finished with it, they can file it away as a document for future reference.
Modem: The court's system will respond to calls from either 14.4, 9600, 4800, 2400 or 1200 baud modems. The number indicates speed of transfer of information; a 2400 modem is twice as fast as a 1200 modem. We recommend a 14.4 baud modem, even though it is more expensive, because users will spend less time waiting for the information they have requested. The faster modem makes the system more efficient and more pleasant to use, particularly if users are downloading large docket reports. (Users who only have a modem with a baud rating lower than 9600 available should try sending a [BREAK] to the system or depressing the ENTER or RETURN key several times if they fail to get an "ID:" login when they first connect.
Telephone Line: Users will need a standard telephone line with a standard plug to connect to their modem. If users plan on using PACER only occasionally and they have a line that they can disconnect temporarily from a telephone, there is no need to have an additional line installed. When anyone uses PACER, they need simply disconnect the line from their telephone and plug it into their modem. When they are finished with their PACER session, they simply connect the line back to their telephone.
Our system is set for 8 bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Apart from those specifications, it is ASCII, pure and simple. Users who do not know what these specifications mean should try to dial in to the system with the equipment they have. They may have no difficulty. If they do experience difficulty, they should contact their vendor or a technical expert for assistance.
1.4 PACER Access Telephone Number
To set up your Pacer account, users must call the Pacer Billing Center at 1(800) 676-6856. After an account is established for you and a user password assigned, users may access this district's dockets.
The dial-in modem number for the PACER system in the District of Utah is (801) 524-4221 or 1(800) 314-3423. It is a local Salt Lake City number, but like any commercially accessible number, it can be dialed and the system can be accessed long-distance from virtually any location. Thus, the service is available to local attorneys who are in travel status as well as to out-of-state attorneys who have signed up and been issued passwords.
For users who are using a computer rather than a terminal, the most efficient way to utilize the system is to set their communications software to perform a continuous save to disk(2) while they are connected to the court's system. Then, when they have finished their inquiry, they have the option of saving the information in a file and printing it out for review and reference. Alternatively, they may wish to activate the save-to-disk function only after they have selected a case for which they wish a docket report but before they respond to the report (y/n) question. Under this option, users save to disk in a file only the reports they actually need, and they do not have to edit extraneous data that is of no use to them.
If, alternatively, users are relying on a printing terminal, it will produce a printed version of the entire session. Often, even a simple terminal can be set up to provide continuous print. Either way, this option provides users with a paper copy of the results of their search.
When the data from the PACER system reaches a user's machine, it is relatively clean. That is, we have removed all of the hardware-specific codes from the information that is being transmitted to the user. Thus, regardless of what the brand of printer or terminal/computer users are relying on, they probably will have little trouble printing reports of the information they receive. Please note that formfeed codes ([ctrl][L]) are used to separate the pages. For most hardware configurations, this code will automatically advance the printer to the next page, which is just what users want. If not, users can edit the data by deleting the codes and adding their own pagination as they wish, using their own editor or word-process system.
The data that is transmitted to the user's system will be formatted for the "80 column screen" image used in microfiche production, so users will need a printer that is capable of accepting output at least that wide. Pagination is designed to be suitable for standard eleven-inch (11) paper, so most printers will have no difficulty accepting and printing out the data as it is transmitted by PACER.
1.7 Timeliness of the PACER Information
The PACER system runs on a computer that is separate from the primary computer system utilized by the court. Thereby we are able to offer PACER as a public service without unduly burdening the operation of the court's system. This creates a slight disadvantage for PACER users with regard to the timeliness of the information they receive. The PACER computer is updated by the court's primary computer on a daily basis, typically in the morning. The update process makes available to the PACER computer all new information posted to the court's primary system the previous day. Thus, if a user accesses PACER at 12:30 p.m. for an update on what has transpired in a particular case, the user will not see, for example, a docket entry added earlier that morning; such entries will not be available on PACER until the morning of the following day.
Thus, in general, case filings and updates to the docket will not appear on the PACER system until the day after they are entered on the main court computer. Of course, occasional technical difficulties either with the PACER system or with the court's primary system may cause longer delays. If we experience major difficulties with the timeliness of the information, our systems manager will place a message on the PACER system, and it will appear on the users' screen when they sign on.
PACER is a fully operational public access system for the United States Courts. All non-Judicial Branch users in both the private and public sectors (federal, state, and local) are charged a standard usage fee that is established nationally by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The current charge is sixty cents ($.60) per minute of connect time. PACER users are not billed by the court; the Judicial Branch has established the PACER Billing Center in San Antonio, Texas. The PACER Center will bill all users on a quarterly basis and is in a position to provide printouts of time spent on line for registered users. Registration for use of the PACER system and distribution of user passwords to access PACER also are handled by the PACER Billing Center. Instructions are set forth below in Section 1.11.
Because we are offering the system to serve as many users as possible, PACER has been programmed to monitor users to ensure that one person does not unduly tie up the system while others are waiting for it. Currently, there are two categories of time limits that PACER monitors:
Idle Time: If, after users have logged onto PACER and made an inquiry, they then turn to do something else, PACER will issue a warning that if they do not resume activity, it will log them off the system. The current time limit is one and one-half minutes or 90 seconds. If they do not resume their inquiry after the warning, PACER will log them off.
Session Time: Once users are logged onto PACER, they have approximately ten minutes to complete their inquiry. Again, PACER will warn them when the ten-minute limit is approaching.
Users may encounter other limits to how much they can get from this system. For example, there are built-in limits as to the maximum number of people and cases users are allowed to match at one time. However, users should have little difficulty with these if they type in a fairly complete name and if they avoid searching by very common litigant names.
1.11 Registration as a PACER User
Use of the PACER system requires that users obtain the necessary instructions or documentation -- such as this manual -- and that you register with the PACER Billing Center in San Antonio, Texas, by calling the toll-free number: 1-800-676-6856. When registering for PACER, users should indicate all federal districts to which they would like to have PACER access. Although not all districts currently have PACER, the number is growing. Users should bear in mind that each district has its own telephone access numbers. Once users have registered, they will receive a personal ID/password for access to the system. Again, currently there is no charge for registration.
As a matter of convenience to our clientele, we are making access to PACER available for users to extract civil and criminal case information around the clock, seven days a week. There should be no breaks in service.
All users are invited to share their comments and suggestions about the PACER system with the representatives of the Technology Enhancement Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Comments and questions regarding PACER or other electronic public access projects are welcome. Users can either write or telephone Richard Goldschmidt or Michael Greenwood at the Technology Enhancement Office, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle N.W., Washington, D.C. 20544 (202-273-2734).
2.1 Understanding CIVIL and CRIMINAL Case Numbers
If you are a relative newcomer to federal trial practice and dealing with the United States District Court, you may be unfamiliar with the four-part case numbers that are utilized by the court. Let's look briefly at the parts of typical civil and criminal case numbers, for example,
| CIVIL: | 2:96cv12345 | CRIMINAL: | 2:96cr12345 |
| 2: | 96 | cv/cr | 12345 | ||
| Division Number | Case Year | Civil/Criminal Case Type | Case Sequence |
Division Number: Currently, the District of Utah consists of two divisions, Northern which the computer system identifies as "1", and Central which the system identifies as "2."
Case Year: All cases opened in a given year include the last two digits of the year as the second part of the case number.
Case Type: Each case number also specifies the type of case. The letters "cv" signify that this is a civil case; "cr" signifies that it is a criminal case.
Case Identification Number: The last four digits in the case number identify the sequence in which the case was filed in the calendar year. For example, the first case filed in a new calendar year is assigned the number 0001, the second 0002, and so forth.
All four parts of the case number are needed to uniquely identify a District of Utah case. Fortunately, however, if you omit the case type or office designation when querying the PACER system, it will list for you all cases which match the year and number you entered. You then can select from the list the one you wish to review.
2.2 Understanding CIVIL and CRIMINAL Docket Reports
If you have never reviewed case dockets that are maintained on or printed out by the court's computer system, please take a moment to review the sample report on the following pages. These reports function as the official record of a case, and they are used primarily by individuals who are very familiar with the format in which they are produced. The sample docket report illustrates features of the report that, on first review, may be confusing.
Refer to the illustration as we review the features of a typical report.
The information at the top of the report is obtained from the JS-44 Civil Cover Sheet submitted by the plaintiff at the time the civil complaint was filed. The parties are listed on the left; the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of counsel for each party are listed on the right side of the report.
Typically, after the various parties and counsel have been listed, a page break [using Ctrl L formfeed] starts a new page that lists the initial events in the case. Occasionally, a complex case may include several pages of parties and assorted counsel.
Additional features of a typical docket report include:
Docket as of...: This indicates the date and time the report was processed on the court's main computer.
Nature of Suit: This number is taken from the JS-44 Civil Cover Sheet form completed and submitted when the case was filed. The number or code reflects the nature of the suit as set forth on that form. You may wish to review the form for a better understanding of the codes structure it utilizes. Major categories of codes include the following:
| 110-195 | Contracts | 610-690 | Forfeiture/Penalty | |||
| 210-290 | Real Property | 710-790 | Labor | |||
| 310-385 | Torts | 820-840 | Property Rights | |||
| 422-423 | Bankruptcy | 861-865 | Social Security | |||
| 440-444 | Civil Rights | 870-875 | Federal Tax Suits | |||
| 510-555 | Prisoner Petitions |
Criminal cases are identified by the relevant section of Title 18 of the United States Code that specify the criminal activity with which the defendant is charged.
Jurisdiction: This entry specifies the basis for filing the complaint in a federal as opposed to a state or local court. It asserts that the cause for the action falls within the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court
Cause: This entry specifies the federal statute under which the complaint is being filed. It specifies the applicable title and section numbers as well as a brief description of the statute.
Lead Docket: This entry specifies the case docket number of the lead case for a series of cases that have been consolidated or joined by court order. Examples are multi-district litigation cases (MDL) and cases that have been consolidated because they share common parties or causes of action.
Dkt # in Other Court: This entry specifies the case docket number from another court. Examples include cases such as a bankruptcy appeal, removal from state court, and transfers from other federal district courts.
Case Type: This entry specifies the major category under which the case falls -- civil, criminal, magistrate or miscellaneous -- and the applicable sub-category, if any.
TYPE E/Jury: There may be additional codes or notations at the top right side of each docket page. These local court codes or words represent special case identifiers for court or case management processing.
[COR LD NTC:] The entry COR designates Counsel Of Record; LD designates Lead Attorney; and NTC for Notice to Counsel indicates that the attorney so designated will receive case-related notices from the court. In some case dockets, this entry also may include PRO SE, indicating that the party is representing itself in the action.
4/19/88: The succession of dates on the left side of the docket report indicate when the document was filed with the court or when the event occurred.
1, 2, 3, etc: The sequence numbers that follow the date are the numbers assigned by the clerk to the documents that are filed in the case. Each document so filed receives its own unique identification number; in larger cases with numerous documents, such numbers can run into the hundreds, occasionally thousands. Such documents are placed into the case file sequentially by the number assigned to them. If a "-" appears in this space, it simply indicates that no document was filed in conjunction with the event that is docketed.
(CE): The letters in parentheses at the end of a docket entry are the initials of the deputy clerk who docketed the entry.
[Entry date 4/20/90]: The entry signifies the date the event was entered onto the electronic docket; it appears only if the entry date differs from the corresponding filing date indicated on the left side of the report.
[Edit date 4/25/90]: This entry reflects the date this event was edited by a deputy clerk.
PACER session date: Friday February 07, 1997 03:16:04 PM MST Case docket was last updated on: 01/30/97.
Docket as of January 31, 1997 11:59 pm Page 1
Proceedings include all events. JURY LITTLE 2:96cv500 Taylor v. Runyon
Top U.S. District Court
District of Utah (Central)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 96-CV-500
Taylor v. Runyon Filed: 06/05/96 Assigned to: Judge Tena Campbell Jury demand: Plaintiff Demand: $0,000 Nature of Suit: 442 Lead Docket: None Jurisdiction: Federal Question Dkt# in other court: None
Cause: 29:791 Job Discrimination (Rehabilitation Act)
LAWRENCE S. TAYLOR David J Holdsworth, Mr.
plaintiff [COR LD NTC]
ROMNEY CONDIE & HOLDSWORTH
855 E 4800 S STE 100
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84107
(801)268-4318
v.
MARVIN T. RUNYON, Postmaster Jeannette F. Swent
General of the United States, FAX 9,5246925
United States Postal Service [COR LD NTC]
defendant US ATTORNEYS OFFICE - UTAH
Melinda M Varszegi
(801)250-7815
[COR NTC]
USPS WESTERN AREA LAW OFFICE
448 E 6400 S STE 450
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84107-7591
(801) 261-3330
Docket as of January 31, 1997 11:59 pm Page 2
Proceedings include all events. JURY LITTLE 2:96cv500 Taylor v. Runyon
06/5/96 1 Complaint filed, assigned to Judge Tena Campbell Receipt #: 73238 (dd) [Entry date
06/06/96]
06/5/96 Jury Flag set (dd) [Entry date 06/06/96]
10/2/96 2 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed as to Marvin T. Runyon c/o Jeannette F. Swent,
Attorney on 8/13/96 Answer due on 10/23/96 for Marvin T. Runyon (tl)
10/2/96 Clerk's mailing of certificate of acknowledgement of alternative dispute resolution option.
Mailed to Jeannette F. Swent for defendant Marvin T. Runyon, David J Holdsworth for plaintiff
Lawrence S. Taylor (tl)
10/4/96 3 Stipulation by Lawrence S. Taylor, Marvin T. Runyon stip to extend time until 10/31/96 for dft
to resp to pla's cmp. (tl) [Entry date 10/07/96]
10/4/96 Proposed order from Marvin T. Runyon re: Granting extension of time to ans pla's cmp (tl)
[Entry date 10/07/96]
10/7/96 4 Order granting [3-1] stip to extend time until 10/31/96 for dft to resp to pla's cmp answer due
reset for 10/31/96 for Marvin T. Runyon signed by Judge Campbell, 10/7/96. cc: atty (ce)
11/5/96 5 Stipulation by Lawrence S. Taylor, Marvin T. Runyon stip/to extend time until 11/22/96 for dft
to resp/ans pla's cmp. (tl) [Entry date 11/06/96]
11/6/96 6 Order granting [5-1]stip/ to extend time until 11/22/96 for dft to resp/ans pla's cmp., answer due
reset for 11/22/96 for Marvin T. Runyon signed by Judge Tena Campbell 11/6/96 cc:attys (tl)
[Entry date 11/07/96]
11/22/96 7 Answer to Complaint by Marvin T. Runyon (tl) [Entry date 11/25/96]
12/11/96 8 Magistrate Notice of Hearing Initial Pretrial Conference set for 11:00 3/20/97 To be held
before Judge Boyce. cc: atty (ce)
[END OF DOCKET: 2:96cv500]
2.3 Outline or Skeletal Dockets
The court began to docket all new civil cases electronically in early July, 1989, and all criminal cases in November 1992. PACER is capable of providing access to the complete dockets of virtually all cases filed since these times. The only exceptions are sealed cases and pleadings. When the court began electronic docketing, it decided to incorporate into the electronic docket all civil cases that had been filed prior to July 1989 and that were active or pending in the court. However, transferring the existing paper dockets for these older cases to the electronic docketing system in their entirety would have taken two or three years. Thus, the court determined to transfer only an outline or skeletal version of those case dockets to the electronic system. Each existing docket was reviewed and only those events that were deemed critical or important in the life of the case were transferred to the electronic docket. Once an older case was so transferred, however, all new entries occurring after the transfer are being fully docketed on the electronic system. Thus, for a number of cases, the earlier portion of the complete docket will be on paper in court files; a skeletal version of the earlier entries and a complete version of the later entries will be on the electronic system.
Please note that criminal cases were indexed prior to November 1992; complete dockets for criminal cases filed after that time are available on PACER.
What this means for you as a PACER user is that on occasion you may pull up a docket whose initial series of entries appears incomplete. What you are looking at in such instances is one of these skeletal dockets. If you need to see all of the earlier docket entries for the case you are reviewing, you'll have to come to the clerk's office to review it or to request that a copy of the paper docket be prepared for you.
2.4 Getting Answers to Questions
If you have questions about the case-related information you obtain from the PACER system, such as
* How far back does the data that is available on PACER extend
* How long does it take, once a motion, pleading, or order is filed, for it to appear on this system
* What do I do if I know that an older cases exists, but PACER has no record of it
*What do I do if I have a question about a docket entry in a specific case
you may contact the court directly. For answers to docket questions call the docket clerk assigned based on the last two (2) digits of the case number. The clerks and the telephone numbers are listed below.
| Case numbers ending with 00-09 and 30-39 | (801)524-6129 |
| Case numbers ending with 10-19 and 80-89 | (801)524-6130 |
| Case numbers ending with 20-29 and 90-99 | (801)524-6125 |
| Case numbers ending with 40-49 and 50-59 | (801)524-6127 |
| Case numbers ending with 60-69 | (801)524-6122 |
| Case numbers ending with 70-79 | (801)524-6123 |
| Case numbers ending with 90-99 | (801)524-6125 |
If you need information on a case that has been filed within the past five days, please call the Intake Office at (801) 524-6100.
Unfortunately, the court does not have the resources to provide extensive technical assistance if you experience technical difficulty in bringing PACER up on your computer or terminal. In such instances, please contact your equipment vendor or a local technical expert. If you have technical questions about PACER or if you wish to report an apparent problem with PACER, please contact the court's Systems Manager, Frank Koegler, at (801) 524-6104.
If you decide you would like to take advantage of the benefits PACER offers, you should begin by taking the following preparatory steps.
* Obtaining your equipment and getting it in place
* Registering with the PACER Billing Center
* Obtaining your identification code and password from the Center
* Determining what specific case information you need
* Obtaining the relevant case number or party name
If you are using a terminal, with or without a printer, switch everything on. If you are using a computer system, use your standard start-up procedure. To communicate with PACER, you will need to use a modem capable of 14.4, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 baud transmission rates and should set your equipment at 8 data bits, one stop bit, and no parity. This standard setup may already exist as the default for your system.
3.2 Dial (801) 524-4221 for local calls or (800)314-3423 for long-distance calls
Use your modem to dial the court's public access system. You should receive an ID: prompt shortly after the connection is made. If you do not, depress the RETURN or ENTER key several times.
Enter the user name and password given to you by the PACER Billing Center.
At this point, you should be prepared to enter the references for the case docket you wish to review. You may specify either the case number or a participant name.
Case Number: If you have a case number, just type it in at the prompt. If you know all the parts (the office number, the year, the case type, and the number) you can immediately get the docket report.
If you have only a partial case number, try typing in those parts of it that you do know. For example, type 88-123 or 88 123 if you do not know the office or the case type. If only one case in the court's automated case inventory matches the parts you supply, PACER will refer you to that case and you will be able to pull up the docket report. If the inventory contains more than one case, PACER will list the applicable cases and you will be able to select the one you need.
Party Name: If you have a party name, type it in when you are prompted to do so. Use the format last, first, & middle. Capitalization is not necessary. Then press RETURN or ENTER. The system will look for matching party names. If there is more than one matching name, PACER will list them and you will be able to select the one you need. Once you have selected a name, the system will search the database to determine whether that party is involved in more than one case. If not, you will be able to obtain a docket report. If the party is involved in more than one case, PACER will list each case and ask you to select the one in which you are interested.
You may type either the party's entire name or a partial name. For example, you may want to look up cases to which "Millerville Canning and Bottling Corporation" is a party. It could be typed as:
-- Millerville Canning and Bottling Corp
-- Millerville Canning
-- Millervil
This electronic wildcarding technique also can be used with the names of individuals by entering only a part of the name rather than the entire Last, First, & Middle name. For example, "Peter Phillip Gordon" could be typed as:
-- Gordon, Peter Phillip
-- Gordon, Pete
-- Gordon, P
-- Gordon
You may use this new public information program in a variety of ways to obtain the specific information you need. Here are some special features and techniques designed to minimize user time and effort.
With PACER, you do not have to know all four parts of the case number: office, year, type, and number. Only year and number are required. The system will search for the case or cases whose numbers correspond with what you provide, and it will list the choices from which you may select.
For example, if you need to review the docket for case 97-1234, begin by typing that number into the system. If more than one case exists with that year and number -- for example with different office codes or different types -- the system will list each case with that common year and number. You then can make your selection.
There may be times when you are tracking several cases with a common party, and you already may have retrieved the docket during an earlier PACER session. The second time around, when you get to the case list under selecting by person, you simply may wish to review the last update date to determine whether there are new events that would justify the need to obtain a new docket report. If there are none, you will not have had to go to the trouble of retrieving a report you already have.
You may use PACER to learn more about other cases involving the same party. For example, if you are working on a suit against XYZ Corporation, you may wish to have PACER search the database by corporate name to determine whether other parties have actions pending against the company.
The court's primary computer system currently contains the names of more than 50,000 individuals and organizations in its CIVIL database. The PACER system will search for a party(3) in any variation you provide. However, using the system is much more efficient where you specify the party name the same way that it was entered on the computer. There are several ways in which this can be simplified.
Various deputy clerks employed in clerk's office enter case information into the court's primary computer, and there may be variation in how a particular party name is entered. Although the court recently implemented a system of standard abbreviation styles to facilitate uniformity, some of the early case entries do not conform to it and have not been modified. Thus, when conducting a PACER search you may have to enter several variations before PACER identifies the party you seek. For example, the United States Air Force could be entered in several ways:
-- United States Air Force
-- U.S. Air Force
-- U.S.A.F.
-- Air Force
If your first attempt to search a name is not successful, try using a more imaginative approach. Often, lengthy common words are abbreviated.(See Appendix A.) Examples are "ASSN", "DEPT", and "CORP". If you continue to have difficulty determining precisely what to use for the abbreviated text of a search you are conducting, contact the Intake Office at the number noted above.(4)
It is possible to search for a case with PACER using the names of any party to the case. However, names that represent the most active litigants, such as USA, are not particularly good choices for searches. Where you use a party that is likely to be a litigant in a large number of cases, the system will conduct a lengthy search, then eventually inform you that too many cases were selected for an effective search to continue.
The solution is to find a more unique identifier or litigant name to search for the case in which you are interested. If, for example, you wish to search for the case John Q. Watchburg vs. USA, you should search by Watchburg rather than USA.
Footnotes:
1. PACER also is available in many other federal districts. For a complete listing of available electronic public access services and telephone numbers, please refer to the Directory of Public Access Services which is attached to this manual.
2. For example, in Crosstalk this is called "capture to disk" and can be invoked by pressing "ESC" followed by "ca filename" and a return. See your terminal emulator software manual for instructions specific to your system.
3. Note that attorneys and judges may not be searched using the PACER system.
4. Because PACER is not case sensitive, you do not have to pay any attention to the use of capitals or lower-case letters.
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10/08/1996
IN ADDITION, YOU MAY REGISTER WITH THE FOLLOWING COURTS BY CIRCLING THE NUMBER TO THE LEFT OF EACH COURT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. IF THE COURTS SELECTED ARE NOT ACCESSED WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD, ACCESS TO THOSE COURTS WILL BE CONSIDERED DORMANT AND COULD POSSIBLY BE REMOVED.
COURT MODEM # BAUD SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALABAMA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT 334 223-7486 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 334 223-7023 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-ANNIST 205 238-0456 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-BIRM'H 205 731-3746 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-DECATR 205 355-2349 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-TUSCAL 205 758-1309 14400 N/8/1
ALABAMA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 205 731-3502 38400 N/8/1
ALABAMA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 334 441-5638 9600 N/8/1
ALABAMA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 334 694-4672 38400 N/8/1
ALASKA BANKRUPTCY COURT 907 271-2695 38400 N/8/1
ALASKA DISTRICT COURT 907 271-6212 14400 N/8/1
ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY COURT - PHOENIX 800 556-9230 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - bkc
ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY COURT - TUCSON 800 556-9224 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - bkc
ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY COURT - YUMA 800 556-9227 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - bkc
ARIZONA DISTRICT COURT 602 514-7113 9600 N/8/1
ARKANSAS BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 891-6572 38400 N/8/1
ARKANSAS EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 371-8842 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY COURT - LA 800 257-3887 14400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY-SAN FERNAN 800 838-2479 14400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT 800 263-9358 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL-SANTA ANA BK COURT 888 819-0232 14400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRL-SANTA BARBARA BK COURT 888 819-0231 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA CENTRL-SANTA BERNADINO COURT 888 819-0233 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 916 498-5530 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 530-7682 19200 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 415 705-3148 19200 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 888 877-5883 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 870-9972 38400 N/8/1
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 619-557-7138 9600 N/8/1
COLORADO BANKRUPTCY COURT 303 844-0263 38400 N/8/1
COLORADO DISTRICT COURT 303 844-3454 38400 N/8/1
CONNECTICUT BANKRUPTCY COURT 203 240-3570 38400 N/8/1
CONNECTICUT DISTRICT COURT 800 292-0658 19200 N/8/1
DELAWARE BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 249-9857 14400 N/8/1
DELAWARE DISTRICT COURT 888 793-9488 38400 N/8/1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 289-2414 9600 N/8/1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISTRICT COURT 888 253-6878 38400 N/8/1
FLORIDA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT-JAX 904 232-1311 38400 N/8/1 **
FLORIDA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT-ORLANDO 407 648-6212 38400 N/8/1 **
FLORIDA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT-TAMPA 813 243-5206 38400 N/8/1 **
FLORIDA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 888 815-8701 19200 N/8/1
COURT MODEM # BAUD SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORIDA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 904 942-8815 14400 N/8/1 **
FLORIDA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 844-0479 14400 N/8/1
FLORIDA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 305 536-7492 38400 N/8/1
FLORIDA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 372-8846 38400 N/8/1
GEORGIA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT 912 752-3551 38400 N/8/1
GEORGIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 888 234-3839 38400 N/8/1
GEORGIA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 436-8395 38400 N/8/1
GEORGIA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 801-6932 38400 N/8/1
GEORGIA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-AUGUST 800 295-8679 19200 N/8/1
GEORGIA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT-SAVANN 800 891-9583 14400 N/8/1
GEORGIA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 912 652-4601 38400 N/8/1
HAWAII BANKRUPTCY COURT 808 522-8118 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - pals
HAWAII DISTRICT COURT 808 541-1179 38400 N/8/1
ILLINOIS CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY COURT 217 492-4260 38400 N/8/1
ILLINOIS CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT 217-492-4997 38400 N/8/1
ILLINOIS NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY - CHICAGO 312 408-5101 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - query
ILLINOIS NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY - ROCKFORD 815 987-4489 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - query
ILLINOIS NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 621-7029 19200 N/8/1
ILLINOIS SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 618-482-9114 38400 N/8/1
ILLINOIS SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 426-7523 38400 N/8/1
INDIANA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 219 236-8199 38400 N/8/1
INDIANA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 219 236-8156 14400 N/8/1
IOWA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 319 362-1824 38400 N/8/1
IOWA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 888 845-4528 14400 N/8/1
IOWA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 515 284-6466 38400 N/8/1
IOWA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 515 284-6475 38400 N/8/1
KANSAS BANKRUPTCY COURT 800-613-7052 38400 N/8/1
KANSAS DISTRICT COURT 800 898-3078 38400 N/8/1
KENTUCKY EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 497-2777 38400 N/8/1
KENTUCKY EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 361-0442 38400 N/8/1
KENTUCKY WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 502 625-7388 38400 N/8/1
KENTUCKY WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 502 582-5495 9600 N/8/1
LOUISIANA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 504 589-6761 38400 N/8/1
LOUISIANA EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 257-1175 9600 N/8/1
LOUISIANA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT 504 382-2176 38400 N/8/1
LOUISIANA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 800 616-8757 38400 N/8/1
LOUISIANA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 318 676-4235 38400 N/8/1
LOUISIANA WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 318 676-3958 38400 N/8/1
MAINE BANKRUPTCY COURT 800-733-8797 38400 N/8/1
MAINE DISTRICT COURT 800 260-9774 19200 N/8/1
MARYLAND BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 927-0474 38400 N/8/1
MARYLAND DISTRICT COURT 800 241-2259 38400 N/8/1
COURT MODEM # BAUD SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MASSACHUSETTS BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 201-3571 19200 N/8/1 MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT COURT 617 223-4294 38400 N/8/1 MICHIGAN EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 313-961-4934 9600 N/8/1 MICHIGAN EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 229-8015 38400 N/8/1 MICHIGAN WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 526-0342 38400 N/8/1 MICHIGAN WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 547-6398 38400 N/8/1 MINNESOTA BANKRUPTCY COURT 612 290-4065 38400 N/8/1 MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT 612-290-4167 38400 N/8/1 MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 372-5709 38400 N/8/1 MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 601 236-4706 38400 N/8/1 MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 223-1078 14400 N/8/1 MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 601 965-5141 14400 N/8/1 MISSOURI EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 314 425-6935 38400 N/8/1 MISSOURI EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 533-8105 38400 N/8/1 MISSOURI WESTERN CONSOLIDATED COURT 888 205-2526 38400 N/8/1 MONTANA BANKRUPTCY COURT 406 782-1051 14400 N/8/1 MONTANA DISTRICT COURT 800 305-5235 38400 N/8/1 NEBRASKA BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 788-0656 38400 N/8/1 NEBRASKA DISTRICT COURT 800 252-9724 38400 N/8/1 NEVADA BANKRUPTCY COURT 702-388-6920 38400 N/8/1 NEW HAMPSHIRE BANKRUPTCY COURT 603 666-7923 19200 N/8/1 NEW HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT 800 361-7205 38400 N/8/1 NEW JERSEY BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 253-1597 38400 N/8/1 NEW JERSEY DISTRICT COURT 609-989-0590 19200 N/8/1 NEW MEXICO BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 821-8813 38400 N/8/1 NEW MEXICO DISTRICT COURT 505 248-8031 9600 N/8/1 NEW YORK EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 263-7790 38400 N/8/1 NEW YORK EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 331-4965 9600 N/8/1 NEW YORK NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 390-8432 19200 N/8/1 NEW YORK NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 480-7525 38400 N/8/1 NEW YORK SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 212 668-2896 38400 N/8/1 NEW YORK SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 212 805-6373 9600 N/8/1 NEW YORK WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 450-8052 38400 N/8/1 NEW YORK WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 716 551-3333 38400 N/8/1 NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN BANKRUPT - WILSON 800 564-2104 38400 N/8/1 ** NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN BANKRUPT-RALEIGH 800 565-2105 38400 N/8/1 ** NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 995-0313 19200 N/8/1 NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 417-3571 38400 N/8/1 NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 800 372-8820 19200 N/8/1 NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 704-344-6121 38400 N/8/1 NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 509-2865 14400 N/8/1 NORTH DAKOTA BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 810-4092 38400 N/8/1 NORTH DAKOTA DISTRICT COURT 800 407-4453 38400 N/8/1 OHIO NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 579-5735 38400 N/8/1 OHIO NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 673-4409 38400 N/8/1
COURT MODEM # BAUD SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OHIO SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 793-7003 38400 N/8/1
OHIO SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 710-4939 38400 N/8/1
OKLAHOMA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 918-756-4812 38400 N/8/1
OKLAHOMA EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 918 687-2625 14400 N/8/1
OKLAHOMA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 918 581-7713 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - public
OKLAHOMA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 888 881-0574 14400 N/8/1
OKLAHOMA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 405-231-5064 19200 N/8/1
OKLAHOMA WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 699-7068 9600 N/8/1
OREGON BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 610-9315 38400 N/8/1
OREGON DISTRICT COURT 503 326-5924 38400 N/8/1
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 215 597-3501 14400 N/8/1
PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT-HB 800 882-6899 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - gildea
PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE BANKRUPTCY COURT-WB 800 640-3037 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD - gildea
PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 800 658-8381 14400 N/8/1
PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 412 355-2588 19200 N/8/1
PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 770-4745 38400 N/8/1
PUERTO RICO BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 792-8338 14400 N/8/1
PUERTO RICO DISTRICT COURT 800 517-2441 19200 E/7/1
RHODE ISLAND BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 610-9310 38400 N/8/1
RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT COURT 401-528-5145 38400 N/8/1
SOUTH CAROLINA BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 410-2988 38400 N/8/1
SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT COURT 800 831-6162 9600 N/8/1
SOUTH DAKOTA BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 261-3167 14400 N/8/1
SOUTH DAKOTA DISTRICT COURT 605 338-8193 38400 N/8/1
TENNESSEE EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 833-9512 38400 N/8/1
TENNESSEE EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 869-1265 14400 N/8/1
TENNESSEE MIDDLE DISTRICT COURT 800 458-2994 38400 N/8/1
TENNESSEE WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 406-0190 14400 N/8/1
TENNESSEE WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 901 495-1259 38400 N/8/1
TEXAS EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 466-1681 38400 N/8/1
TEXAS EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 903-531-9210 38400 N/8/1
TEXAS NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 225-1738 19200 N/8/1
TEXAS NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 800 684-2393 38400 N/8/1
TEXAS SOUTHERN CONSOLIDATED COURT 800 998-9037 38400 N/8/1
TEXAS WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 888 372-5708 19200 N/8/1
TEXAS WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 869-6365 38400 N/8/1
UNITED STATES FEDERAL CLAIMS COURT 800 369-8477 14400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, D.C. CIRCUIT 800 426-3231 14400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT 800 652-8671 14400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FIRST CIRCUIT 617 223-4640 9600 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FOURTH CIRCUIT 800 313-8674 38400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, NINTH CIRCUIT 415 744-9020 14400 N/8/1
COURT MODEM # BAUD SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT 212 385-6005 14400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, TENTH CIRCUIT 303 844-5682 38400 N/8/1
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD CIRCUIT 800 789-7879 14400 N/8/1
UTAH BANKRUPTCY COURT 801 524-5760 2400 N/8/1
UTAH DISTRICT COURT 800 314-3423 14400 N/8/1
VERMONT BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 260-9968 38400 N/8/1
VERMONT DISTRICT COURT 800 263-9396 38400 N/8/1
VIRGIN ISLANDS - CONSOLIDATED 809 776-0221 14400 N/8/1
password for bankruptcy-'bkc', password for civil/crim-'jams'
VIRGINIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY - ALEXANDRIA 800 890-2858 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD:edvaal
VIRGINIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY - NORFOLK 800 890-2954 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD:edvanf
VIRGINIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY - RICHMOND 800 890-2829 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD:edvari
VIRGINIA EASTERN BANKRUPTCY-NEWPORT NEWS 800 890-2785 14400 N/8/1
ADDITIONAL PASSWORD:edvann
VIRGINIA EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 852-5186 19200 N/8/1
VIRGINIA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY - LYNCHBURG 800 248-2469 14400 N/8/1
VIRGINIA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY - ROANOKE 800 249-9839 14400 N/8/1
VIRGINIA WESTERN BANKRUPTCY-HARRISONBURG 800 248-0329 14400 N/8/1
VIRGINIA WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 540 857-2288 14400 N/8/1
WASHINGTON EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 314-3430 14400 N/8/1
WASHINGTON EASTERN DISTRICT COURT 888 372-5706 38400 N/8/1
WASHINGTON WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 704-4492 14400 N/8/1
WASHINGTON WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 520-8604 38400 N/8/1
WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 809-3016 38400 N/8/1
WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT 304 233-7424 38400 N/8/1
WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 304 347-5554 38400 N/8/1
WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT 304 347-5596 38400 N/8/1
WISCONSIN EASTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 414-297-1400 38400 N/8/1
WISCONSIN WESTERN BANKRUPTCY COURT 800 373-8708 38400 N/8/1
WISCONSIN WESTERN DISTRICT COURT 800 372-8791 14400 N/8/1
WYOMING BANKRUPTCY COURT 307 772-2036 38400 N/8/1
WYOMING DISTRICT COURT 888 417-3560 14400 N/8/1
NOTICE: All courts require a terminal emulation of VT-100 or VT-102
except the courts denoted with a "**", those courts require
a terminal emulation of pcAnywhere.
The baud rates and settings shown are subject to change without notice.
** NOTE: This court requires Symantecs pcAnywhere software
version 4.0 or later for you to make a connection.
Party Name Abbreviations
acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . acpt
accident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .acc
account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . acct
administrative,administrator,administrators .admin
affiliated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .affld
agency, agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . agcy
agriculture, agricultural . . . . . . . . . .agric
America, american . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amer
apartment, apartments . . . . . . . . . . . . .apt
archit, architectural . . . . . . . . . . . archit
assistant, assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . asst
associate, associated, associates . . . . . .assoc
association, associations . . . . . . . . . . assn
atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .atl
attorney, attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . atty
authority, authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . auth
automation, automated . . . . . . . . . . . . auto
auto, automobile, automotive, automobiles . . auto
avenue, avenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ave
aviation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .avn
bank, banking, banker, banks, bankers . . . . . bk
board, boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bd
Bonneville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bonne
branch, branches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . br
broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . brdcst
broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .brdcstg
brotherhood, brotherhoods . . . . . . . . . . .bro
brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bros
builder, builders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bldr
building, buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . bldg
bureau, bureaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bur
business, businesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . .bus
capital, capitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cap
captain, captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . capt
casualty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cas
cement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cem
center, centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ctr
central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cen
certificate, certified, certificates. . . . . cert
chemical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chem
Chevrolet, Chevron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chev
circuit, circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cir
citizen, citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cit
city, cities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cty
commercial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cml
commission, committee, committees . . . . . . comm
commissioner, commissioners . . . . . . . . .commr
communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .commn
company, companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . co
condominium, condominiums . . . . . . . . . .condo
consolidated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . consol
construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .const
continent, continental, continents. . . . . . cont
contractor, contracting, contractors. . . . .contr
cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coop
corporate, corporation, corporations. . . . . corp
county, counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cnty
court, courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ct
credit, crediting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . crdt
currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . curr
department, departmental, departments . . . . dept
deputy, deputies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dep
Deseret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Des
detective, detectives . . . . . . . . . . . . .det
detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dtn
develop, developer, developing, developers. . .dev
development, developmental, developments. . . .dev
direct, director, directingm, directors . . . .dir
distribute, distrubution, distributing. . . .distr
distributor, distributors . . . . . . . . . .distr
district, districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . dist
division, divisions, divisional . . . . . . . .div
Denver and Rio Grande . . . . . . . . . . . . D&RG
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dr
East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E
Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ea
education, educational. . . . . . . . . . . . . ed
electric, electrical, electronic. . . . . . . elec
elementary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . elem
employ, employee, employer, employers . . . . empl
employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .emplm
engine, engineer, engineering, engines. . . . .eng
enterprise, enterprising. . . . . . . . . . . .ent
entertain, entertainment. . . . . . . . . . .enter
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .equip
estate, estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .est
examiner, examiner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . exam
family, families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .fam
federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .fed
federation, federated, federations. . . . . . fedn
finance, financing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .fin
financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .fincl
foundation, foundations . . . . . . . . . . . .fdn
fratern,fraternal,fraternity,fraternities . . frat
general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .gen
govern, governor, government, governors . . . .gov
group, groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .grp
highway, highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .hwy
hospital, hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . hosp
improvement, improving. . . . . . . . . . . . impr
incorporate, incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .inc
indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .indem
independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ind
industry, industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . .ind
industrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .indus
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . info
insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ins
international . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . intl
intermountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . intermtn
interstate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . interste
investment,investor,investments,investors . .invst
laboratory, laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . .lab
lake, lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lk
limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ltd
machine, machinery, machines. . . . . . . . . mach
management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mgt
manager, managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mgr
manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturers. . . .mfr
manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mfg
market, markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mrkt
marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mrktg
mechanic, mechanical, mechanics . . . . . . . mech
medical, medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .med
memorial, memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mem
merchandise, merchandising. . . . . . . . . . mdse
mineral, minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .min
mortgage, mortgaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . mtge
motor, motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mtr
mountain, mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mtn
municipal, municipality . . . . . . . . . . . muni
mutual, mutuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mtl
nation, national, nations . . . . . . . . . . natl
North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N
Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ne
northern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No
Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nw
office, officer, offices. . . . . . . . . . . .off
official, officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . offl
operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ops
pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pac
parcel, parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .par
park, parking, parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pk
partner,partnership,partners,partnerships . . .prt
pension, pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pnsn
personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pers
petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .petro
pioneer, pioneering, pioneers . . . . . . . . .pio
Police Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PD
president, presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . pres
principal, principals . . . . . . . . . . . . prin
private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . priv
probation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . prob
process, processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . proc
product, production, products . . . . . . . . prod
produce, producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . prod
professional corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC
professional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . prof
professor, professors . . . . . . . . . . . . prof
profit sharing plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PSP
property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . prop
properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .props
prudential. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . prud
public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pub
publish,publisher,publishing,pushlishers. . .pblsh
railroad, railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RR
railway, railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rwy
region, regional, regions . . . . . . . . . . regn
regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reg
republic, republics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rep
restaurant, restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . rest
retire, retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . .retir
resource, resources, resort . . . . . . . . . .res
road, roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rd
Rocky Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rky Mtn
route, routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rte
Salt Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SL
Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SLC
saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sav
Savings & Loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S&L
school, schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sch
secretary, secretaries. . . . . . . . . . . . secy
security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sec
segregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .seg
sergeant, sergeants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sgt
service, servicing, services. . . . . . . . . .svc
society, social, societies. . . . . . . . . . .soc
South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S
Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Se
southern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So
Southwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sw
state, states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . st
station, stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sta
street, streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . st
superintendent, superintendents . . . . . . . supt
superior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sup
supervisor, supervisory, supervisors. . . . . supv
supply, supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sup
supplement, supplemental. . . . . . . . . . . supl
supreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . supr
system, systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sys
technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tech
technician, technicians . . . . . . . . . . .techn
technology, technologies. . . . . . . . . . . tech
technological . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . techno
telecommunication, telecommunications . . . teleco
telephone, telephones . . . . . . . . . . . .telep
television, televisions . . . . . . . . . . . . TV
transport, transportation . . . . . . . . . .trans
treasur, treasurer, treasury. . . . . . . . .treas
trust, trustee, trustees. . . . . . . . . . . trst
union, unions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . un
united. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .uni
United States of America. . . . . . . . . . . .USA
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US
universal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . unvrsl
unsecured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .unsec
vice president, vice presidents . . . . . . . . vp
West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W
western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We
wholesale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .whsle
university, universities. . . . . . . . . . . univ
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UT
Federal Agency Abbreviations
Agriculture, Dept of. . . . . . . . . . . . . AGRI
Bureau of Indian Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . .BIA
Bureau of Land Management. . . . . . . . . . .BLM
Energy, Dept of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOE
Drug Enforcement Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .DEA
Interior, Dept of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOI
Justice, Dept of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOJ
Public Safety, Dept of. . . . . . . . . . . . .DPS
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. . . EEOC
Federal Aviation Agency . . . . . . . . . . . .FAA
Prison, Federal Bureau of . . . . . . . . . . .FBP
Federal Bureau of Investigation . . . . . . . .FBI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. . . . . . . . FDIC
Fair Trade Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . .FTC
Health, Education and Welfare, Dept of . . . .HEW
Health and Human Services, Dept of . . . . . .HHS
Immagration and Naturalization Service. . . . .INS
Internal Revenue Service. . . . . . . . . . . .IRS
Labor, Dept of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LABR
U.S. Marshall Services. . . . . . . . . . . . USMS
Reclamation, Bureau of. . . . . . . . . . . RECLAM
Resolution Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RTC
Small Business Administration . . . . . . . . .SBA
Social Security Administration. . . . . . . . .SSA
Surface Transportation Board (formerly ICC) . .STB
Transportation, Dept of . . . . . . . . . . .TRANS
Treasury, Dept of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TREA
U.S. Parole Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . USPC
U.S. Air Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USAF
Veterans Administration (Affairs) . . . . . . . VA
Local Abbreviations
Governor, State of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .GOV
Health, Dept of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HEALTH
Human Services,UT Dept of . . . . . . . . . .UTHUM
Probation, Dept of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROB
Social Security Adminstration . . . . . . . . .SSA
Salt Lake City Police Dept. . . . . . . . . .SLCPD
UT Dept of Employment Security. . . . . . . . UDES
UT Dept of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . UDOT
UT Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . . . UTAG
Corrections (Draper). . . . . . . . . . . . UTCORR
Corrections (Iron County) . . . . . . . . .UTCORR2
Corrections (Cedar City). . . . . . . . . .UTCORR3
UT Dept Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . .UTDPS
UT Industrial Commission. . . . . . . . . .UTINDUS
UT Dept of Pardons. . . . . . . . . . . . . UTPARD
Social Services, UT Dept of . . . . . . . . .UTSOC
Utah State Prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USP
UT State Tax Commission . . . . . . . . . . .UTTAX
Warden, UT State Prison . . . . . . . . . . . WARD
Utah Colleges and Universities
Brigham Young University. . . . . . . . . . . .BYU
College of Eastern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .CEU
Salt Lake Community College . . . . . . . . . SLCC
Southern Univesity Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .SUU
Utah State University . . . . . . . . . . . . .USU
Utah Valley Community College . . . . . . . . UVCC
University of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . UofU
Weber State University. . . . . . . . . . . . .WSU
Westminster College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WC
State Abbreviations
Alaska. . . . . . AK Kentucky . . . . . .KY North Dakota. . . ND
Alabama . . . . . AL Louisiana. . . . . .LA Ohio. . . . . . . OH
Arizona . . . . . AZ Maine. . . . . . . .ME Oklahoma. . . . . OK
Arkansas. . . . . AR Maryland . . . . . .MD Oregon. . . . . . OR
California. . . . CA Massachusetts. . . .MA Pennsylvania . . .PA
Connecticut . . . CT Michigan . . . . . .MI Rhode Island . . .RI
Colorado. . . . . CO Minnesota. . . . . .MN South Carolina. . SC
Delaware. . . . . DE Mississippi. . . . .MS South Dakota. . . SD
Dist.of Col . . . DC Missouri . . . . . .MO Tennessee. . . . .TN
Florida . . . . . FL Montana. . . . . . .MT Texas . . . . . . TX
Georgia . . . . . GA Nebraska . . . . . .NE Utah. . . . . . . UT
Hawaii. . . . . . HI Nevada . . . . . . .NV Vermont . . . . . VT
Idaho . . . . . . ID New Hampshire. . . .NH Virginia. . . . . VA
Illinois. . . . . IL New Jersey . . . . .NJ Washington. . . . WA
Indiana . . . . . IN New Mexico . . . . .NM West Virginia . . WV
Iowa. . . . . . . IA New York . . . . . .NY Wisconsin . . . . WI
Kansas. . . . . . KS North Carolina . . .NC Wyoming . . . . . WY