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We have downloaded a sheet of docket entries from off the PACER website and pasted it to the back of this document.
This form lets you pick a docket entry from this list.
Then you press here to enter that entry as a cite.
The cite is entered as a hyperlink, which takes you back to the PACER website where the cited document is displayed.
You can filter the docket list when it gets lengthy. You can filter on the filter.
We want to find the Petitioner's Motion to Receive Stenographic Transcripts as a Poor Person, so we filter on "Motion."
The list is still a little long, so we filter for "steno."
That displays the motion that we are looking for. 0:00:55.413,0:01:60.664 Press here to restore the list. 0:01:60.663,0:01:63.863 You can add pinpoints to you cite. 0:01:63.862,0:01:68.754 You can enter signals or Id. 0:01:71.989,0:01:82.225 You can add a descriptive name for the document. You can type it in lowercase and we will translate it into Title Case. 0:01:86.768,0:01:91.816 Double click on the box to disable that feature or restore it. 0:01:102.917,0:01:108.997 Press the View + button and you can do more than just enter Docket Cites. 0:01:108.997,0:01:117.139 You can select a chunk of text and then enter it into the document using differing formats, or simply as is. 0:01:117.147,0:02:127.258 The easiest way to enter a chunk of text is to put your cursor in the first word. Press Shift. Then place your cursor in the last word. 0:02:127.258,0:02:141.400 You can also enter the date with the docket number in a couple of differing formats, or the date by itself. Plus, you can always enter the docket number from the upper left corner. 0:02:141.400,0:02:171.965 Using this method its fairly easy to create a chronology of the case with docket cites. 0:02:171.968,0:02:178.069 You can rest assured that your information is accurate, since it comes straight from the court's docket sheet. If there is an error, you can blame it on the Clerk of the Court. 0:02:178.068,0:03:198.690 We trust that you can see the benefits of using our system for entering docket cites. Take a look at one of our related videos to see other ways that our desktop apps can make you more productive and effective.