Telephone Access: Basic information, such at the debtor or debtor’s attorney’s name, case number,
or the name of the trustee is available on the telephone by calling the VCIS (Voice Case Information System)
at 1-866-222-8029 This information is provided free of charge and is available 24 hours a day from any
touch tone phone.
Computer Access: Electronic case summaries, docket information, and viewable copies of all pleadings filed since 1998,
may be retrieved via the Internet through the Public Access to Court Electronic
Records system (PACER). This system requires that you be a registered participant, and there is a fee
for access ($0.08 per page, with a page being approximately 50 lines of text). This charge is limited to
the first thirty pages of a document or report screen you are running, but is charged each time you open
a new document. For PACER registration information, click here for the PACER Service Center website.
In Person: Documents may be viewed in person or retrieved for copying at the Clerk’s Office. Cases
which are one year old or older may be closed and archived at the Federal Records Center in
Waltham, MA . To determine if a case has been archived, contact the Clerk’s Office. Records may be
obtained directly from the Federal Records Center, but you will need to obtain certain archiving
information from the Clerk’s Office prior to requesting the information. Click here for the Archived
records retrieval form.
Do It Yourself on cases filed in 1998 or later – print copies off the public computer for 10 cents a page.
Do it Yourself on cases older than 1998 – public copy machine for 25 cents a page.
Clerk’s Office Staff can provide a search. – Seefee schedule for current fees.