The Trenton Office maintains the Civil Dockets from 1981, Criminal Dockets from 1970, Magistrate Case Dockets from 1954, and Miscellaneous Dockets from 1954. Any docket sheets prior to these years are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration, which is located at 201 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014 (212-337-1300).

You can view all docket entries from May 1990 to the present through thePublic Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)service or on the public terminals in each divisional office. For information on how to subscribe to PACER, please go to http://www.pacer.uscourts.gov

To obtain a pleading that has been archived at the Federal Records Center in Lee Summit, Missouri, the Clerk's Office will give you necessary information to contact the Federal Records Center (816-478-7079). Please see Federal Records Center information. You may make an appointment with the FRC to view a file or ask to have a pleading faxed or mailed to you. You may also have the Clerk's Office request the file for viewing for a fee of [Click here for current fee ].