Instructions for Requesting a Transcript

To request a transcript of a proceeding held before a District Judge you must contact the court reporter or the ESR operator directly. Please refer to the Directory of Official Court Reporters for contact information. For proceedings held by Magistrate Judges please refer to the Contacts for Requesting Transcripts/Magistrate-Judges. The court reporter may require a deposit for each transcript order.

• Official Court Reporter Directory
• Contacts for Requesting Transcripts-Magistrate Judges

Electronic Transcripts

• Policy on the Electronic Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings
• Advisory for Limiting Personal Information in Transcripts
• Notice of Intent to Redact
• Statement of Redaction  (for redaction of Personal Identifiers only)
• Statement of Redaction and Sealing Pursuant to L. CIV.R.5.3(g)
• Policy Regarding Sealing/Redaction of Civil Transcipts/Digital Recordings

Transcript Fees

28 U.S.C. 753(f) authorizes district courts to prescribe fees which court reporters may charge and collect for transcripts:

• Official Transcript Rates

Forms - Counsel/unrepresented parties are directed to use one of the following Transcript Purchase Order forms when filing an appeal with the 3^rd Circuit or the Federal Circuit

• Transcript Purchase Order - 3^rd Circuit
• Transcript Purchase Order - Federal Circuit