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How can I be notified about activity in a federal case?

Learn your options for receiving PacerPro email notifications.

PacerPro offers two types of email notifications: PDF2Go and Docket Updates.

 

PDF2Go Docket Updates
Available for federal cases where you or an attorney at your organization has a notice of appearance and is set up with PacerPro*

Available for any federal case, whether you or a member or your organization has an appearance or not
Sent within a few minutes of the court's Notice of Electronic Filing Sent according to the schedule set by you or another member of your case team***
Includes attachments of any publicly filed documents associated with the filing** Does not include attached documents
Does not incur additional fees Incurs standard PACER fees billed directly to your organization's PACER account

* Some courts may require additional setup. If you are not receiving PDF2Go for a case where you believe you or the attorney of record is set up, please contact support@pacerpro.com

**Large filings may be sent as a zip file, or as links to the downloaded documents on app.pacerpro.com

***Emails are only delivered when there has been a change to the docket. PACER fees accrue according to the schedule set, regardless of whether there has been docket activity.