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Courts assign each case case a docket number to make it easier to track. Usually, it's not necessary to understand how docket numbers are assigned to use them to retrieve cases. However, understanding how docket numbers are constructed can be helpful for correcting mistyped docket numbers and determining where and when a case was filed.
A case number is a unique sequence of numbers and letters assigned by the court to identify and track a specific legal case. It is used to manage case records, facilitate communication, and ensure proper documentation throughout the legal process.
District and Municipal Court Case Number Format: Case numbers assigned by courts of limited jurisdiction (district and municipal courts) are determined by each court. Such case numbers may consist of all numbers, numbers and letters, or even include other characters such as a dash (-).
Each case has a distinctive number in the following format: A one digit indicator of the division to which the case is assigned. [For example: 3 (Columbia)] A colon and a two digit indicator of the year the case was filed. [For example: 3:00 (Columbia, 2000)] The notation CV (Civil), CR (Criminal), or MC (Miscellaneous).
After a case is filed, the court assigns it a docket number, which is the court's case number or tracking number. The docket lists the judge, parties, and the attorneys of record, along with a summary of each document filed in the case, the date when it was filed, and the court case number assigned to the document.
Reading a docket can tell you information that you won’t always find in a case, including how the facts and claims evolved over time, what happened in between opinions, and why things resolved the way that they did.
The Uniform Case Number is a twenty character sequence that has five components, broken out, it looks as follows: XX-XXXX-XX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX. For Example, the first felony case filed in Orange County for 2009 would look as follows: 48-2009-CF-000001-OAXXXX. Broken down, the five components are explained as follows: ...
Sample Case Number: 3:00-cv-5 (GEB). The sample indicates the case was filed in Trenton (Office 3), that it is the fifth case filed in the District in 2000 and that it was assigned to Judge Garrett E. Brown.
In most court dockets, a person will typically find the following case information: The Docket Number is the court's official identification number for the case. In other words, it's the case number. It's denoted by the year the plaintiff filed the lawsuit, followed by a reference number (usually sequentially assigned and often including letters or numbers indicating the type of suit, such as ...
If you have a case citation, there is another easy way to look up the case number or to pull up the docket itself. Simply “find” the case in Westlaw Edge by typing “find:” followed by the case citation into the global search bar at the top.