IMPORTANT INFORMATION: July 11, 2002, UPDATE! Unrestricted access to case information through this page will be PERMANENTLY TERMINATED after 5:00 p.m., Thursday, August 1, 2002. As noted previously on this page, effective January 1, 2002, no new case information has been available by accessing this page. To secure any information, you MUST obtain a PACER Service Center password and login. This includes case information for cases filed before January 1, 2002, as well. ALL case information will be accessible ONLY through use of a PACER password and login. Please contact the PACER Service Center now. Click here for additional information.

Entering A Case Number:

Enter the case number without a hyphen.

For example,

                                                 97-31234

would be entered as

                                                 9731234.

Once you have entered the case number, select “Begin Search.”

Detailed case information will appear.

NOTE: Cases beginning with a 1, 2, 3 or 4 are conventional 'paper' files and the docket and case information can be accessed through this database.

Cases beginning with the following lead digits are Electronic Case Files and can be accessed through the ECF bar on our web page: [Example: 99-8xxxx (Alexandria Division); 99-7xxxx (Norfolk Division); 99-6xxxx (Richmond Division); 99-5xxxx (Newport News Division)]