NOTE: For information on reviewing documents in ECF cases, click on Docket Review in the
General Info Guide.

Case files may be reviewed at the Clerk's Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Complete a request form, available at the intake counter, and one of our staff will be glad to
bring you the file or files requested. Please note the following concerning case files :

• Pleadings are filed chronologically, from bottom to top in the right-hand section of the
  folder, so that the original pleading that initiated the bankruptcy case or adversary
  proceeding will be found at the bottom of the file, and the most recently filed pleadings
  on top. Pleadings are also numbered sequentially, corresponding to numbers assigned at
  the time of docketing. All documents are date- and time-stamped at the time of receipt. If
  you have any questions or difficulty in locating or identifying a document, please ask for
  assistance.
• Claims are generally kept on the left side of the file. In cases where a large number of
  claims have been filed, the claims may be kept in separate folders.
• Operating reports in Chapter 11 cases are kept in separate folders.
• Proposed orders are not filed until signed. Information regarding the status of proposed
  orders pending less than 2 weeks is not generally available.
• Motions are not filed until they have been disposed of, generally by Court order.
• Generally, only three files at a time may be reviewed, unless you contact the
  Clerk's Office and make an appointment.
• Files may NOT be removed from the Clerk's Office. Pleadings may be removed from files
  only for the purpose of making copies, and must be promptly replaced in proper order.
  Removing documents from the file for any other purpose is absolutely forbidden by
  federal statute.
• All files must be returned in proper order promptly upon completion of review.

Title 18 U.S. Code Section 2071 states :

The Clerk's Office, in its capacity as keeper of the records, is responsible for maintaining their
integrity. Files which have been reviewed MUST be returned in proper order; violators may be
subject to being denied further access to files.