UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

See Procedures for Requesting Transcripts or Audio Recording. If a transcript is on file in the Clerk’s Office, you may view it in our office if the transcript is within the 90 day period following electronic filing or purchase a copy from the court reporter, or access it via PACER 90 days after it was electronically filed, unless a redacted version was filed (in which case, the same instructions apply for a redacted version).

Notes: 

• While 28 U.S.C. § 753(b) requires the clerk to maintain court reporter notes or other original records for a minimum of 10 years after the proceeding, materials may be available for a longer period. Unfortunately, even if the records are still within the clerk's possession, it may be impossible to produce a transcript due to degradation of the notes/recordings.
• Pursuant to the Guide to Judiciary Policy, Volume 6, Ch. 5, Section 510.40.10(c), with the exception for recordings of arraignments, changes of plea, and sentencings covered by section § 510.45.20, there is no public entitlement to court reporters’ back up recordings used to augment steno notes. They are made for the reporter’s own convenience, not otherwise required by 28 U.S.C. § 753, and are the personal property of the court reporter

Sealed documents are not accessible via CM/ECF. If you appeared for a party after the sealed document was filed, we encourage you to obtain the document from the prior attorney if possible. However, if you are unable to do so, or if you have misplaced a sealed document you are entitled to see, you may contact the ECF Help Desk for assistance. If you appear in person to request a copy, you will be asked to show photo identification. Otherwise, you will be emailed a password protected copy to the email address associated with your CM/ECF filer/PACER account. The clerk will not email sealed documents to an assistant or an alternate email address.