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Judicial Conference of the US Backs Proposal to Make PACER Searches Free

The Judicial Conference of the U.S., the federal court system's policymaking body, supports a proposal to make searches free on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) service -- the means by which electronic public access to court documents…

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is provided. The proposal, brought by the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, would make searches free for noncommercial users but would require "extensive development work to the current PACER system and all operational versions of the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system," the proposal said. The Judicial Conference endorsed the proposal in a March meeting, according to a report made public recently.