Every court case docket viewable on PeachCourt.com is stored in Diagnostics. The court case is the “box” that includes the filing “envelopes” which hold the individual documents filed at any point in the case history. Every court case has a case number (aka docket number, aka civil action number, aka criminal action number) assigned by the court.
What can the court case details tell us?
- Case Title (plaintiff vs defendant)
- Assigned Judge (name or code depending on court)
- Initiation Date
- eFilers of Record (accounts that have eFiled into the case)
- Case Followers (PeachCourt+ users following the case)
- Attorneys
- Parties
- Filings (both eFiled and external for most courts)
- For criminal cases: Criminal charges against the defendant
- Case logs
What can we do from the court case page in Diagnostics?
- Delete the case from PeachCourt
- Add the case to search
- Mark the case as closed
- Process the most recent UpdateCase
- Add to the case My Cases for any user
- Add an eFiler of Record
- Remove an eFiler of Record
- Add the case to GovLink for GADHS
- Access linked peach numbers for eFilings into the case
- Access PDFs of the stamped documents
- Access document preview files
- Mark external documents to show as eFiled
- Add, remove, or transfer FOBO records
- View UpdateCase XML files coming from the CMS in the logs
Where can we find the court case number?
- Ask the customer for it
- Court’s local online CMS search if available
- MTD accounting reports
- Firm billing reports
- Have the customer ask the clerk for it
How can we find the court case in Diagnostics?
- Search for it by the exact format for that court
Where do we find the exact case number format if we don’t have it?
- The case number format hint on PeachCourt.com