About Docket Prime

Docket Prime helps paralegals, solo attorneys and people representing themselves get PDFs accepted by court e-filing systems the first time, especially close to a deadline.

Where the rules come from

Every one of the 293 court pages cites the court's own published source: its CM/ECF manual, FAQ, administrative procedures, or rules of court. We publish a court only when we can link to such a source. Each page shows the date we last checked it.

PACER's "Court CM/ECF Lookup" lists each federal court's "Maximum Merge Document Size". That is a limit on merged downloads, not on uploads, so we don't use it as the filing limit.

What the checks can and can't tell you

• We check technical requirements (size, page dimensions, security settings, searchable text, bookmarks, attachment counts, forms and scripts, whether a file is labeled PDF/A) and look for redaction mistakes.
• We don't check content rules such as page limits for briefs, fonts, margins, line spacing or signatures.
• Scanned-page detection is a careful estimate. A page with very little text that's mostly covered by an image is reported as probably scanned.
• "PDF/A" means the file is labeled PDF/A. We don't run a full conformance validator.
• The redaction check finds text hidden under black boxes and full Social Security, taxpayer ID, account and card numbers and birth dates in the text layer. It can't read numbers that exist only in scanned images (run OCR first), and it can't recognize minors' names. Always review redactions yourself.

Corrections and new courts

Courts change their rules without notice. If a limit here doesn't match what your court's system enforces, please tell us which court and, ideally, link to the court's page. We'll verify and update the "last verified" date.

Not legal advice

Docket Prime is a technical tool, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice. Always confirm filing requirements with the court.