The Civil Part (L) case jacket has three (3) sections. These sections are as follow:
The Case Details section of the case Jacket will display the following information:
Docket Number
Case Caption
Court
Case Type
Case Track
# of Discovery Days
Original Discovery End Date
Original Arbitration Date
Original Trial Date
Disposition Date
Venue
Case Status
Judge
Age of Case
Current Discovery End Date
Current Arbitration Date
Current Trial Date
Case Disposition
Case Initiation Date
Jury Demand
Team
Consolidated Cases
# of DED Extensions
# of Arb Adjournments
# of Trial Date Adjournments
Statewide Lien
Demand Amount
Age
This section of the Case Jacket is represented by tabs, and displays all Plaintiff(s) and Defendant(s) on the case. In order to view a party's information, select either the Plaintiff(s) or Defendant(s) tab, then click on the banner with the party name to expand the section
Note: If a party has alternate name (s) in the case management system, "AKA" will be displayed next to the party name on the banner. To view all alternate name(s), move mouse over the "AKA".
For each party, the following information is displayed:
Party Name (on banner)
Party Description
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State
Zip
Attorney Email
Phone
Attorney Name
Attorney Bar ID
Note: This section defaults to the plaintiff tab
Note: Party count will appear next to the label on each tab in parenthesis
The Case Actions section of the Case Jacket displays the following columns:
Filed Date - Date on which filing was submitted
Filings - Contains documents and notifications for filing (Click on hyperlink to be taken to the Filings section)
Docket Text - Provides a brief description of what was filed and by whom
Note: Deficiency Notice is displayed in bold, uppercase red text, Clerk Notice is displayed in bold uppercase text, and linked filings are displayed in bold, uppercase text between two asterisk.
Transaction ID - A unique ID assigned to filing generated by the eCourts application
Entry Date - Date on which filing was entered in the eCourts case jacket
Note: Entries can be sorted by clicking on any of the column labels in the blue banner
Note: At the bottom of Case Actions section, a message showing number of entries will be displayed
There are two images displayed in the Filings column. These images are:
- Indicating that the filing has documents associated with it.
- Indicating that the filing has a system generated notification associated with it
- Indication that a Motion Response was filed and there is a linked filing.
Note: Deficiency Notices and Clerk's Notices will not have documents associated with their case jacket entries
Note: Certain filings entered into the case jacket by Court Staff will not generate a notification
If a filing has a icon, click on the icon to reveal a list of the documents associate with the filing. This list will be displayed in a pop-up window
To view a document, click on the name of the document
Note: In order to view all available documents at once, check the "Select All box, then click the Save/Print Selected Documents button. By doing this, the system displays all documents as one file, making it easy to print the entire package
The document will be displayed
The "Blue Stamp" can be found on each document that resides in the Case Jacket. The "Blue Stamp" is eCourt's "Received" stamp, displaying the Docket Number, Date and Time document was received by eCourts, number of pages, and unique eCourts generated Transaction ID
If a filing has a icon, click on the icon to reveal the notification associated with the filing. This notification would have been generated on initiation of the Case Action entry, and outlines some case details, and who was electronically notified for that entry, and who wasn't (if any)
Create Summary Report
To view a report of the case jacket, click on the button.
This will display a summary of the case jacket in pdf format, making it easy to print a summary of the entire Case Jacket