pacer_case_search
Pack: pacer · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pacer/mcp
Find US federal court cases by party name, case title, or case number — live search of the PACER Case Locator (PCL) across every federal district, bankruptcy, and appellate court. Returns case number, title, court, filing date, nature of suit, and case type. Requires your own PACER credentials (NextGen); PACER charges your account per search ($0.10/page, capped). Example: pacer_case_search({ case_title: “Lytx v. Sanderson”, _apiKey: “myuser:mypass” }) or pacer_case_search({ party_name: “Nicholas Henderson”, court_id: “ilndc”, _apiKey: “myuser:mypass” })
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
party_name | string | no | Party name to search for, e.g. “Nicholas Henderson” or “Smith” (routed to a party search). Provide at least one of party_name, case_title, or case_number. |
case_title | string | no | Case title / caption text, e.g. “Lytx, Inc. v. Sanderson” (not case-sensitive). |
case_number | string | no | Full case number, e.g. “1:2015cv01445”. |
court_id | string | no | Optional court ID to restrict the search, e.g. “ilndc” (N.D. Illinois district) or “ilnbk” (bankruptcy). |
date_filed_from | string | no | Optional filing-date lower bound, format yyyy-MM-dd. |
date_filed_to | string | no | Optional filing-date upper bound, format yyyy-MM-dd. |
page | integer | no | Optional 0-based result page (up to 54 matches per page). Default 0. |
_apiKey | string | yes | Your PACER credentials as “username:password” (NextGen PACER account). PACER bills your account per search. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pacer/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"pacer_case_search","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pacer": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pacer/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.