{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cafc-docket-entry-schema.json", "title": "DocketEntry", "description": "A docket entry in a Federal Circuit case as accessible via PACER, representing a filing or court action in the case record.", "type": "object", "properties": { "docket_number": { "type": "string", "description": "PACER docket identifier for the case.", "example": "CAFC-2024-2296" }, "entry_number": { "type": "integer", "description": "Sequential docket entry number.", "minimum": 1 }, "date_filed": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "Date this docket entry was filed." }, "description": { "type": "string", "description": "Description of the docket entry filing or court action.", "example": "BRIEF filed by Appellant Acme Corp. Service: 01/15/2025" }, "filing_party": { "type": "string", "description": "Party who filed this document.", "example": "Appellant" }, "document_type": { "type": "string", "description": "Type of document filed.", "enum": [ "Brief", "Appendix", "Motion", "Order", "Opinion", "Judgment", "Notice", "Scheduling Order", "Oral Argument Notice", "Mandate", "Petition for Rehearing", "Reply Brief" ] }, "pacer_doc_id": { "type": "string", "description": "PACER document identifier for accessing the filed document." }, "page_count": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of pages in the filed document.", "minimum": 1 }, "is_sealed": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether this docket entry is sealed from public view." } }, "required": ["docket_number", "entry_number", "date_filed", "document_type"] }