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DocketLayer uses short court codes to identify federal courts. Pass the appropriate code in the court_code field of your API requests. The live coverage list is always available at /v1/status. The table below reflects Phase 1 coverage.

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Phase 1 — currently live

CodeCourtType
nysdSouthern District of New YorkDistrict
debDistrict of Delaware BankruptcyBankruptcy
candNorthern District of CaliforniaDistrict
cacdCentral District of CaliforniaDistrict
ilndNorthern District of IllinoisDistrict
txsdSouthern District of TexasDistrict
nyebEastern District of New York BankruptcyBankruptcy
njbDistrict of New Jersey BankruptcyBankruptcy
caebEastern District of California BankruptcyBankruptcy

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Checking coverage

Before querying, confirm the court you need is covered: 
curl https://api.docketlayer.com/v1/status
A court with "status": "full" is fully covered. A court not in the response is not currently covered — querying it returns a 422 error and no charge.

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Coming soon

Phase 2 (Q3 2026) expands federal coverage and adds state courts via Tyler Technologies Odyssey deployments in Texas and California. Phase 3 (Q4 2026) covers remaining state and county courts. See the coverage roadmap for the full plan.