CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use pacer-cli in academic or legal research, please cite it as below."
type: software
title: pacer-cli
abstract: >
  A command-line interface for the U.S. federal court PACER system.
  Supports case search via the PCL REST API, docket and document
  downloads from CM/ECF, local archive management, and structured
  docket parsing for legal research workflows.
authors:
  - family-names: Fitch
    given-names: Zack
    alias: johnzfitch
version: "0.2.1"
date-released: "2026-03-07"
license: MIT
repository-code: https://github.com/johnzfitch/pacer-cli
url: https://pypi.org/project/pacer-cli/
keywords:
  - PACER
  - federal courts
  - legal research
  - docket
  - CM/ECF
  - PCL
  - court records
  - litigation
  - legal technology