District of Columbia Court Records

U.S. District Courts

Search for court records online in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia  (D.D.C.) and lookup the case information you need on federal litigation happening across counties in the District of Columbia. 

UniCourt provides you with easy access to the court dockets, court documents, transcripts, and legal data you need on the parties, attorneys, law firms, and judges involved in court cases in the District of Columbia. 

About the District of Columbia

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was created in 1863, as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. It was renamed in 1936. The D.D.C. has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, commonly known as Washington, D.C., or D.C., which is the capital district of the U.S. and is not a part of any state.

The District currently has twelve United States District Judges, eight United States Senior Judges, and four Magistrate Judges.

Courthouse Location

The D.D.C. is located at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001. You can reach the courthouse for any general information or specific case-related queries by calling (202) 354-3080.

Clerk of Court

The Clerk of Court is the Hon. Angela D. Caesar. The phone number for the Clerk’s Office is (202) 354-3000.

Chief District Judge

The Chief District Judge is the Hon. James E. Boasberg. You can reach the Chief Judge’s Chambers by calling (202) 354-3300.

U.S. Attorney

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is Mathew M. Graves. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mathew Graves served as a Senior Assistant U.S. Attorney within the Fraud and Public Corruption Section.

The main office for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia is located at 601 D Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. You can reach the main office by calling (202) 252-7566.

Why use UniCourt to search for cases in the District of Columbia?

Searching for and collecting the court records you need for the District of Columbia from the Public Access to Court Electronic Records, or PACER, can be expensive, difficult, and time-consuming.

UniCourt gathers court data for all of the new federal civil and criminal cases in the District of Columbia every day and allows you to search through all the new case filings in our CrowdSourced Libraryâ„¢ for free. UniCourt also gives you real-time, bulk access to the entire PACER database of civil and criminal federal court data from the District of Columbia through our PACER API. Unlike UniCourt, PACER charges for every case search you make on their platform, even if the search terms you used do not produce any results. Further, PACER does not limit the cost of each case search you make, meaning you could be charged excessive fees for searches that return a mountain of results.

PACER also charges users additional fees to download the same document multiple times, but with UniCourt, you can download documents from the D.D.C. in our CrowdSourced Libraryâ„¢ for free as many times as you want. PACER may also charge additional document fees. PACER charges 10 cents per page and claims that these fees are capped at $3, but oftentimes the fees can be much higher for access to court transcripts.

In addition to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, UniCourt provides access to court records for the other U.S. District Courts. UniCourt also offers bulk access to all federal court records within Washington, D.C., such as cases filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.

UniCourt’s industry-leading Legal Data APIs provide Enterprise users with on-demand, bulk access to structured data from state and federal courts. UniCourt collects, organizes, standardizes, and normalizes court data from all federal courts and makes it easily accessible via our APIs as a part of our Legal Data as a Service (LDaaS) offerings for business development, competitive intelligence, litigation strategy, and docket management.

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District of Columbia District

(U.S. District Courts)

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E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave Nw, District of Columbia, DC 20001, USA
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E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse-deprecated, 333 Constitution Avenue, Nw., District of Columbia, DC 20001, USA

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