# pacer.uscourts.gov / legal_admin.find_federal_case

Health: degraded
AES: 74
Confidence: low 0.30
Freshness: 0d

## Recipe

Status: active
URI: recipe://pacer.uscourts.gov/legal_admin.find_federal_case/public-preflight-v1

1. Open the documented public path for PACER: Find a Case -> Case Locator; viewing dockets/documents requires a PACER account and incurs per-page fees (waived under a quarterly threshold).
2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state.
3. Stop before any irreversible or user-sensitive action and ask for explicit approval.

## Human Approval

Keep the user present for payment, price, fee, booking, or purchase confirmation. Stop before any final transaction.

## Do Not Cross

- Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step.
- Disclose per-page fees before retrieving documents.
- Prefer the free RECAP archive when a document already exists there.
- Provide informational workflow guidance only, not legal advice.

## Success Signals

- Case located in Case Locator
- Docket sheet retrieved

## Blockers

- login_required
- hidden_fee

## Recommended Actions

- Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
- Require total-price verification immediately before final submission. Reduces high-regret transaction errors.