Topic Updated: April 2017
You can search for a person, company, or organization.
Click Case Management at the top of the page, if it is not the default view.
Click Participant Search on the left toolbar.
Complete the name fields with the name of the person for whom you are searching. See the Search Entry Tips below for assistance.
Click Search or
press Enter. See the
Search Results table below for assistance.
For more information, please see the Viewing
Information topic.
If you do not know the exact spelling or name of the participant you can leave any of the fields blank, but you cannot leave all fields blank. You may enter the partial spelling of the last name or first name if you use the wildcard character.
The wildcard character
for searching is "%." If you are unsure of the correct
spelling, you may use "%" as a wildcard at the beginning
or end of the field.
Example: If you are looking for "John Smith,"
but are unsure of the spelling of his first name (Jonathan, John,
Jon, etc.), you could enter:
Last Name: "Smith"
First name: "Jo%"
For some case types, initials are used for the parties in the case title. In those cases, you will need to search by initials rather than by the full name.
The search fields
are not case sensitive.
Sometimes, your Participant Search may produce many results. The following fields contain information pertaining to each specific case.
| Search Results Field | Description |
Case Number |
Displays the appellate case number and provides a link to the Case View. If this is a consolidated case, P-MACS shows "(con)" at the end of the case number. Click the blue case number link to view the case information. View other cases in the consolidation by looking under the Consolidated field. |
Participant |
Shows the name that was included as a search result. |
Short Title |
Shows the short title (sometimes different from the full title) of the case. The participant's name may or may not appear in the title. |
Filing Date |
Shows the case filing date. |
Appellate Role |
For non-archived cases, this field shows the role the participant plays or played in the case (e.g., Attorney, Appellant, etc.). If a case has been archived, Archive will appear. |
Search Results Tips:
Click the blue case link to access a page where you can view case information. For more information on viewing a particular case from your search results, refer to Viewing Information.
If you don't see a case you were expecting, look up this issue under Frequently Asked Questions.
If results exceed one page, click the Next or Previous link at the top and/or bottom of the list to continue viewing results.
To
sort on a sortable column, click an arrow in the column header
to toggle between ascending and descending information.
