August 28, 2026 · Data-quality correction

Federal citations re-sourced onto openable records (August 28, 2026)

Federal citations re-sourced onto records a reader can open. Every one of the 49 federal cases cited a PacerMonitor docket page as its primary source, and PacerMonitor, DocketBird, Justia and Trellis all now serve a bot block or CAPTCHA rather than the record. 187 source URLs across seven tables were replaced with CourtListener docket pages, per-entry CourtListener anchors, and GovInfo opinion PDFs. No finding, date, holding or status was changed by this pass and no case's Last researched date was advanced: it substitutes an openable citation for an inaccessible one pointing at the same record. Where the old citation named a specific document, the replacement names that same document wherever a free copy exists (10 published opinions came from GovInfo, 73 rows now point at the exact docket entry). Four rows were deliberately left on their existing URLs: three cite the April 8, 2026 improper-venue show-cause order in 3:26-cv-00840, which is indexed by DocketBird but is not mirrored on CourtListener, RECAP, the Internet Archive or GovInfo, and one cites a California Superior Court record for which a federal docket is not a substitute.

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Citations are recorded so that a reader can open the underlying record. Replacing a citation does not change the evidence layer it sits in: a docket page is recorded as a docket source, a court order as a court record, and neither is upgraded to a stronger finding by being easier to reach. Where no freely accessible copy of a cited document could be located, the original citation was left in place rather than substituting a broader link that does not show the cited fact.

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