What is RECAP, and why does it matter for completeness?

RECAP is a public archive of federal court documents collected by the Free Law Project, used by CourtListener. The docket entry (case number, parties, filing dates) and the documents attached to it are two different things, and they are not equally available.

Many dockets exist without any document attached, and some documents are sealed. That is why a page here can tell you a case exists while telling you nothing about what was filed.

We work at the docket level and never reproduce document text; the sources page states what that leaves out.