Docket Models

Case File Handoff Map

A case file should hand docket traces to human review. Honesty note: simplified federal civil model; jurisdictions, local rules, and court orders vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice; outputs are docket and deadline traces only. Firewall doctrine: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite, abstain, and hand off.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Case file handoff mapCase file handoff mapscope: US-FED | Simplified federal civil model | as of 2026-06-24Rules and orders vary; not legal advice; docket traces only, not filing advice.Case fileDocket eventsDependenciesDeadline rowsTrace outputHuman reviewedge=file->events label=extractedge=events->deps label=linkedge=deps->deadlines label=computeedge=deadlines->trace label=yesedge=deadlines->review label=noedge=trace->review label=reviewSCC: scc5:file; scc4:events; scc3:deps; scc2:deadlines; scc1:trace; scc0:review
highlighted = computed this step

Civil docket honesty note

Honesty note: simplified federal civil model; jurisdictions, local rules, and court orders vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; outputs are docket and deadline traces only, not filing advice.

federal civil model as of June24,2026\text{federal civil model as of }June 24, 2026

Map the case-file handoff

The final process extracts docket events from a case file, links dependencies, computes deadline rows, and routes the trace to human review.

case file→docket trace→review\text{case file}\to\text{docket trace}\to\text{review}

Example map size

The handoff map has 6 nodes and 6 directed edges.

nodes=6,edges=6\text{nodes}=6,\quad \text{edges}=6

Deadline rows select the toy branch

The map has 1 deadline decision before human review.

decisions=1\text{decisions}=1

Diagram note

The diagram is a handoff map, not a filing recommendation. Both branches end at review.

terminal review remains visible\text{terminal review remains visible}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Case file handoff mapCase file handoff mapscope: US-FED | Simplified federal civil model | as of 2026-06-24Rules and orders vary; not legal advice; docket traces only, not filing advice.Case fileDocket eventsDependenciesDeadline rowsTrace outputHuman reviewedge=file->events label=extractedge=events->deps label=linkedge=deps->deadlines label=computeedge=deadlines->trace label=yesedge=deadlines->review label=noedge=trace->review label=reviewSCC: scc5:file; scc4:events; scc3:deps; scc2:deadlines; scc1:trace; scc0:review

Summary

A civil case-file tool should expose event extraction, dependency links, computed deadlines, and human review as separate steps.

separate extraction, clocks, review\text{separate extraction, clocks, review}