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Appellate court eFiling - Downloading case documents

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    • Purpose: This document provides instructions for electronic notice parties on how to access individual case documents and download all associated documents as a zip file. Once downloaded, these documents can be viewed, printed, or saved locally on the user's computer.

    Applicable Users: Appellate eFilers

    Steps to download case documents

    1. Visit the Wisconsin appellate court eFiling website at https://acefiling.wicourts.gov/ and log in. For more information see the article Logging into Wisconsin appellate court eFiling.
    2. . Select the my cases menu option or the My cases hyperlink.
      Wisconsin Appellate court eFiling homepage with attention called to My cases hyperlinks
    3. Use the filter options to locate the case you wish to view.
      My cases screen with attention called to case list column filters for Case number, Caption, District, County Status and AttorneysNote: To view closed cases, select the Click here to search link near the top of the page.
      My cases screen with attention called to Click here to search lin
    4. Select the View documents link to view case documents.
      Case search results list with attention called to View documents link for case
      Documents that were eFiled, scanned, or uploaded to the case are listed on the Documents tab.
      Documents list for appellate case with attention called to dropdown menu to select how many documents to display at a time and the name and document submission status or date
      • To change the number of documents displayed at a time, select the number of documents from the Show drop down menu.
      • Select the document name link to view and/or print the document.
      • Document names displayed in black text (not a hyperlink) are restricted; you do not have view access to them.
      • Documents, with Submitted in the Date column, are awaiting processing by the court and are not part of the court record yet.
    5. To download all case documents, select the [Download all documents] button.
      Documents list for appellate case with attention called to Download all documents button
    6. After selecting the [Download all documents] button, a .zip file displays in the bottom left-hand corner of your monitor. Documents are in Adobe PDF format. If you are unable to see the .zip file there, you can check your Downloads folder for it.
      Browser window with attention called to completed download for zipped folder of case documents
    7. Selecting the .zip file opens the files in a new window. Documents in the file are listed by “DocNumber - Name" where Name is the first 80 characters from the name of the document and any non alpha numeric characters other than spaces or '-' are replaced with '_' (underscore character).
      Windows file explorer displaying list of downloaded document files
    8. Documents may be selected and printed.

    Notes:

    • Submitted documents, not yet processed by the Clerk of Courts, are not included in the zip file.
    • Sealed or confidential documents to which an eCourts user does not have access are not included in the zip file.

    Support

    Contact the eFile support center if you have further questions. Staff are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except for court holidays.

    Phone: 1-800-462-8843
    Online support form: https://www.wicourts.gov/ecourts/efilesupportform.htm
    Email: efilesupport@wicourts.gov

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