Where can the April–September 2016 Katie Johnson/Jane Doe court filings be downloaded in full from official court dockets?

1. What exists on the Riverside/Central California docket and where to get it

The April 2016 complaint by an anonymous plaintiff using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” was filed in federal court and is documented on the CourtListener docket entry for Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump, case number reflected there with entries showing the complaint and associated filings entered April 27, 2016 ^[1]. CourtListener’s docket page lists the complaint and docket entries and provides links or attachments to documents collected from the underlying court record ^[1]. For readers seeking the original PDF of the complaint itself, Plainsite hosts a downloadable copy of Document 1 that corresponds to the April filing commonly cited in contemporary coverage ^[2].

2. Mirrors and reposts: useful but not “official court” repositories

Several third‑party sites have reposted or mirrored the complaint and associated declarations: Scribd hosts user-uploaded PDFs that reproduce the Katie Johnson filing and related documents ^{[3] [4]}. These mirrors are convenient for quick viewing and sharing but are not the official court system; they duplicate the text and formatting of filings that originally appeared on the federal docket ^{[3] [4]}. The CourtListener listing functions as an aggregator of court documents and is widely used by researchers as a reliable reproduction of docket contents ^[1].

3. The June and September 2016 “Jane Doe” variants — reporting vs. available dockets

News organizations and longform reporting note follow‑on filings or refilings in mid‑2016, including a June filing and a September federal suit in New York identifying the plaintiff as “Jane Doe,” and they report that one version was withdrawn in November 2016 ^{[5] [6] [7]}. Those accounts document that multiple versions of claims were publicized, but the set of sources provided here does not include direct links to official New York federal court dockets or download pages for those specific June or September filings; therefore a definitive official-download location for those refiled documents cannot be supplied from these sources alone ^{[5] [6] [7]}.

4. How to corroborate and obtain “official” copies when a docket aggregator isn’t enough

CourtListener and Plainsite offer practical, downloadable copies of the April 2016 court papers ^{[1] [2]}, and widely circulated mirrors such as Scribd reproduce the same documents ^{[3] [4]}. If an absolute official source is required, the underlying federal court’s electronic docketing system is the authoritative repository, but the present collection of sources does not include a direct print‑out from the court’s PACER or clerk’s office for the June/September 2016 New York filings; the reporting indicates they exist but does not provide those official docket links here ^{[5] [6] [7]}.

5. Balance, caveats and next steps for researchers

Public court dockets and aggregator sites make the April 2016 Katie Johnson complaint readily obtainable ^{[1] [2]}, and mirrored copies proliferate online ^{[3] [4]}, but claims about active cases, settlements, or new filings after 2016 are contradicted by summaries noting the matter was dropped in 2016 ^{[5] [7]} and by later analyses that describe the litigation as closed ^[8]. Researchers seeking complete, official case files for the April–September 2016 period should start with the CourtListener docket for the April 2016 federal filing and the Plainsite Document 1 download ^{[1] [2]} and should pursue the respective federal court clerk’s electronic docket (not included among the supplied sources) for any New York or subsequent filings that coverage reports say existed ^{[5] [6] [7]}.