Where can I find PACER or DC federal docket entries for Judge Tanya Chutkan’s cases in January 2026?
Executive summary
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan’s official docket entries for January 2026 are primarily published through federal court filing systems and public mirrors; the most authoritative source is the federal docket (PACER) and complementary access points include the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s judge webpage and independent docket repositories such as CourtListener (where a judge profile exists) [1] [2]. The reporting in the file set confirms where Chutkan’s institutional profile and administrative contacts are posted but does not include a direct PACER link or a single-page list of her January 2026 dockets, so users must query the public docket systems themselves [1] [3] [2].
1. How federal dockets are published and the primary place to start
Federal district court case filings are made available through the federal Public Access to Court Electronic Records system; PACER is the official source that contains docket sheets, filings, and entries for individual judges’ cases, and it is the starting point for locating Judge Chutkan’s January 2026 entries—however, the provided sources do not include a direct PACER URL or a PACER-specific citation for January 2026, so locating those dockets requires searching PACER by case number, party name, or Judge Chutkan’s courthouse (information about her chambers and filing procedures is on the D.C. court website) [1] [3].
2. The District of Columbia court website and what it provides
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia maintains a judge-specific webpage for Tanya Chutkan that lists chamber contacts, filing and scheduling guidance, and administrative instructions—useful metadata for researchers who need to understand how filings should be submitted and where to direct procedural questions, and it can point to where records are filed though it does not itself replicate PACER dockets [1] [3]. The court page explicitly instructs that proposed orders and scheduling materials be emailed to chambers concurrently with docket filing and gives chambers email addresses, which confirms the court’s institutional trail for filings even if the court page is not a substitute for the full PACER docket [1].
3. Public mirrors and secondary repositories
Independent repositories such as CourtListener maintain judge profiles and aggregated case law and can be used to trace opinions, orders, and related records tied to Judge Chutkan; CourtListener’s profile for Chutkan is an available alternate access point though it is a mirror and not the official docketing system [2]. Major news outlets and aggregators have produced extensive profiles and reportage about Chutkan’s docket history and high‑profile cases, which can help identify case names and dates to search for in PACER or CourtListener—reporting from sources like Wikipedia, CNN, The Guardian and others documents notable cases she’s handled, which provides search terms but does not replace the primary docket [4] [5] [6].
4. Political context, media narratives, and why precise docket searching matters
Because Judge Chutkan has been the subject of intense political commentary and press statements—ranging from House Republican press releases alleging “corrupt election interference” to lengthy profile pieces in national outlets—researchers should anchor searches in the primary docket records rather than relying solely on partisan or secondary accounts; the sources here include a strongly worded press release by Representative Elise Stefanik and multiple media profiles that raise competing narratives about her rulings and role in high‑profile matters [7] [4] [5]. The reporting set confirms institutional ways to find filings (court webpage and CourtListener) but does not provide a one‑click PACER list for January 2026, so the only way to be certain about specific entries for that month is to run targeted searches in PACER with case numbers, party names, or by browsing the D.C. district court’s PACER docket for the relevant time window [1] [2].
Note on limits of available reporting: the documents provided do not include a direct PACER link or screenshots of January 2026 dockets; therefore this guide identifies the authoritative systems and mirrors to search but cannot reproduce the January 2026 entries itself from the supplied sources [1] [2].