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Are there federal or state docket numbers where Trump is mentioned in Epstein-related civil litigation?
Executive summary
Federal and state civil dockets do include cases where Donald J. Trump is named alongside Jeffrey Epstein: examples in federal court include case numbers 1:16‑cv‑07673 (Doe v. Trump) and related Southern District of New York filings, and other suits such as Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (docket listed at 5:16‑cv‑00797) and a Jane Doe docket referenced as 1:16‑CV‑04642 in public repositories [1] [2] [3]. Congressional and media releases of the “Epstein files” have further flagged dozens of docket entries and documents mentioning Trump, but available sources do not list an exhaustive, authoritative master index of every docket number across all jurisdictions [4] [5].
1. How Trump appears in Epstein-related civil dockets — concrete examples
Court records and public docket aggregators show multiple civil suits from 2016 in which plaintiffs sued both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump; CourtListener lists a Doe v. Trump docket under case number 1:16‑cv‑07673 (Southern District of New York), which includes a complaint naming both Epstein and Trump [1]. CourtListener and other document repositories also surface Katie Johnson’s complaint that names both defendants in a Central District of California docket (noted as 5:16‑cv‑00797) and a Scribd copy refers to a Jane Doe filing tied to case number 1:16‑CV‑04642 in SDNY [2] [3].
2. What those dockets actually contain — names, allegations, and limits of public records
Docket summaries and filed PDFs show plaintiffs’ complaints that reference alleged conduct at Epstein properties and list Trump among defendants; for example, an SDNY filing (Document 4 in Case 1:16‑cv‑07673) contains allegations naming both Jeffrey E. Epstein and Donald J. Trump and describes instances the plaintiff alleges were connected to Epstein’s social circle [6]. But news outlets and court snippets repeatedly caution that inclusion of a name in filings or “Epstein files” is not itself proof of criminal guilt; BBC and other reporting underline that being named in the files “was not evidence of wrongdoing” [7].
3. The “Doe 174” identification and broader document dumps
Investigative reporting and court unsealing actions have tied the label “Doe 174” in some unsealed Epstein documents to Donald Trump in analyses published earlier; Business Insider and Newsweek reported that one set of unsealed documents corresponds to “Doe 174,” and that Trump’s name appears consistently across the nine docket entries linked to that identifier — though those documents do not necessarily include allegations of sexual misconduct by Trump [8] [9]. Media searches of the estate and congressional releases found thousands of pages where Trump’s name appears (CBC cited at least 1,500 mentions; PBS noted 33,000+ pages released by a committee), but those mentions vary widely in relevance and content [5] [4].
4. Recent political context that changed public access to files
In November 2025, Congress passed legislation compelling the Justice Department to release investigative files on Epstein; the House vote was 427‑1 and the Senate moved rapidly to transmit the bill to the president, who signaled he would sign it [10] [11]. News coverage frames that move as likely to produce more documents that may reference prominent figures, and reporting notes that some newly public materials already contain messages and references involving Trump [12] [13].
5. What reporting does not provide — gaps and cautions for researchers
Available sources do not provide a single, exhaustive list of “every federal or state docket number” where Trump is mentioned in Epstein‑related civil litigation; public repositories and news outlets cite several case numbers and document sets, but they also emphasize that many mentions were redactions, pseudonyms, or peripheral [1] [3] [6]. If you seek a comprehensive, jurisdiction‑wide index (federal and all state courts), that is not presented in the items above — further PACER/RECAP searches, court clerk queries, or a commercial docket service would be necessary (not found in current reporting).
6. How to proceed if you need a complete docket list
Start with the confirmed federal case numbers above (1:16‑cv‑07673; 1:16‑CV‑04642; 5:16‑cv‑00797) as seeds and use PACER/RECAP, CourtListener, DocumentCloud, or the Department of Justice releases to trace linked docket entries and exhibits; media reports and committee releases (which cite large document dumps) can help prioritize documents to review for docket citations [1] [2] [14] [4]. Remember: inclusion of Trump’s name in pleadings, emails, or extracts does not establish liability — multiple outlets warn that name‑mention counts can mislead without context [5] [7].
Limitations: this summary uses only the documents and reporting provided above; it does not assert or deny the substance of allegations beyond what those sources show, and it flags where comprehensive indexes are not present in current reporting [6] [3].