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Create a Criminal Defendant Alert from the Home Page
Create a Criminal Defendant Alert from the Results List
Create a Criminal Defendant Alert Page Options
Create a Criminal Defendant Alert from the Home Page
Take the following steps to create a Criminal Defendant Alert on the home page:
- Select Dockets from the Search for drop-down list.
- Select your court from the Within drop-down list. For a Criminal Defendant Alert, you must select a United States District Court under a Criminal heading or that includes (Criminal) in the name.
- Enter your criteria in the Litigant field.
- Select Defendant.
- (Optional) Click Add More to add an additional Litigant field. You can use up to five Litigant fields.
Note: If you are looking for multiple criminal defendants, select one of the following above the fields:- AND to find dockets with all criminal defendants.
- OR to find dockets with one or more of the criminal defendants.
- (Optional) Enter any additional search terms that you want to include as part of the search in the Keywords field.
- Click Create Alert.
- Select the options you want to use for the alert in the Criminal Defendant Alerts window. For more information about the available options, see Create a Criminal Defendant Alert Page Options below.
- Click Create Alert.
If you enter terms in the Keywords field as well as in the Litigant field(s), these terms are connected with an AND connector. You cannot connect the terms with an AND NOT connector. This works this way while creating an Alert or a search.
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Create a Criminal Defendant Alert from the Results List
Take the following steps to create a Criminal Defendant Alert from the Results list:
- Click Create an alert near the top of the page.
Note: If you used Search Within Results or the filters before creating the Alert, this additional criteria is added to your Alert. - Select the options you want to use for the alert in the Criminal Defendant Alerts window. For more information about the available options, see Create a Criminal Defendant Alert Page Options below.
- Click Create Alert.
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Create a Criminal Defendant Alert Page Options
When creating any of the alert types, some of the options may differ slightly based on the alert type, but the pages generally have the same options and selections. Use the following table for additional information about fields and options you see when creating an alert.
Tab | Options |
Overview |
Title: Enter a name for the alert you see in your list of alerts. The Title defaults to the terms used for your alert. Description: Enter information describing the purpose of the alert or any other information you find helpful. Criminal Defendant: This displays the names you entered in the Litigant field(s). Client: Select a Recent client or enter a New client to associate with your alert. |
Monitor |
This displays what will be searched for the alert and the terms that will be used for the alert. |
Deliver |
Duration: Select a Start and End date. The service defaults to 2 years from the date you create the alert and the maximum End date is 2 years from the current date. Delivery type: Select Online only to view your results Online only or Email + Online if you prefer to receive email notifications in addition to viewing results online. Email address: Enter an email address in the field and click Add recipient. You can add up to 50 email addresses. When you select Include documents as attachments, you see the option to select Zip files:
There is a limit of 100 full text documents that can be attached, in addition to the current 10 MB total email size limit. Depending on the size of the full text documents, you may not get all documents attached to the email because of the size limit. You can still see all the results using the links in the email or going to the alert results on CourtLink. Frequency: Select As updates are available Daily, Business Daily, Weekly, or Monthly to receive notification of new alert results by email. You can still check for new results online at any time regardless of your Frequency selection. You only receive an email at the designated frequency when there are new results matching your alert criteria. When you select Daily, Business Daily, Weekly, or Monthly you see options to select the time, day, or date to receive the email.
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Share Note: Some users do not have the option to share alerts. If you do not have the Share tab and would like more information about that functionality, contact your LexisNexis® Account Representative. |
Enter a user's name: Enter the name of a user within your organization or email address of a user with whom you want to share your alert then click Add to share. Added Contacts: This is the list of users with whom you shared this alert. |