Duplicate Case # ????????

[sunshine mary]

I was looking on Pacer for any update today and when I put in our case number our information AND someone else's came up...In the same district, both CH7's...Has anyone else had this happen ?? It seems like this would cause confusion. We filed a couple months ago and they filed yesterday.

[lrprn]

When I enter our case # in PACER, about ten other bk cases come up with the exact same case number as ours. Your situation isn't unusual.

[sunshine mary]

In the same district, right?

Thanks for answering

[FreshLikeADaisy]

Sunshine Mary, in the same district, yes. If you input the short form of your case # into PACER, and the page that comes up has, say, three or four different *complete* case numbers that have differing prefixes but the same short form case number, and you have to check the box to choose one before you can continue, that is extremely common and nothing to worry about.

For example, the short form of your case # might be 08-12345, but the actual complete case # might be 3:08-bk-12345-ABC. Someone else might have 5:08-bk-12345-TBA, etc. No big deal, just check the box for your own and keep on truckin'.

Only worry if there's just one case number... and the case it's attached to ain't yours. Good luck!!!

[sunshine mary]

Thanks so much for the info