Remove Your CourtListener Record. Pay Only After Removal.

This is the most common situation and the main route. CourtListener's removal policy says that on request it will generally block search engines from indexing the pages you list. The pages stay on CourtListener, but they stop appearing in a search for your name once search engines update. No court order is needed for this route.

CourtListener's policy says that when a court order is provided it generally removes the document. If a court has sealed your case or a filing, we send the order with the exact pages it covers and follow up until the change is made.

Where an order calls for expungement or redaction, CourtListener says it generally anonymizes the case by replacing names with initials or black boxes and adds a note explaining the change. We submit the order, confirm the anonymized version is live, and clear the old result from Google.

For an old or resolved case, the search engine block is the route: the case stays in CourtListener's archive but stops surfacing when someone searches your name.

The search engine block is available on request. Stronger protection, such as sealing or a pseudonym, comes from the court that holds the record, usually through an attorney. If there is an immediate safety risk, contact law enforcement first.

CourtListener republishes the record as the court filed it. We request the search engine block for the pages that show your name and explain the court-side correction route, which runs through the clerk or an attorney.

It is not only employers who look. Clients and business partners running due diligence, lenders and underwriters, landlords screening tenants, licensing and professional boards, investors, and even people you meet personally all search your name. A CourtListener record near the top shapes their decision before any conversation happens.

The record rarely tells the whole story. A case that was dismissed, settled, resolved in your favor, or is decades old still reads as a red flag to anyone skimming a search result, and you almost never get the chance to explain the context.

It does not expire. CourtListener does not age pages out. Unless a block is requested or a court orders a change, the page and its search result can stay in place indefinitely.

AI answers now repeat it. AI search tools can draw on publicly indexed pages, including court archives. A case page that is open to search engines is also open to the tools that summarize search results.

The court record stays public. What changes is whether a search engine, or a tool built on one, leads people to it.

Can cite publicly indexed pages when it searches the web. A page blocked from search engines is harder for it to find, although we cannot control what it shows.

Built on Google's index. Once Google drops the CourtListener result, it is no longer available to AI Overviews as an indexed source.

Cites live web sources in real-time search responses. A CourtListener page that search engines no longer index is less likely to be found and cited.

Draws on Google's index when it searches. The Google follow-up after the block addresses the same index.

CourtListener's removal policy sets out two routes. For a public case, you send a written request through its contact form, choosing the removal issue type, with links to every page you want blocked, and it will generally block search engines from indexing those pages. Your name stays on the page itself. To have a document removed or your name replaced with initials, CourtListener requires a court order. Reputation Resolutions prepares and files the request, verifies the block, and clears the Google result.

There are two steps. First, CourtListener blocks the listed pages from search engines, or, with a court order, removes or anonymizes the record. Second, Google has to drop the old result, which it does after re-crawling the page and seeing the block. Reputation Resolutions handles both steps in one engagement.

Yes, with a court order. CourtListener's policy says that when an order is provided it generally removes the document, and for an expungement or redaction order it generally anonymizes the case with initials or black boxes and adds a note. Without an order, the outcome is a search engine block: the page stays on CourtListener but stops appearing in Google for your name.

CourtListener is operated by Free Law Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is open access to legal information. Its removal policy describes no fee and no paid fast track, so a clear, factual request is what works. We prepare it for you.

A search engine block or an anonymized page changes CourtListener's copy and how it shows in Google, which is what people find when they search your name. Much of CourtListener's federal content comes from PACER through the RECAP Archive. The court's own docket and PACER change only if the court seals or expunges the record, which an attorney can pursue.

Its policy says it uses the robots meta tag, the x-robots-tag HTTP header, or both, on the pages you list. Those tell search engines not to index the page, and search engines then drop it on their own schedule. We verify the block on every listed page and monitor Google until the result drops.

For the search engine block, a public case on request. For removal of a document, a sealing order. For anonymization, an expungement or redaction order. We tell you which your record supports in the free assessment.

The strongest outcomes are the search engine block for a public case, removal with a sealing order, and anonymization with an expungement or redaction order. Other sites may still host copies, so we map every site carrying your case. We tell you in the free consultation which outcome fits your goal.

We give you a realistic expectation on the free consultation. After a block is in place, search engines can take time to drop the result, so we keep checking Google after the block is confirmed and use its outdated content tool where a page was removed or changed.

We look at whether the page list or explanation needs strengthening, whether a court order route exists for your record, and whether the same case can be addressed on other sites. If removal is not the right fit, we can also build suppression, a separate scoped service.

After CourtListener blocks a page, Google drops the old result once it re-crawls the page and sees the no-index instruction. We use Google's outdated content tool where that applies and otherwise check until the result has actually dropped.

Usually not. The same case is often republished by Justia, UniCourt, Trellis, PacerMonitor, DocketBird, and CaseMine, and each has its own policy. CourtListener's own policy notes that other websites may host copies. We list every site carrying your case in the free assessment and tell you what is realistic for each one.

They can. AI search tools draw on pages that are publicly indexed, and CourtListener pages are widely indexed. Blocking the page from search engines and clearing the Google result removes one source those tools can find.

You can get it blocked from search engines without a court order, which is what most people need. Deleting the document or replacing your name with initials follows a court order.

They are separate. On CourtListener, the outcome is a search engine block, or removal or anonymization where a court order exists. On Google, the old result has to be dropped from the index, which happens after Google re-crawls the page. Both are needed before the record stops appearing for your name, and we handle both.

You can submit the form yourself, it is free, and for a single page it may be all you need. We are useful when the case spans many pages and several sites: we list every CourtListener address, file the request, verify the block on each page, clear Google, and work through the other sites carrying the same case. You pay only after removal is confirmed.

New filings in the same case can create new pages that were not on the original list. We check the result after it clears and tell you what to watch for.

The request comes from the person named in the case or someone acting for them, such as a family member, an attorney, or a firm like ours. A business named in a case can ask too.

CourtListener's removal policy describes no fee for requests. Our fee depends on the number of pages and how many other sites carry the case, and it is collected only after removal is confirmed. There is no retainer and no upfront cost. The consultation is free and you get a clear quote before deciding.