The recent mid-morning slowdowns of PACER in the Southern District of New York are due to data miners overwhelming the system at the same time litigators check dockets.
The issue isn't merely a technical fault but rather the result of excessive simultaneous access from news organizations and legal entities, indicating a systemic vulnerability.
PACER's continued fee-based system has been criticized for not providing adequate funds for meaningful updates, perpetuating inefficiency rather than making courts accessible and transparent.
The judiciary's insistence that free PACER would be prohibitively expensive has been debunked; the cost to modernize it would be significantly less than previously thought.
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