Bankruptcy Discharge Screener

391,951 repeat bankruptcy filers received discharge with zero eligibility verification. The government published the data but never checked it. Pick a district. Run the screener. Find out how many are violations.

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Districts
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Ch.13 Cases (FY2008-2024)
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Prior Filers
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Discharged Without Verification
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Districts Verified

Coverage

High prior-filer discharge rate (40%+) Medium rate (25-40%) Lower rate (<25%) Insufficient data

Results

District State Total Filed Dismiss % Prior Filers Prior Disch. % Unchecked Verified

Screen: District Name

Court code · Annual Ch.13 filings

1 Get a PACER account (free)

Register at pacer.uscourts.gov. Searches on the Case Locator are free. You only pay if you download individual documents ($0.10/page, capped at $3/doc) — but the screener doesn't need documents, just the free CSV export.

2 Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/ilikemath9999/bankruptcy-discharge-screener.git cd bankruptcy-discharge-screener

3 Pull CSVs from PACER Case Locator

Go to pcl.uscourts.gov, log in, search Party Name by attorney last name in this court. Export each search as CSV into a csv-exports/ folder. Pull 2-3 high-volume filers + 1-2 smaller firms as controls. See the CSV guide for detailed steps.

4 Run the screener

Standard library Python — no pip install, no dependencies, runs in seconds:

python screen_1328f.py --data-dir ./csv-exports --all-csvs

For a full practice report with leaderboard-ready output:

python practice_report.py --data-dir ./csv-exports --all --by-district --leaderboard --username YOUR_USERNAME

5 Submit your results

Click below to open a pre-filled GitHub issue. Paste your numbers and we'll add your district to the map.

Submit Results

Screen a District

Click any blue district in the table above to get step-by-step instructions, or follow the quick-start below.

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Pull the data

Export CSVs from PACER Case Locator (free searches). The CSV guide walks through it.

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Run the screener

Point screen_1328f.py at your CSVs. Standard library Python, no installs, runs in seconds.

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Report your numbers

Open a GitHub issue with your district, case count, and hit count. We add it to the map.