# Monitor Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in Delaware and SDNY

**Use case:** 

Watch the Delaware and Southern District of New York bankruptcy courts (deb, nysb), the two busiest Chapter 11 venues, for new Chapter 11 docket activity: petitions, first-day motions, orders and plans, with debtor name, case number, trustee and docket link. In monitor mode later runs emit only entries not seen before; the first run writes the baseline.

## Input

```json
{
  "courts": [
    "deb",
    "nysb"
  ],
  "bankruptcyChapters": [
    "11"
  ],
  "newCasesOnly": false,
  "maxEntriesPerCourt": 25,
  "maxResults": 25,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
  "stateStoreName": "pacer-chapter-11-de-sdny-monitor",
  "notifyOnlyOnResults": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "court": {
    "label": "Court",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "caseNumber": {
    "label": "Case no.",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "caseTitle": {
    "label": "Case title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "entryText": {
    "label": "Docket entry",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "entryCategory": {
    "label": "Kind",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "bankruptcyChapter": {
    "label": "Ch.",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "documentNumber": {
    "label": "Doc #",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "filedAt": {
    "label": "Filed",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "docketUrl": {
    "label": "Docket",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "isNew": {
    "label": "New",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Federal Court Docket Monitor — New Filings via PACER RSS Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in Delaware and SDNY". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/p62z77vVKFCWTKZiY) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in Delaware and SDNY" task

The Federal Court Docket Monitor — New Filings via PACER RSS Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like courts, bankruptcy chapters, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in Delaware and SDNY" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as court, case no., case title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in Delaware and SDNY" task via API](https://apify.com/owlabee/federal-court-docket-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Federal Court Docket Monitor — New Filings via PACER RSS](https://apify.com/owlabee/federal-court-docket-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/owlabee/federal-court-docket-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/owlabee/federal-court-docket-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).