# New civil lawsuits filed in Texas federal district courts

**Use case:** 

The newest civil complaints from the PACER RSS feeds of the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas: case title, number, nature of suit where the court publishes it, filing time and docket link. Built for litigation analysts, insurers and legal-news desks that want the day's new federal lawsuits in Texas without a PACER login.

## Input

```json
{
  "courts": [
    "txsd",
    "txed",
    "txwd"
  ],
  "caseTypes": [
    "civil"
  ],
  "newCasesOnly": true,
  "maxEntriesPerCourt": 25,
  "maxResults": 75,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateStoreName": "federal-court-docket-monitor-state",
  "notifyOnlyOnResults": true,
  "includeHistorical": false,
  "historicalSinceDays": 30,
  "maxHistoricalPerCourt": 100
}
```

## 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"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "isNew": {
    "label": "New",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The PACER RSS Docket Monitor — New Federal Court Filings Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "New civil lawsuits filed in Texas federal district courts". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/VlCpQHeG5diumkI8U) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "New civil lawsuits filed in Texas federal district courts" task

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

### 3. Receive the "New civil lawsuits filed in Texas federal district courts" 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 "New civil lawsuits filed in Texas federal district courts" task via API](https://apify.com/owlabee/pacer-docket-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [PACER RSS Docket Monitor — New Federal Court Filings](https://apify.com/owlabee/pacer-docket-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/owlabee/pacer-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/pacer-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`).