Get deadlines and dates the docket sets
get_case_deadlinesReturn the dates a federal docket states — "Responses due by 10/14/2026", "Hearing set for 3/2/2027" — each quoted verbatim with the entry that states it and how many days away it is, plus a small set of deadlines CaseMagic computes from the Federal Rules where the triggering event is on the docket and the rule is the same nationwide: the time to move after a judgment (FRCP 59/50/52) and the time to file a notice of appeal (FRAP 4(a)). Every computed date shows the rule, the day count and a caveat, and is never phrased as an instruction to file. CaseMagic still does not compute deadlines that depend on a district's local rules or a judge's standing orders — most motion-response and discovery windows — so a deadline a local rule implies but the docket does not state will not appear. An empty result means nothing is stated or computable, not that the user has none. Identify the case with case_number (and court, if known), or with matter_id for a case already saved to the account. No account is needed to give a case number.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| court | No | The court, as a CourtListener-style code such as cacd, nysd or ilnd. Optional: leave it out when the user does not know which district the case is in. | |
| matter_id | No | The CaseMagic matter id, as returned by create_case_passport or shown in an earlier result. Omit it when the account follows exactly one case and that is the one meant. | |
| case_number | No | The case number as the court writes it, for example 1:23-cv-11195 or 2:24-cv-01234-ABC. Judge initials are optional and are ignored when matching. |