`federal_civil_recent`

Pack: federal-civil · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/federal_civil_recent for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Recently filed US federal civil court cases, newest first.

Tool description as the model sees it

List recent US federal civil lawsuits, newest first, optionally limited to one district. No API key. A case removed from state court carries a removed_from object naming the originating state court and its state docket number.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`court`	string	no	Optional federal district id, e.g. “cand”, “nysd”, “ilnd”.
`filed_after`	string	no	Only cases filed on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`limit`	number	no	Maximum dockets to return (1-50, default 20).
`check_removal`	boolean	no	Look up which state court each case was removed from (default true). Set false to skip one upstream request per call when you do not need it.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "court": "cand",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-civil/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"federal_civil_recent","arguments":{"court":"cand","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('federal_civil_recent', {
  "court": "cand",
  "limit": 10
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the federal-civil pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "federal-civil": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/federal-civil/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

federal_civil_recent