Step One
Every post-conviction motion starts in the same place: the record. We pull your complete federal case file, index it, and deliver it organized — so the next conversation is about facts instead of guesses.
Federal court filings live in a system called PACER. People in custody cannot access it. Someone on the outside has to pull the documents — and most families don't know the system exists, let alone which of the dozens of docket entries actually matter.
That gap causes real damage. Families spend months waiting on a motion that was never viable, or miss one that was — because nobody ever read the judgment, the plea agreement, or the sentencing transcript side by side.
A § 2255 is built out of the record. So is a compassionate release motion. So is a First Step Act time-credit claim. The file isn't paperwork — it's the raw material.
What you receive
Every entry in the case, in order, with dates — the spine everything else hangs on.
The indictment or information, and the judgment and commitment order.
The plea agreement and change-of-plea transcript, or the available trial record.
The sentencing transcript and sentencing-related filings available on the docket.
Notice of appeal, briefing, and the circuit's disposition where one exists.
Every document labeled and dated, with a plain-English map of what each one is — not a folder of numbered PDFs.
Flat rate
$149
All court retrieval fees included. One price, no per-page charges, no surprise invoice at the end.
Document preparation — § 2255, § 2241, compassionate release — is quoted after the free review, once we know what the case actually needs. We don't quote that work sight-unseen, and neither should anyone else.
This is document retrieval and organization. We obtain what is publicly filed in the case and put it in usable order. That's it, and it's deliberately that.
We do not evaluate the case, recommend a course of action, or tell you what to file. Writ Large is a paralegal document-preparation service, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.
The file is yours. Take it to any attorney you like, use it yourself, or bring it back to us for document preparation — the cost of retrieval is credited toward that work if you do.
Some documents in a federal criminal case are sealed or restricted — the Presentence Investigation Report most commonly. Those are not publicly available and we do not attempt to obtain them. If your case is largely sealed, we will tell you before taking payment, not after.
Start here
Before anything else, talk to us. There's no charge for the conversation and no obligation. Tell us the name, the district, and roughly what happened, and we'll tell you honestly whether pulling the file makes sense for your situation — including when the answer is that it doesn't.
If it does, we'll set it up on that call at the flat $149. If your matter needs a lawyer rather than a paralegal, we'll say so and point you toward how the litigation network works.
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