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There are two almost identical case numbers assigned for the case United States v. Trump. The dockets are almost identical.

1:23-cr-00257-TSC USA v. TRUMP PACER CourtListener CourtListener case 1 1:23-cr-00257-TSC-1 - TRUMP, DONALD J. PACER CourtListener CourtListener Screenshot

What is the difference? Why do both exist?

uhoh
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Court Listener explained by email:

This is unfortunately a bug we have in multi-defendant criminal cases. Sorry!

See a more technical description of the problem here: https://github.com/freelawproject/courtlistener/issues/2185

Jen
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The extra number is typically added to the end of a case number when there are multiple defendants.

Trump's case number ends with -1 because he is the first named defendant. I suspect you'd be able to find another docket number ending in -2 for whoever is the second named defendant, and so on.

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