In 2008, Swartz downloaded about 2.7 million federal court documents stored in the PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) database managed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
2008年，斯沃茨下载了大约270万份联邦法院的文件，這些文件储存在由美国法院管理办公室（英语：Administrative Office of the United States Courts）管理的PACER（英语：PACER (law)）（开放法院电子记录）数据库中。