mlissner
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8 years ago @brianwc, do you still have aspirations of using all this data if we collected it? I'm trying to think of ways to make removals easier for us without having to build a complicated feature that uses AJAX and the database to store stuff.
What if we just had a form that let people request a page to be removed, and asked for their explanation as to why, which then got emailed to us. The form could immediately block the requested page, and we could audit their reasons to make sure nothing untoward was happening? That'd be about 50X easier than the above and would ease our frustration.
We get a fair number of removal requests on CourtListener and it'd be a lot easier for us and others if we had a better system than just asking people to send us an email. Here's a form from @brianwc:
Your Name: Your email address (optional): Please provide the website address (URL) of the document you would like not to appear in search engine results:
(validate this is a real URL on CL)
CLICK SUBMIT
PAGE 2 From that PAGE 1 submission we should be able to derive:
of citations
Then we present all this except #8 and ask:
Please select the primary reason for your request: Reputation (Randomize the appearance of the top 4) Safety Privacy Career Other:[free text response]
This document is related to which type of case? [] Civil [] Criminal [] Immigration [] Other
If Civil: Are you making this request on behalf of the Plaintiff (the person that brought the lawsuit) or the Defendant (the person that was sued)? [] Plaintiff [] Defendant If Criminal-->Are you making this request on behalf of the Defendant? [] Yes [] No ->next?
What is your relationship to the Plaintiff/Defendant/parties? [] I am or was that party. --> Go to "I" versions [] That party is related to me. (Spouse, Father, etc.) --> Go to 'that party' vers [] I am or was legal counsel for that party. --> Go to 'that party' vers
In the case to which this document relates, did you or the party on whose behalf you are making this request, have a lawyer representing them or did that party represent themselves (pro se)? [] That party/I had a lawyer. [] That party/I represented themselves/myself
This document is related to a case of the following nature: [] Civil Rights Act 42 U.S.C. 1983 [] Asylum --> In which country do you fear persecution, if you return? [free text] [] Federal employee grievance [] Social Security [] Habeas [] Bankruptcy [] Removal from state court --the above options are presented only for federal cases-- --the next two options are presented for all case types-- [] Sentencing [] Discrimination (Employment, Sex, Age, Disability, etc.) --the next two options are presented only for state cases-- [] Divorce [] Child Custody --the next three options are presented for all case types-- [] Other Criminal [] Other Civil [] Other:[free text]
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Landing page (3) explaining that it takes a while (our current email text).
A lot of this proposal can probably be combined into a single page with AJAX and some of the spec can probably be ignored for expediency.
In the database we should:
An email should go to the CL admins with the data above.