How does the originating-court-information API endpoint work?

[habeasdockets]

Habeas Dockets is a new organization aiming to increase transparency in federal habeas corpus proceedings for immigration cases. Important documents in these cases are technically public but effectively hidden behind courthouse terminal access, due to FRCP 5.2(c).1 We've set up a volunteer effort to lawfully obtain and publish these: https://habeasdockets.org

Here's my question: the backend for the site discovers cases at both the district court and circuit court levels, and keeps them updated using RECAP. I'd like to also pull the info needed to link appellate dockets with the originating district court case. I tried out the originating-court-information/ endpoint, but can't figure it out. I think the OPTIONS output says that it takes a POST - is that correct? My hope is we can give a court of appeals docket ID (or docket number) and get something to identify the district court docket.

Thanks.

[mlissner]

You might be able to make this work by filtering on the originating court information endpoint, but a post would add information to courtlistener, which probably isn't what yuppie trying to do.

We're working on this issue though. We're hopeful we'll have some enhancements to it soon.

[habeasdockets]

Great, thank you!

For now, there are few enough appeals that I can do them manually.