Two years ago, I encountered a problem when I clicked on certain CM/ECF notices from federal courts with links to new filings. When I clicked the link, instead of receiving a copy of the PDF file, I saw a webpage that displayed only the first page of the document as an image. And as you know, if you don’t successfully download the PDF document the first time that you get a “free” link, you often need to pay on PACER or Westlaw or some other service to download a second copy. I found several solutions and shared them on March 16, 2020.
This week, I’ve started to have the same problem again, although not all of the time. I realize that many of you may not remember everything from two years ago when the COVID pandemic first ramped up and stay-at-home orders were issued—we were all in a bit of a fog back then—so this is just a friendly public service announcement reminder. If you encounter this issue, try this: hold down your finger on the image of the first page, select Copy, and then paste that URL into the top of Safari. Additional details are in my original post. This solution has worked perfectly for me every time I used it this week. Thanks again to Boston attorney Jake Walker for sharing his solution with me.
Thank you. I have that same problem. I will try your solution and appreciate your advice.