When re-filing things that were pulled from PACER, the Court has said that parties should remove the old CM/ECF headers:
CORRECTING ENTRY: The redacted public version of D.I. 157 at D.I. 161 has been replaced with a version that does not contain CM/ECF headers. Counsel is reminded to remove CM/ECF headers from previously-filed documents when filing.
ESCO Group LLC v. Deere & Company, C.A. No. 20-1679-WCB (D. Del. Feb. 9, 2023).
That way, when the document is later pulled from the docket, you don't get the overlapping and unreadable headers at the top.
If you don't redact them, it can end up looking something like this:
I believe it used to be possible to remove these headers automatically when pulling documents from PACER, by un-checking "Include headers when displaying PDF documents" before pulling the docket:
These days, though, that check box doesn't seem to do anything.
It's still easy to remove these headers using Adobe and other tools by deleting the text or by redacting it in white.
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