Tracking deadlines and your timeline

Every case has a timeline that lays out events in chronological order — when you were served, when you responded, when hearings are set, and what is still ahead. Seeing the case as a single sequence makes it far easier to understand where you are and what comes next.

Deadlines reach your timeline in three ways:

• Automatically, when the AI extracts a date from a document you upload
• From a court docket import, which brings in hearing dates and filings
• Manually, when you add a deadline yourself

However a deadline gets in, you can edit its date, rename it, or delete it if it no longer applies.

Upcoming deadlines appear on both your dashboard and the case timeline, with the nearest ones highlighted. This gives you a running answer to the most important question in any case: "What do I need to do, and by when?"

A deadline often implies a task — drafting a response, gathering evidence, or filing a document. DocTik connects these so an upcoming due date can become an open item you can work through. See "Managing open items and tasks" to learn how.