Trellis focuses on state court records. Most legal data platforms lean on federal PACER data. Trellis indexes state-level cases that are harder to find elsewhere. That makes it a problem for people whose state court records rank in Google. Trellis has a removal request page. Response times vary. They can be slower than other platforms.
What Trellis does
Trellis.law collects data from state trial courts across the country. The platform is built for attorneys who want to analyze judicial behavior, case outcomes, and litigation trends. The public-facing pages get indexed by Google. That is where the problem starts.
Trellis surfaces records other platforms miss. Family court cases, civil disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and local criminal cases that never entered the federal system all appear here. You might clear your name from CourtListener and Justia and still find a Trellis page in search results.
How to request removal
Search your name on Trellis.law. Identify every page that references you. Save the full URLs.
Go to Trellis's removal request page. Submit a clear request with the specific URLs, your full legal name, and an explanation of the harm. Attach your sealing or expungement order if you have one. Court orders carry significant weight.
Allow 2 to 3 weeks for a response. Trellis is a smaller operation than Justia or CourtListener. Response times vary. If you do not hear back, follow up with a second request that references your original submission date.
Once Trellis confirms removal, monitor Google search results. If the cached page persists, use Google's URL removal tool to clear it.
When the request does not work
If Trellis declines, a court order for expungement or sealing is your strongest option. Without one, you may need an attorney to draft a formal legal demand. In parallel, submit a Google removal request for the specific Trellis URL. You can also pursue suppression strategies to push the page lower in search results.
Do not stop at Trellis
State court records on Trellis often appear on other platforms: CourtListener, Justia, UniCourt, PacerMonitor, DocketBird, and Casemine. Address all of them. Our complete court record removal guide covers the full workflow.
If the case was sealed or expunged, read what happens after expungement. The court order is step one. Getting aggregators to honor it is step two.
If you have tried these steps and are stuck, or if you do not have the time, get in touch. We handle this every day.