# Plaintiff Type

## Filter by plaintiff type ID (integer).

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?plaintiff_type=plaintiff_type_id`

#### Query Parameters

| Name                                              | Type    | Description                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| plaintiff\_type<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | integer | Plaintiff Type ID (see list below for list of integers and its mapped values) |

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description                                                                                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | <p>Authorization</p><p><code>Token XXXXXXXXXXX</code></p><p>where</p><p><code>XXXXXXXXXXX</code></p><p>is the token string</p> |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 Cases successfully retrieved" %}

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400: Bad Request No results, key not found, or invalid parameter" %}

```
\\ Examples of:
\\ No results, key not found, or invalid parameter

\\ No results
\\ Example query endpoint: /api/v2p1/cases/?case_id=1&case_ongoing=1
["No results for {'case_id': '1', 'case_ongoing': '1'}"]

\\ Key not found
\\ Example query endpoint: /api/v2p1/cases?test_key=1
["API Error: Key: test_key, Value: 1 not found."]

\\ Example query endpoint: /api/v2p1/cases/?case_id=xyz
["API Error: xyz is not an integer."]
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401 Permission denied" %}

```javascript
{
    "detail":"Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Supported plaintiff type IDs (plaintiff\_type\_id):

| 5579 | Non-profit religious organization     |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 5290 | City/County Plaintiff                 |
| 5577 | Public (for-profit) corporation       |
| 5372 | American Indian Tribe                 |
| 5452 | EEOC Plaintiff                        |
| 5451 | Private Plaintiff                     |
| 5455 | State Plaintiff                       |
| 5578 | Closely-held (for profit) corporation |
| 5584 | Non-DOJ federal government plaintiff  |
| 5454 | U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff        |
| 5580 | Non-profit NON-religious organization |

For more about plaintiff types, see [#plaintiff-type](https://api.clearinghouse.net/objects/case/issues#plaintiff-type "mention").

**Example**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="URL" %}

```
https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?plaintiff_type=5580
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="python" %}

```
import requests

url = "https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?plaintiff_type=5580"
headers = { 'Authorization': 'Token XXXXXXXXXX',
'User-Agent': 'Chrome v22.2 Linux Ubuntu'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data={})

print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}