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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2016

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2007, 2012, 2015, and 2016
Judicial Caseload 2007 2012 2015 2016 Percent Change Since 2007 Percent Change Since 2012 Percent Change Since 2015
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 60,668 56,624 54,244 53,649 -11.6 -5.3 -1.1
Cases Terminated 65,308 57,002 54,756 53,673 -17.8 -5.8 -2.0
Cases Pending 53,085 44,194 40,9462 40,922 -22.9 -7.4 -0.1
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 278,272 285,260 281,608 274,552 -1.3 -3.8 -2.5
Cases Terminated 254,850 288,330 264,124 270,515 6.1 -6.2 2.4
Cases Pending 263,499 262,950 340,6782 344,715 30.8 31.1 1.2
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 87,479 99,183 80,081 79,787 -8.8 -19.6 -0.4
Defendant Terminations 90,043 100,973 83,704 79,940 -11.2 -20.8 -4.5
Defendants Pending 98,320 107,805 97,883 97,131 -1.2 -9.9 -0.8
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 695,575 1,367,006 911,086 833,515 19.8 -39.0 -8.5
Cases Terminated 950,845 1,385,725 1,049,457 947,587 -0.3 -31.6 -9.7
Cases Pending 1,364,516 1,641,889 1,322,6982 1,208,606 -11.4 -26.4 -8.6
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 115,002 132,329 133,452 138,074 20.1 4.3 3.5
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 95,649 112,460 96,803 93,649 -2.1 -16.7 -3.3
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 94,080 111,533 96,017 93,005 -1.1 -16.6 -3.1
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 1,569 927 786 644 -59.0 -30.5 -18.1
Total Released on Supervision 32,816 30,044 24,760 24,301 -25.9 -19.1 -1.9
Pretrial Supervision 31,325 28,715 23,674 23,372 -25.4 -18.6 -1.3
Diversion Supervision 1,491 1,329 1,086 929 -37.7 -30.1 -14.5
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.