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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2014

**Judicial Caseload Indicators 12-Month Periods Ending March 31, 2005, 2010, 2013, and 2014**
Judicial Caseload	2005	2010	2013	2014	Percent Change Since 2005	Percent Change Since 2010	Percent Change Since 2013
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	65,418	56,790	56,453	55,623	-15.0	-2.1	-1.5
Cases Terminated	57,486	60,316	58,459	56,354	-2.0	-6.6	-3.6
Cases Pending	55,218	47,036	42,319²	41,588	-24.7	-11.6	-1.7
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	278,712	282,307	271,950	303,820	9.0	7.6	11.7
Cases Terminated	260,980	285,603	254,619	260,840	-0.1	-8.7	2.4
Cases Pending	283,209	298,099	280,575²	323,555	14.2	8.5	15.3
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	92,672	98,798	91,964	86,705	-6.4	-12.2	-5.7
Defendant Terminations	83,582	98,062	93,971	89,622	0.1	-12.2	-5.3
Defendants Pending	95,170	106,249	106,206	103,099	8.3	-3.0	-2.9
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,590,975	1,531,997	1,170,324	1,038,280	-34.7	-32.2	-11.3
Cases Terminated	1,612,145	1,353,528	1,241,836	1,149,282	-28.7	-15.1	-7.5
Cases Pending	1,652,364	1,596,990	1,571,091²	1,460,363	-11.6	-8.6	-7.0
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	112,870	126,642	132,307	131,827	16.8	4.1	-0.4
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	99,116	108,119	107,336	106,405	7.4	-1.6	-0.9
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	97,163	107,159	106,509	105,700	8.8	-1.4	-0.8
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,953	960	827	705	-63.9	-26.6	-14.8
Total Released on Supervision	34,344	29,605	28,569	27,014	-21.3	-8.8	-5.4
Pretrial Supervision	32,346	28,357	27,333	26,008	-19.6	-8.3	-4.8
Diversion Supervision	1,998	1,248	1,236	1,006	-49.6	-19.4	-18.6
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.