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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Judicial Business 2014

Judicial Caseload Indicators 12-Month Periods Ending September 30
Judicial Caseload 2005 2010 2013 2014 Percent Change Since 2005 Percent Change Since 2010 Percent Change Since 2013
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Appeals Filed 68,473 55,992 56,475 54,988 -19.7 -1.8 -2.6
Appeals Terminated 61,975 59,526 58,393 58,393 -10.9 -7.2 -5.4
Appeals Pending 57,450 45,864 41,9792 41,751 -27.3 -9.0 -0.5
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 253,273 282,895 284,604 295,310 16.6 4.4 3.8
Cases Terminated 271,753 309,759 255,260 258,477 -4.9 -16.6 -1.3
Cases Pending 265,484 284,601 300,4692 337,302 27.1 18.5 12.3
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 92,226 100,366 91,266 81,226 -11.9 -19.1 -11.0
Defendant Terminations 86,616 98,666 91,506 86,676 0.1 -12.2 -5.3
Defendants Pending 96,668 109,187 107,895 101,716 5.2 -6.8 -5.7
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,782,643 1,596,355 1,107,699 963,739 -45.9 -39.6 -13.0
Cases Terminated 1,581,287 1,496,732 1,197,918 1,099,666 -30.5 -26.5 -8.2
Cases Pending 1,855,841 1,659,086 1,535,2612 1,399,496 -24.6 -15.6 -8.8
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 112,931 127,324 131,869 132,858 17.6 4.3 0.7
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 99,365 111,507 108,705 100.068 0.7 -10.3 -7.9
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 97,508 110,547 108,002 99,355 1.9 -10.1 -8.0
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 1,857 960 703 713 -61.6 -25.7 1.4
Total Released on Supervision 36,752 29,902 28,664 25,209 -31.4 -15.7 -12.1
Pretrial Supervision 34,860 28,632 27,612 24,185 -30.6 -15.5 -12.4
Diversion Supervision 1,892 1,270 1,052 1,024 -43.0 -19.4 -2.7
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.