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Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2026 Tables

Last updated:

March 31, 2026

This report provides statistical information on the caseload of the Federal courts for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2026. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 604(a)(2), the report presents data on the work of the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts and on the probation and pretrial services systems.

U.S. Courts of Appeals
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 11.88 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding	B-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 21.00 KB
Decisions in Cases Terminated on the Merits, by Nature of Proceeding	B-5	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 21.32 KB
Civil and Criminal Cases Filed, by Circuit and Nature of Suit or Offense	B-7	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 23.35 KB

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B-8	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 20.51 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	BAP-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 11.26 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	BAP-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 16.61 KB

U.S. District Courts–Civil
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	C	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 20.97 KB
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Jurisdiction	C-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 17.53 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction and Nature of Suit	C-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 16.62 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 30.89 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by Nature of Suit and Action Taken	C-4	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 19.89 KB
Median Time From Filing to Disposition of Civil Cases, by Action Taken	C-5	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 19.50 KB

U.S. District Courts–Criminal
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Motions for Compassionate Release, or to Modify or Reduce Sentence, Filed under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)	D-14	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 13.14 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers), by Level of Offense	D-1A	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 50.30 KB
Criminal Felony Defendants Filed, by Offense and District	D-3A	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 16.04 KB
Median Time Intervals From Commencement to Termination for Criminal Felony Defendants	D-6A	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 13.05 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 42.52 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D Cases	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 20.90 KB
Criminal Fugitive Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers), by Level of Offense	D-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 49.38 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense	D-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 18.06 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense and District	D-3	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 22.02 KB
Criminal Defendants Terminated, by Type of Disposition and Offense	D-4	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 18.40 KB
Criminal Defendants Sentenced After Conviction, by Type of Sentence and Offense	D-5	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 24.35 KB
Median Time Intervals From Commencement to Termination for Criminal Defendants	D-6	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 19.26 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Bankruptcy Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 21.03 KB
Business and Nonbusiness Cases Filed, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	F-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 26.46 KB
Adversary Proceedings Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F-8	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 19.44 KB

U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Grand Juror Service	J-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 18.91 KB
Petit Juror Service on Days Jurors Were Selected for Trial	J-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 22.00 KB

U.S. District Courts–U.S. Magistrate Judges
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Matters Disposed of by U.S. Magistrate Judges, by Matter Type	M-7	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 17.20 KB
Civil Consent Case Matters by U.S. Magistrate Judges Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)	M-8	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 15.47 KB
Class A Misdemeanor Defendants Disposed of by U.S. Magistrate Judges, by Nature of Offense	M-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 15.40 KB
Petty Offense Defendants Disposed of by U.S. Magistrate Judges, by Nature of Offense	M-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 16.91 KB
Felony Preliminary Proceedings Handled by U.S. Magistrate Judges Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(a)	M-3	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 18.50 KB
Criminal Pretrial Matters Handled by U.S. Magistrate Judges Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)	M-4	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 17.94 KB
Civil Consent Cases Terminated by U.S. Magistrate Judges Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), by Disposition	M-5	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 13.41 KB

U.S. District Courts–Trials
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Supervision Hearings in Trials and Nontrials	T-19	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 13.47 KB
Civil and Criminal Trials Completed	T-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 15.42 KB
Lengths of Civil and Criminal Trials Completed	T-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 18.65 KB
Median Time From Filings To Trial For Civil Cases In Which Trials Were Completed	T-3	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 16.21 KB

Other
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Services Provided to and Received From Other District Courts	V-1	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 48.63 KB
Services Provided by Visiting Judges in Cases Terminated, by Circuit	V-2	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 19.85 KB
Weighted and Unweighted Filings per Authorized Judgeship	X-1A	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 20.44 KB

U.S. Federal Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Work of the Federal Judiciary	JCI	March 31, 2026	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download xlsx, 11.61 KB