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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Judicial Business 2015

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending September 30
Judicial Caseload 2006 2011 2014 2015 Percent Change Since 2006 Percent Change Since 2011 Percent Change Since 2014
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Appeals Filed 66,618 55,126 54,988 52,698 -20.9 -4.4 -4.2
Appeals Terminated 67,582 57,357 55,216 53,213 -21.3 -7.2 -3.6
Appeals Pending 56,178 43,614 41,3232 40,808 -27.4 -6.4 -1.2
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 259,541 289,252 295,310 279,036 7.5 -3.5 -5.5
Cases Terminated 273,193 303,158 258,477 274,627 0.5 -9.4 6.2
Cases Pending 247,253 267,495 337,4042 341,813 38.2 27.8 1.3
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 88,216 102,931 81,226 80,069 -9.2 -22.2 -1.4
Defendant Terminations 88,601 101,454 86,676 81,227 -8.3 -19.9 -6.3
Defendants Pending 96,909 111,968 101,716 98,878 2.0 -11.7 -2.8
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,112,542 1,467,221 963,739 860,182 -22.7 -41.4 -10.7
Cases Terminated 1,619,142 1,461,896 1,099,666 989,872 -38.9 -32.3 -10.0
Cases Pending 1,361,335 1,667,247 1,401,5932 1,271,865 -6.6 -23.7 -9.3
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 114,002 129,780 132,858 135,468 18.8 4.4 2.0
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 96,479 113,875 100,068 95,013 -1.5 -16.6 -5.1
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 94,853 112,969 99,355 94,276 -0.6 -16.5 -5.1
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 1,626 906 713 737 -54.7 -18.7 3.4
Total Released on Supervision 33,608 30,337 25,209 24,547 -27.0 -19.1 -2.6
Pretrial Supervision 31,910 29,004 24,185 23,522 -26.3 -18.9 -2.7
Diversion Supervision 1,698 1,333 1,024 1,025 -39.6 -23.1 0.1
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.
Judicial Business 2015
  1. Judicial Business 2015
  2. Judicial Caseload Indicators
  3. Judicial Business 2015 Tables
  4. U.S. Courts of Appeals
  5. U.S. District Courts
  6. U.S. Magistrate Judges
  7. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
  8. U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
  9. Criminal Justice Act
  10. Post-Conviction Supervision
  11. Pretrial Services
  12. Complaints Against Judges
  13. Status of Article III Judgeships
  14. Status of Bankruptcy Judgeships
  15. Status of Magistrate Judge Positions and Appointments
  16. U.S. Court of International Trade
  17. U.S. Court of Federal Claims