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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2015

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2006, 2011, 2014, and 2015
Judicial Caseload	2006	2011	2014	2015	Percent Change Since 2006	Percent Change Since 2011	Percent Change Since 2014
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	70,375	55,753	55,623	54,244	-22.9	-2.7	-2.5
Cases Terminated	66,792	58,349	56,354	54,756	-18.0	-6.2	-2.8
Cases Pending	58,489	44,492	41,624²	41,112	-29.7	-7.6	-1.2
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	244,068	294,336	303,820	281,608	15.4	-4.3	-7.3
Cases Terminated	281,220	324,190	260,840	264,124	-6.1	-18.5	1.3
Cases Pending	245,930	270,854	323,441²	340,925	38.6	25.9	5.4
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	91,203	103,638	86,705	80,081	-12.2	-22.7	-7.6
Defendant Terminations	88,672	99,131	89,622	83,704	-5.6	-15.6	-6.6
Defendants Pending	97,601	110,756	103,099	97,883	0.3	-11.6	-5.1
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,794,795	1,571,183	1,038,280	911,086	-49.2	-42.0	-12.3
Cases Terminated	1,889,778	1,512,011	1,149,282	1,049,457	-44.5	-30.6	-8.7
Cases Pending	1,567,961	1,659,874	1,460,799²	1,322,457	-15.7	-20.3	-9.5
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	113,322	129,074	131,827	133,452	17.8	3.4	1.2
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	99,969	114,067	106,405	96,803	-3.2	-15.1	-9.0
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	98,246	113,074	105,700	96,017	-2.3	-15.1	-9.2
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,723	993	705	786	-54.4	-20.8	11.5
Total Released on Supervision	35,015	30,538	27,014	24,760	-29.3	-18.9	-8.3
Pretrial Supervision	33,265	29,216	26,008	23,674	-28.8	-19.0	-0.0
Diversion Supervision	1,750	1,322	1,006	1,086	-37.9	-17.9	8.0
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.