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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2019

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2010, 2015, 2018, and 2019
Judicial Caseload 2010 2015 2018 2019 Percent Change Since 2010 Percent Change Since 2015 Percent Change Since 2018
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 56,790 54,244 49,363 47,977 -15.5 -11.6 -2.8
Cases Terminated 60,316 54,756 51,832 48,515 -19.6 -11.4 -6.4
Cases Pending 47,036 40,946 38,3282 37,790 -19.7 -7.7 -1.4
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 282,307 281,608 277,010 286,289 1.4 1.7 3.3
Cases Terminated 285,603 264,124 286,969 307,368 7.6 16.4 7.1
Cases Pending 298,099 340,678 384,5532 363,474 21.9 6.7 -5.5
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 98,798 80,081 81,5522 90,473 -8.4 13.0 10.9
Defendant Terminations 98,062 83,704 76,589 82,298 -16.1 -1.7 7.5
Defendants Pending 106,249 97,883 102,730 110,115 3.6 12.5 7.2
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,531,997 911,086 779,828 772,646 -49.6 -15.2 -0.9
Cases Terminated 1,353,528 1,049,457 838,148 795,926 -41.2 -24.2 -5.0
Cases Pending 1,596,990 1,322,698 1,037,1242 1,013,835 -36.5 -23.4 -2.2
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 126,117 133,452 132,262 128,120 1.6 -4.0 -3.1
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 108,119 96,803 92,818 104,579 -3.3 8.0 12.7
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 107,159 96,017 92,374 104,124 -2.8 8.4 12.7
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 960 786 444 455 -52.6 -42.1 2.5
Total Released on Supervision 29,605 24,760 23,006 24,851 -16.1 0.4 8.0
Pretrial Supervision 28,357 23,674 22,338 24,187 -14.7 2.2 8.3
Diversion Supervision 1,248 1,086 668 664 -46.8 -38.9 -0.6
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.