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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Judicial Business 2013

Judicial Caseload Indicators 12-Month Periods Ending September 30
Judicial Caseload 2004 2009 2012 2013 Percent Change Since 2004 Percent Change Since 2009 Percent Change Since 2012
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Appeals Filed 62,762 57,740 57,501 56,475 -10.0 -2.2 -1.8
Appeals Terminated 56,381 60,508 57,570 58,393 3.6 -3.5 1.4
Appeals Pending 51,226 49,885 43,588 2 41,670 -18.7 -16.5 -4.4
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 281,338 276,397 278,442 284,604 1.2 3.0 2.2
Cases Terminated 252,761 263,703 271,572 255,260 1.0 -3.2 -6.0
Cases Pending 284,696 311,353 271,141 2 300,485 5.5 -3.5 10.8
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 93,349 97,982 94,121 91,266 -2.2 -6.9 -3.0
Defendant Terminations 83,606 95,598 97,728 91,506 9.4 -4.3 -6.4
Defendants Pending 91,507 105,723 107,703 107,895 17.9 2.1 0.2
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,618,987 1,402,816 1,261,140 1,107,699 -31.6 -21.0 -12.2
Cases Terminated 1,671,177 1,197,649 1,304,429 1,197,918 -28.3 0.0 -8.2
Cases Pending 1,658,081 1,559,129 1,624,606 2 1,534,652 -7.4 -1.6 -5.5
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 112,883 124,183 132,340 131,869 16.8 6.2 -0.4
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 100,005 105,326 109,242 108,705 8.7 3.2 -0.5
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 98,152 104,248 108,273 108,002 10.0 3.6 -0.3
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 1,853 1,078 969 703 -62.1 -34.8 -27.5
Total Released on Supervision 34,840 29,624 29,195 28,664 -17.7 -3.2 -1.8
Pretrial Supervision 32,993 28,427 27,829 27,612 -16.3 -2.9 -0.8
Diversion Supervision 1,847 1,197 1,366 1,052 -43.0 -12.1 -23.0
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.
Judicial Business 2013
  1. Judicial Business 2013
  2. Judicial Caseload Indicators
  3. Judicial Business 2013 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. Appointments of Magistrate Judges
  16. U.S. Court of International Trade
  17. U.S. Court of Federal Claims