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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.