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Judicial Caseload Indicators — Judicial Business 2019

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending September 30, 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 Appeals1              
Cases Filed 55,992 52,698 49,276 48,486 -13.4 -8.0 -1.6
Cases Terminated 59,526 53,213 50,428 47,889 -19.5 -10.0 -5.0
Cases Pending 45,864 40,662 38,2402 38,837 -15.3 -4.5 1.6
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 282,895 279,036 282,936 297,877 5.3 6.8 5.3
Cases Terminated 309,759 274,627 276,311 311,900 0.7 13.6 12.9
Cases Pending 284,601 341,364 371,5892 357,566 25.6 4.7 -3.8
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 100,366 80,069 87,148 92,678 -7.7 15.7 6.3
Defendant Terminations 98,666 81,227 79,866 85,650 -13.2 5.4 7.2
Defendants Pending 110,491 98,878 107,392 113,987 3.2 15.3 6.1
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,596,355 860,182 773,375 776,674 -51.3 -9.7 0.4
Cases Terminated 1,496,732 989,872 816,006 788,667 -47.3 -20.3 -3.4
Cases Pending 1,659,086 1,269,304 1,027,1772 1,015,179 -38.8 -20.0 -1.2
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 127,324 135,468 129,706 128,904 1.2 -4.8 -0.6
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 111,507 95,013 99,931 108,606 -2.6 14.3 8.7
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 110,547 94,276 99,494 108,163 -2.2 14.7 8.7
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 960 737 437 443 -53.9 -39.9 1.4
Total Released on Supervision 29,902 24,547 23,649 26,116 -12.7 6.4 10.4
Pretrial Supervision 28,632 23,522 23,000 25,463 -11.1 8.3 10.7
Diversion Supervision 1,270 1,025 649 653 -48.6 -36.3 0.6
1Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2Revised.
Judicial Business 2019
  1. Judicial Business 2019
  2. Judicial Caseload Indicators
  3. Judicial Business 2019 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