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Judicial Caseload Indicators — Judicial Business 2020

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending September 30, 2011, 2016, 2019, and 2020
Judicial Caseload	2011	2016	2019	2020	Percent Change Since 2011	Percent Change Since 2016	Percent Change Since 2019
U.S. Courts of Appeals¹
Cases Filed	55,126	60,357	48,486	48,190	-12.6	-20.2	-0.6
Cases Terminated	57,357	57,744	47,889	48,300	-15.8	-16.4	0.9
Cases Pending	43,614²	43,241²	38,841²	38,731	-11.2	-10.4	-0.3
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	289,252	291,851	297,877	470,581	62.7	61.2	58.0
Cases Terminated	303,158	271,649	311,900	271,256	-10.5	-0.1	-13.0
Cases Pending	267,495²	361,263²	357,041²	556,366	108.0	54.0	55.8
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	102,931	77,357	92,678	73,879	-28.2	-4.5	-20.3
Defendant Terminations	101,454	77,493	85,650	71,625	-29.4	-7.6	-16.4
Defendants Pending	111,968	98,460	113,987	115,398	3.1	17.2	1.2
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,467,221	805,580	776,674	612,561	-58.3	-24.0	-21.1
Cases Terminated	1,461,896	910,122	788,667	721,251	-50.7	-20.8	-8.5
Cases Pending	1,667,247²	1,135,323²	1,015,468²	906,738	-45.6	-20.1	-10.7
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons under Supervision	129,780	137,410	128,904	126,970	-2.2	-7.6	-1.5
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated ³	113,875	91,709	108,606	80,603	-29.2	-12.1	-25.8
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	112,969	91,111	108,163	80,242	-29.0	-11.9	-25.8
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	906	598	443	361	-60.2	-39.6	-18.5
Total Released on Supervision	30,337	23,592	26,116	23,396	-22.9	-0.8	-10.4
Pretrial Supervision	29,004	22,735	25,463	22,857	-21.2	0.5	-10.2
Diversion Supervision	1,333	857	653	539	-59.6	-37.1	-17.5
¹Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ²Revised. ³Includes cases opened within the districts and cases transferred into the districts.