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Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary - December 2008

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December 31, 2008

Detailed statistical tables address the work of the U.S. courts of appeals, district courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. The Judicial Caseload Indicators table compares data for the current 12-month period to that for the same period 1, 5, and 10 years earlier.

Judicial Caseload Indicators (pdf)

U.S. Courts of Appeals
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table B—U.S. Courts of Appeals Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 30.84 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding	B-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table B-1—U.S. Courts of Appeals Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 56.08 KB
Decisions in Cases Terminated on the Merits, by Nature of Proceeding	B-5	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table B-5—U.S. Courts of Appeals Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 49.91 KB
Civil and Criminal Cases Filed, by Circuit and Nature of Suit or Offense	B-7	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table B-7—U.S. Courts of Appeals Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 122.76 KB

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B-8	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table B-8—U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 61.60 KB

U.S. District Courts–Civil
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	C	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 46.94 KB
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Jurisdiction	C-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C-1—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 46.79 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction and Nature of Suit	C-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C-2—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 49.04 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C-3—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 67.77 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by Nature of Suit and Action Taken	C-4	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C-4—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 51.90 KB
Median Time From Filing to Disposition of Civil Cases, by Action Taken	C-5	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table C-5—U.S. District Courts–Civil Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 46.68 KB

U.S. District Courts–Criminal
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 75.75 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D Cases	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 76.64 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers), by Level of Offense	D-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-1—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 69.89 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Level of Offense	D-1 Cases	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-1 Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 66.35 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense	D-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-2—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 49.43 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, by Offense	D-2 Cases	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-2 Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 50.11 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense and District	D-3	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-3—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 66.52 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, by Offense and District	D-3 Cases	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-3 Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 66.54 KB
Criminal Defendants Terminated, by Type of Disposition and Offense	D-4	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table D-4—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 53.77 KB

Federal Probation System
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Persons Received for and Removed From Post-Conviction Supervision	E-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table E-1—Federal Probation System Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 116.58 KB
Persons Under Post-Conviction Supervision	E-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table E-2—Federal Probation System Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 94.63 KB
Post-Conviction Supervision Cases Terminated With and Without Revocation, by Type	E-7A	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table E-7A—Federal Probation System Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 40.39 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Bankruptcy Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table F—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 48.20 KB
Business and Nonbusiness Cases Filed, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	F-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table F-2—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 49.75 KB
Adversary Proceedings Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F-8	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table F-8—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 49.49 KB

Federal Pretrial Services
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Activated	H-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table H-1—Federal Pretrial Services Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 40.09 KB
Interviews and Types of Pretrial Services Reports	H-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table H-2—Federal Pretrial Services Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 105.73 KB
Defendants Received for and Under Pretrial Supervision	H-7	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table H-7—Federal Pretrial Services Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 44.90 KB

U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Grand Juror Service	J-1	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table J-1—U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 69.45 KB
Petit Juror Service on Days Jurors Were Selected for Trial	J-2	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table J-2—U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 45.40 KB

U.S. Federal Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Work of the Federal Judiciary	JCI	December 31, 2008	Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary	Download Table JCI—U.S. Federal Courts Statistical Tables For The Federal Judiciary (December 31, 2008) pdf, 114.13 KB