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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.