Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2018

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2009, 2014, 2017, and 2018
Judicial Caseload	2009	2014	2017	2018	Percent Change Since 2009	Percent Change Since 2014	Percent Change Since 2017
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	60,358	55,623	58,951	49,363	-18.2	-11.3	-16.3
Cases Terminated	59,604	56,354	59,040	51,832	-13.0	-8.0	-12.2
Cases Pending	50,946	41,624	40,799²	38,330	-24.8	-7.9	-6.1
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	258,535	303,820	292,076	277,010	7.1	-8.8	-5.2
Cases Terminated	238,640	260,840	287,114	286,969	20.3	10.0	-0.1
Cases Pending	302,808	323,441	349,272²	339,313	12.1	4.9	-2.9
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	95,736	86,705	75,861	81,533	-14.8	-5.9	7.5
Defendant Terminations	95,233	89,622	75,514	76,589	-19.6	-14.5	1.4
Defendants Pending	104,403	103,099	97,411	102,731	-1.6	-0.4	5.5
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,202,395	1,038,280	794,492	779,828	-35.1	-24.9	-1.8
Cases Terminated	1,073,619	1,149,282	877,908	838,148	-21.9	-27.1	-4.5
Cases Pending	1,418,472	1,460,799	1,094,295²	1,035,967	-27.0	-29.1	-5.3
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	122,633	131,827	136,296	132,262	7.9	0.3	-3.0
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	102,499	106,405	89,605	92,818	-9.4	-12.8	3.6
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	101,208	105,700	89,056	92,374	-8.7	-12.6	3.7
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,291	705	549	444	-65.6	-37.0	-19.1
Total Released on Supervision	30,472	27,014	23,338	23,006	-24.5	-14.8	-1.4
Pretrial Supervision	29,236	26,008	22,579	22,338	-23.6	-14.1	-1.1
Diversion Supervision	1,236	1,006	759	668	-46.0	-33.6	-12.0
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.

Caseload Statistics 2018

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