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Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2013 Tables

Last updated:

March 31, 2013

This report provides statistical information on the caseload of the Federal courts for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2013. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 604(a)(2), the report presents data on the work of the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts and on the probation and pretrial services systems.

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U.S. Courts of Appeals
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table B—U.S. Courts of Appeals Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 70.80 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding	B-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table B-1—U.S. Courts of Appeals Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 99.25 KB
Decisions in Cases Terminated on the Merits, by Nature of Proceeding	B-5	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table B-5—U.S. Courts of Appeals Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 130.50 KB
Civil and Criminal Cases Filed, by Circuit and Nature of Suit or Offense	B-7	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table B-7—U.S. Courts of Appeals Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 125.54 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	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table B-8—U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 90.46 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B-10	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table BAP-1—U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 59.90 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	B-11	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table BAP-2—U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 62.37 KB

U.S. District Courts–Civil
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	C	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 102.19 KB
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Jurisdiction	C-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C-1—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 102.34 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction and Nature of Suit	C-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C-2—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 120.62 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C-3—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 126.43 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by Nature of Suit and Action Taken	C-4	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C-4—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 135.06 KB
Median Time From Filing to Disposition of Civil Cases, by Action Taken	C-5	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table C-5—U.S. District Courts–Civil Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 118.08 KB

U.S. District Courts–Criminal
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 102.24 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D Cases	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 109.77 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers), by Level of Offense	D-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D-1—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 122.45 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense	D-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D-2—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 136.80 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense and District	D-3	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D-3—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 121.47 KB
Criminal Defendants Terminated, by Type of Disposition and Offense	D-4	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table D-4—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 142.36 KB

Federal Probation System
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Persons Received for and Removed From Post-Conviction Supervision	E-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table E-1—Federal Probation System Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 96.17 KB
Persons Under Post-Conviction Supervision	E-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table E-2—Federal Probation System Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 82.75 KB
Post-Conviction Supervision Cases Terminated With and Without Revocation, by Type	E-7A	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table E-7A—Federal Probation System Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 97.17 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Bankruptcy Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table F—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 107.12 KB
Business and Nonbusiness Cases Filed, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	F-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table F-2—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 111.67 KB
Adversary Proceedings Filed, Terminated, and Pending	F-8	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table F-8—U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 81.49 KB

Federal Pretrial Services
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Activated	H-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table H-1—Federal Pretrial Services Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 104.02 KB
Interviews and Types of Pretrial Services Reports	H-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table H-2—Federal Pretrial Services Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 89.23 KB
Defendants Received for and Under Pretrial Supervision	H-7	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table H-7—Federal Pretrial Services Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 85.42 KB
Cases Terminated, by Type of Disposition	H-13	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table H-13—Federal Pretrial Services Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 134.04 KB

U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Grand Juror Service	J-1	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table J-1—U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 86.14 KB
Petit Juror Service on Days Jurors Were Selected for Trial	J-2	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table J-2—U.S. District Courts–Grand and Petit Jurors Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 85.98 KB

U.S. Federal Courts
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Work of the Federal Judiciary	JCI	March 31, 2013	Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics	Download Table JCI—U.S. Federal Courts Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (March 31, 2013) pdf, 39.77 KB