Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2019

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2010, 2015, 2018, and 2019
Judicial Caseload	2010	2015	2018	2019	Percent Change Since 2010	Percent Change Since 2015	Percent Change Since 2018
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	56,790	54,244	49,363	47,977	-15.5	-11.6	-2.8
Cases Terminated	60,316	54,756	51,832	48,515	-19.6	-11.4	-6.4
Cases Pending	47,036	40,946	38,328²	37,790	-19.7	-7.7	-1.4
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	282,307	281,608	277,010	286,289	1.4	1.7	3.3
Cases Terminated	285,603	264,124	286,969	307,368	7.6	16.4	7.1
Cases Pending	298,099	340,678	384,553²	363,474	21.9	6.7	-5.5
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	98,798	80,081	81,552²	90,473	-8.4	13.0	10.9
Defendant Terminations	98,062	83,704	76,589	82,298	-16.1	-1.7	7.5
Defendants Pending	106,249	97,883	102,730	110,115	3.6	12.5	7.2
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,531,997	911,086	779,828	772,646	-49.6	-15.2	-0.9
Cases Terminated	1,353,528	1,049,457	838,148	795,926	-41.2	-24.2	-5.0
Cases Pending	1,596,990	1,322,698	1,037,124²	1,013,835	-36.5	-23.4	-2.2
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	126,117	133,452	132,262	128,120	1.6	-4.0	-3.1
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	108,119	96,803	92,818	104,579	-3.3	8.0	12.7
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	107,159	96,017	92,374	104,124	-2.8	8.4	12.7
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	960	786	444	455	-52.6	-42.1	2.5
Total Released on Supervision	29,605	24,760	23,006	24,851	-16.1	0.4	8.0
Pretrial Supervision	28,357	23,674	22,338	24,187	-14.7	2.2	8.3
Diversion Supervision	1,248	1,086	668	664	-46.8	-38.9	-0.6
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.

Caseload Statistics 2019

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