Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2020

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2011, 2016, 2019, and 2020
Judicial Caseload	2011	2016	2019	2020	Percent Change Since 2011	Percent Change Since 2016	Percent Change Since 2019
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	55,753	53,648	47,977	50,258	-9.9	-6.3	4.8
Cases Terminated	58,349	53,673	48,515	49,057	-15.9	-8.6	1.1
Cases Pending	44,492	40,904	37,813²	39,014	-12.3	-4.6	3.2
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	294,336	274,552	286,289	332,732	13.0	21.2	16.2
Cases Terminated	324,190	270,515	307,368	300,372	-7.3	11.0	-2.3
Cases Pending	270,854	344,704	365,132²	397,492	46.8	15.3	8.9
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	103,638	79,787	90,473	93,213	-10.1	16.8	3.0
Defendant Terminations	99,131	79,940	82,298	88,730	-10.5	11.0	7.8
Defendants Pending	110,756	97,131	110,115	114,174	3.1	17.5	3.7
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,571,183	833,515	772,646	764,282	-51.4	-8.3	-1.1
Cases Terminated	1,512,011	947,587	795,926	788,373	-47.9	-16.8	-0.9
Cases Pending	1,659,874	1,199,518	1,013,259²	989,129	-40.4	-17.5	-2.4
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	129,074	138,074	128,120	126,875	-1.7	-8.1	-1.0
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	114,067	93,649	104,579	109,472	-4.0	16.9	4.7
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	113,074	93,005	104,124	109,036	-3.6	17.2	4.7
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	993	644	455	436	-56.1	-32.3	-4.2
Total Released on Supervision	30,538	24,301	24,851	26,598	-12.9	9.5	7.0
Pretrial Supervision	29,216	23,372	24,187	25,951	-11.2	11.0	7.3
Diversion Supervision	1,322	929	664	647	-51.1	-30.4	-2.6
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.

Caseload Statistics 2020

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