Judicial Business 2004

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September 30, 2004

This report on the business of the federal Judiciary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, provides statistical data on the work of the federal courts, compares data for this year to that for previous fiscal years, and, wherever possible, explains why increases or decreases occurred in judicial caseload.

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Supreme Court of the United States
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases on Docket, Disposed of, and Remaining on Docket	A-1	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table A-1—Supreme Court of the United States Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 19.43 KB

U.S. Courts of Appeals
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 12.20 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding	B-1	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-1—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 36.46 KB
Civil and Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding	B-1A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-1A—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 37.29 KB
Petitions for Review on Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B-2	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-2—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 25.92 KB
Cases Filed, by Source	B-3	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-3—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 32.63 KB
Sources of Civil and Criminal Cases from U.S. District Courts	B-3A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-3A—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 26.75 KB
Median Times for Cases Terminated on the Merits	B-4	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-4—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 32.04 KB
Decisions in Cases Terminated on the Merits, by Nature of Proceeding	B-5	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-5—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 34.06 KB
Cases Terminated on Procedural Grounds, by Nature of Proceeding	B-5A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-5A—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 36.53 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Nature of Proceeding, as a Percent of Total Cases	B-6	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-6—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 28.61 KB
Civil and Criminal Cases Filed, by Circuit and Nature of Suit or Offense	B-7	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-7—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 36.54 KB
Pro Se Cases Filed and Terminated, by Nature of Proceeding	B-9	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-9—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 27.27 KB
Cases Terminated on the Merits After Oral Arguments or Submission on Briefs	S-1	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-10—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 11.93 KB
Judge Participation in Cases Terminated on the Merits	S-2	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-11—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 12.21 KB
Type of Opinion or Order Filed in Cases Terminated on the Merits	S-3	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-12—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 12.36 KB
Pro Se Cases Filed, by Source	S-4	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-19—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 12.06 KB
Cases Under Submission for More Than Three Months	S-5	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-20—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 11.68 KB
Criminal Cases Filed Under the Sentencing Guidelines	S-6	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table S-6 Retired—U.S. Courts of Appeals Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 11.73 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	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table B-8—U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 20.93 KB

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	B-10	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table BAP-1—U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 19.61 KB
Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code	B-11	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table BAP-2—U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panels Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 27.37 KB

U.S. District Courts–Civil
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending	C	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 31.82 KB
Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Jurisdiction	C-1	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-1—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 32.55 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction and Nature of Suit	C-2	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-2—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 28.25 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Nature Of Suit	C-2A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-2A—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 29.17 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-3—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 39.80 KB
Civil Cases Pending, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-3A—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 49.41 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by Jurisdiction, Nature of Suit, and District	C-3B	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-3B—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 50.46 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by District and Action Taken	C-4A	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-4A—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 28.84 KB
Civil Cases Terminated, by Nature of Suit and Action Taken	C-4	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-4—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 28.62 KB
Median Time From Filing to Disposition of Civil Cases, by Action Taken	C-5	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-5—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 28.77 KB
Civil Cases Pending, by Length of Time	C-6	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-6—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 27.00 KB
Civil Cases Filed, by Origin	S-7	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-8—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 11.77 KB
Recovery of Overpayment and Enforcement of Judgment Cases Filed, by Nature of Suit	S-8	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-9—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 15.87 KB
Civil and Criminal Trials Terminated That Required 20 or More Days	C-9	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-9 Retired—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 31.78 KB
Social Security Cases Filed, by Nature of Suit	S-9	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-10—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 17.85 KB
Product Liability Cases Filed, by Nature of Suit	S-10	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-11—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 19.18 KB
Civil Cases Pending Three Years or More, by Jurisdiction and Nature of Suit	S-11	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table C-12—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 18.78 KB
Civil Cases Referred to Arbitration	S-12	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table S-12—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 11.77 KB
Civil and Criminal Trials Completed	C-7	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table T-1—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 27.55 KB
Lengths of Civil and Criminal Trials Completed	C-8	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table T-2—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 23.30 KB
Median Time from Filing to Trial for Civil Cases in Which Trials Were Completed	C-10	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table T-3—U.S. District Courts–Civil Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 26.66 KB

U.S. District Courts–Criminal
Title	Publication Table Number	Reporting Period	Publication Name	Download
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 21.35 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers)	D Cases	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 21.06 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, Terminated, and Pending (Including Transfers), by Level of Offense	D-1	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D-1—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 31.88 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, by Level of Offense	D-1 Cases	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D-1 Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 34.13 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense	D-2	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D-2—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 19.44 KB
Criminal Cases Filed, by Offense	D-2 Cases	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D-2 Cases—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 19.51 KB
Criminal Defendants Filed, by Offense and District	D-3	September 30, 2004	Judicial Business	Download Table D-3—U.S. District Courts–Criminal Judicial Business (September 30, 2004) pdf, 29.83 KB

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