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Judicial Caseload Indicators — Judicial Business 2022

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending September 30, 2013, 2018, 2021, and 2022
Judicial Caseload 2013 2018 2021 2022 Percent Change Since 2013 Percent Change Since 2018 Percent Change Since 2021
U.S. Courts of Appeals1              
Cases Filed 56,475 49,276 44,546 41,839 -25.9 -15.1 -6.1
Cases Terminated 58,393 50,428 47,748 44,902 -23.1 -11.0 -6.0
Cases Pending 41,979 38,240 35,552 32,512 -22.6 -15.0 -8.6
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 284,604 282,936 344,567 274,771 -3.5 -2.9 -20.3
Cases Terminated 255,260 276,311 271,625 308,326 20.8 11.6 13.5
Cases Pending 300,469 371,589 629,588 596,136 98.4 60.4 -5.3
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 91,266 87,148 74,465 68,482 -25.0 -21.4 -8.0
Defendant Terminations 91,506 79,866 63,848 72,096 -21.2 -9.7 12.9
Defendants Pending 107,895 107,392 126,258 122,812 13.8 14.4 -2.7
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,107,699 773,375 434,540 383,810 -65.4 -50.4 -11.7
Cases Terminated 1,197,918 816,006 579,469 467,522 -61.0 -42.7 -19.3
Cases Pending 1,535,261 1,027,177 761,709 677,108 -55.9 -34.1 -11.1
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 131,869 129,706 122,458 122,872 -6.8 -5.3 0.3
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated2 108,705 99,931 76,723 74,036 -31.9 -25.9 -3.5
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 108,002 99,494 76,367 73,690 -31.8 -25.9 -3.5
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 703 437 356 346 -50.8 -20.8 -2.8
Total Released on Supervision 28,664 23,649 26,622 23,099 -19.4 -2.3 -13.2
Pretrial Supervision 27,612 23,000 26,037 22,624 -18.1 -1.6 -13.1
Diversion Supervision 1,052 649 585 475 -54.8 -26.8 -18.8
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Includes cases opened within the districts and cases transferred into the districts.
Judicial Business 2022
  1. Judicial Business 2022
  2. Judicial Caseload Indicators
  3. Judicial Business 2022 Tables
  4. U.S. Courts of Appeals
  5. U.S. District Courts
  6. U.S. Magistrate Judges
  7. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
  8. U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
  9. Criminal Justice Act
  10. Post-Conviction Supervision
  11. Pretrial Services
  12. Complaints Against Judges
  13. Status of Article III Judgeships
  14. Status of Bankruptcy Judgeships
  15. Status of Magistrate Judge Positions and Appointments
  16. U.S. Court of International Trade
  17. U.S. Court of Federal Claims