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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2022

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending
March 31, 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 Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 56,453     49,363 46,165 42,900 -24.0 -13.1 -7.1
Cases Terminated 58,459 51,832 47,210 47,322 -19.1  -8.7 0.2
Cases Pending 42,175 38,330 37,979 33,582 -20.4  -12.4 -11.6
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 271,950 277,010 461,478   309,102 13.7 11.6   -33.0
Cases Terminated 254,619 286,969 269,248 261,192 2.6 -9.0 -3.0
Cases Pending 280,281 339,313 590,288 638,264 127.7 88.1  8.1
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 91,964     81,553 64,999   71,111 -22.7 -12.8  9.4
Defendant Terminations 93,971  76,589 56,829 70,358 -25.1    -8.1   23.8
Defendants Pending 106,206   102,731 121,490 122,764 15.6   19.5   1.0
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,170,324 779,828 473,349  395,373 -66.2  -49.3   -16.5
Cases Terminated 1,241,842 838,148 632,815  518,805 -58.2  -38.1  -18.0
Cases Pending 1,570,447 1,035,967 829,948 705,394 -55.1 -31.9  -15.0
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 132,307    132,262   125,126 124,205   -6.1   -6.1 -0.7
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated2 107,336  92,818 65,142   74,492   -30.6 -19.7  14.4
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 106,509   92,374 64,823 74,119 -30.4 -19.8  14.3
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 827   444 319 373 -54.9  -16.0 16.9
Total Released on Supervision 28,569 23,006 23,545 25,197 -11.8  9.5 7.0
Pretrial Supervision 27,333 22,338 23,036  24,664 -9.8  10.4 7.1
Diversion Supervision 1,236 668 509  533 -56.9 -20.2 4.7

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.