Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2015

**Judicial Caseload Indicators**
**12-Month Periods Ending March 31,**
**2006, 2011, 2014, and 2015**
Judicial Caseload	2006	2011	2014	2015	Percent Change Since 2006	Percent Change Since 2011	Percent Change Since 2014
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	70,375	55,753	55,623	54,244	-22.9	-2.7	-2.5
Cases Terminated	66,792	58,349	56,354	54,756	-18.0	-6.2	-2.8
Cases Pending	58,489	44,492	41,624²	41,112	-29.7	-7.6	-1.2
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	244,068	294,336	303,820	281,608	15.4	-4.3	-7.3
Cases Terminated	281,220	324,190	260,840	264,124	-6.1	-18.5	1.3
Cases Pending	245,930	270,854	323,441²	340,925	38.6	25.9	5.4
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	91,203	103,638	86,705	80,081	-12.2	-22.7	-7.6
Defendant Terminations	88,672	99,131	89,622	83,704	-5.6	-15.6	-6.6
Defendants Pending	97,601	110,756	103,099	97,883	0.3	-11.6	-5.1
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,794,795	1,571,183	1,038,280	911,086	-49.2	-42.0	-12.3
Cases Terminated	1,889,778	1,512,011	1,149,282	1,049,457	-44.5	-30.6	-8.7
Cases Pending	1,567,961	1,659,874	1,460,799²	1,322,457	-15.7	-20.3	-9.5
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	113,322	129,074	131,827	133,452	17.8	3.4	1.2
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	99,969	114,067	106,405	96,803	-3.2	-15.1	-9.0
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	98,246	113,074	105,700	96,017	-2.3	-15.1	-9.2
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,723	993	705	786	-54.4	-20.8	11.5
Total Released on Supervision	35,015	30,538	27,014	24,760	-29.3	-18.9	-8.3
Pretrial Supervision	33,265	29,216	26,008	23,674	-28.8	-19.0	-0.0
Diversion Supervision	1,750	1,322	1,006	1,086	-37.9	-17.9	8.0
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.

Caseload Statistics 2015

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