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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2016

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2007, 2012, 2015, and 2016
Judicial Caseload	2007	2012	2015	2016	Percent Change Since 2007	Percent Change Since 2012	Percent Change Since 2015
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Cases Filed	60,668	56,624	54,244	53,649	-11.6	-5.3	-1.1
Cases Terminated	65,308	57,002	54,756	53,673	-17.8	-5.8	-2.0
Cases Pending	53,085	44,194	40,946²	40,922	-22.9	-7.4	-0.1
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	278,272	285,260	281,608	274,552	-1.3	-3.8	-2.5
Cases Terminated	254,850	288,330	264,124	270,515	6.1	-6.2	2.4
Cases Pending	263,499	262,950	340,678²	344,715	30.8	31.1	1.2
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	87,479	99,183	80,081	79,787	-8.8	-19.6	-0.4
Defendant Terminations	90,043	100,973	83,704	79,940	-11.2	-20.8	-4.5
Defendants Pending	98,320	107,805	97,883	97,131	-1.2	-9.9	-0.8
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	695,575	1,367,006	911,086	833,515	19.8	-39.0	-8.5
Cases Terminated	950,845	1,385,725	1,049,457	947,587	-0.3	-31.6	-9.7
Cases Pending	1,364,516	1,641,889	1,322,698²	1,208,606	-11.4	-26.4	-8.6
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	115,002	132,329	133,452	138,074	20.1	4.3	3.5
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	95,649	112,460	96,803	93,649	-2.1	-16.7	-3.3
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	94,080	111,533	96,017	93,005	-1.1	-16.6	-3.1
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,569	927	786	644	-59.0	-30.5	-18.1
Total Released on Supervision	32,816	30,044	24,760	24,301	-25.9	-19.1	-1.9
Pretrial Supervision	31,325	28,715	23,674	23,372	-25.4	-18.6	-1.3
Diversion Supervision	1,491	1,329	1,086	929	-37.7	-30.1	-14.5
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.