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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2023

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending
March 31, 2014, 2019, 2022, and 2023
Judicial Caseload 2014 2019 2022 2023 Percent Change Since 2014 Percent Change Since 2019 Percent Change Since 2022
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 55,623 47,977 42,900 40,681 -26.9 -15.2 -5.2
Cases Terminated 56,354 48,515 47,322 41,908 -25.6 -13.6 -11.4
Cases Pending 41,624 37,813 33,582 32,375 -22.2 -14.4 -3.6
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 303,820 286,289 309,102 284,220 -6.5 -0.7 -8.0
Cases Terminated 260,840 307,368 261,192 338,983 30.0 10.3 29.8
Cases Pending 323,441 365,132 638,264 583,543 80.4 59.8 -8.6
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 86,705 90,473 71,111 68,950 -20.5 -23.8 -3.0
Defendant Terminations 89,622 82,298 70,358 73,069 -18.5 -11.2 3.9
Defendants Pending 103,099 110,115 122,764 118,890 15.3 8.0 -3.2
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 1,038,280 772,646 395,373 403,273 -61.2 -47.8 2.0
Cases Terminated 1,149,282 795,926 518,805 451,241 -60.7 -43.3 -13.0
Cases Pending 1,460,799 1,013,259 705,394 656,665 -55.0 -35.2 -6.9
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 131,827 128,120 124,205   123,506 -6.3 -3.6 -0.6
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated2 106,405 104,579 74,492   74,581 -29.9 -28.7 0.1
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 105,700 104,124 74,119 74,287 -29.7 -28.7 0.2
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 705 455 373 294 -58.3 -35.4 -21.2
Total Released on Supervision 27,014 24,851 25,197 22,136 -18.1 -10.9 -12.1
Pretrial Supervision 26,008 24,187 24,664 21,718 -16.5 -10.2 -11.9
Diversion Supervision 1,006 664 533 418 -58.4 -37.0 -21.6

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.

Caseload Statistics 2023
  1. Caseload Statistics 2023
  2. Caseload Statistics 2023 Tables
  3. Judicial Caseload Indicators