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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2024

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods
Ending March 31, 2015, 2020, 2023, and 2024
Judicial Caseload 2015 2020 2023 2024 Percent Change Since 2015 Percent Change Since 2020 Percent Change Since 2023
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 54,244 50,258 40,681 39,469 -27.2 -21.5 -3.0
Cases Terminated 54,756 49,057 41,908 40,326 -26.4 -17.8 -3.8
Cases Pending 41,112 39,014 32,375 31,531 -23.3 -19.2 -2.6
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 281,608 332,732 284,220 347,991 23.6 4.6 22.4
Cases Terminated 264,124 300,372 338,983 298,371 13.0 -0.7 -12.0
Cases Pending 340,925 397,492 583,543 633,066 85.7 59.3 8.5
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 80,081 93,213 68,950 66,035 -17.5 -29.2 -4.2
Defendant Terminations 83,704 88,730 73,069 71,854 -14.2 -19.0 -1.7
Defendants Pending 97,883 114,174 118,890 113,511 16.0 -0.6 -4.5
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 911,086 764,282 403,273 467,774 -48.7 -38.8 16.0
Cases Terminated 1,049,457 788,373 451,241 472,424 -55.0 -40.1 4.7
Cases Pending 1,322,457 989,129 656,665 652,148 -50.7 -34.1 -0.7
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 133,452 126,875 123,506 122,461 -8.2 -3.5 -0.8
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 2 96,803 109,472 74,581 70,219 -27.5 -35.9 -5.8
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 96,017 109,036 74,287 69,906 -27.2 -35.9 -5.9
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 786 436 294 313 -60.2 -28.2 6.5
Total Released on Supervision 24,760 26,598 22,136 21,010 -15.1 -21.0 -5.1
Pretrial Supervision 23,674 25,951 21,718 20,572 -13.1 -20.7 -5.3
Diversion Supervision 1,086 647 418 438 -59.7 -32.3 4.8
  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.