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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Judicial Business 2014

**Judicial Caseload Indicators 12-Month Periods Ending September 30**
Judicial Caseload	2005	2010	2013	2014	Percent Change Since 2005	Percent Change Since 2010	Percent Change Since 2013
U.S. Courts of Appeals ¹
Appeals Filed	68,473	55,992	56,475	54,988	-19.7	-1.8	-2.6
Appeals Terminated	61,975	59,526	58,393	58,393	-10.9	-7.2	-5.4
Appeals Pending	57,450	45,864	41,979²	41,751	-27.3	-9.0	-0.5
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	253,273	282,895	284,604	295,310	16.6	4.4	3.8
Cases Terminated	271,753	309,759	255,260	258,477	-4.9	-16.6	-1.3
Cases Pending	265,484	284,601	300,469²	337,302	27.1	18.5	12.3
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	92,226	100,366	91,266	81,226	-11.9	-19.1	-11.0
Defendant Terminations	86,616	98,666	91,506	86,676	0.1	-12.2	-5.3
Defendants Pending	96,668	109,187	107,895	101,716	5.2	-6.8	-5.7
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,782,643	1,596,355	1,107,699	963,739	-45.9	-39.6	-13.0
Cases Terminated	1,581,287	1,496,732	1,197,918	1,099,666	-30.5	-26.5	-8.2
Cases Pending	1,855,841	1,659,086	1,535,261²	1,399,496	-24.6	-15.6	-8.8
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	112,931	127,324	131,869	132,858	17.6	4.3	0.7
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	99,365	111,507	108,705	100.068	0.7	-10.3	-7.9
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	97,508	110,547	108,002	99,355	1.9	-10.1	-8.0
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,857	960	703	713	-61.6	-25.7	1.4
Total Released on Supervision	36,752	29,902	28,664	25,209	-31.4	-15.7	-12.1
Pretrial Supervision	34,860	28,632	27,612	24,185	-30.6	-15.5	-12.4
Diversion Supervision	1,892	1,270	1,052	1,024	-43.0	-19.4	-2.7
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.