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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2013

Judicial Caseload Indicators 12–Month Periods Ending March 31
Judicial Caseload	2004	2009	2012	2013	Percent Change Since 2004	Percent Change Since 2009	Percent Change Since 2012
U.S. Courts of Appeals¹
Cases Filed	60,505	60,358	56,624	56,453	-6.7	-6.5	-0.3
Cases Terminated	56,243	59,604	57,002	58,459	3.9	-1.9	2.6
Cases Pending	46,976	50,946	44,194²	42,188	-10.2	-17.2	-4.5
U.S. District Courts
Civil
Cases Filed	255,851	258,535	285,260	271,950	6.3	5.2	-4.7
Cases Terminated	241,861	238,640	288,330	254,619	5.3	6.7	-11.7
Cases Pending	263,440	302,808	262,950²	280,281	6.4	-7.4	6.6
Criminal (Includes Transfers)
Defendants Filed	92,761	95,736	99,183	91,964	-0.9	-3.9	-7.3
Defendant Terminations	84,897	95,233	100,973	93,971	10.7	-1.3	-6.9
Defendants Pending	87,346	101,781	107,805	106,206	21.6	4.3	-1.5
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Cases Filed	1,654,847	1,202,395	1,367,006	1,170,324	-29.3	-2.7	-14.4
Defendant Terminations	1,641,103	1,073,619	1,385,725	1,241,836	-24.3	15.7	-10.4
Defendants Pending	1,675,188	1,418,472	1,641,889²	1,570,447	-6.3	10.7	-4.4
Post-Conviction Supervision
Persons Under Supervision	112,486	122,633	132,329	132,307	17.6	7.9	0.0
Pretrial Services
Total Cases Activated	98,262	102,499	112,460	101,820	3.6	-0.7	-9.5
Pretrial Services Cases Activated	96,525	101,208	111,533	100,536	4.2	-0.7	-9.9
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated	1,737	1,291	927	1,284	-26.1	-0.5	38.5
Total Released on Supervision	35,487	30,472	30,044	28,569	-19.5	-6.2	-4.9
Pretrial Supervision	33,678	29,236	28,715	27,164	-19.3	-7.1	-5.4
Diversion Supervision	1,809	1,236	1,329	1,405	-22.3	13.7	5.7
¹ Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ² Revised.