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Judicial Caseload Indicators - Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics 2017

Judicial Caseload Indicators
12-Month Periods Ending March 31,
2008, 2013, 2016, and 2017
Judicial Caseload 2008 2013 2016 2017 Percent Change Since 2008 Percent Change Since 2013 Percent Change Since 2016
U.S. Courts of Appeals 1              
Cases Filed 58,373 56,453 53,6482 58,951 1.0 4.4 9.9
Cases Terminated 60,439 58,459 53,673 59,040 -2.3 1.0 10.0
Cases Pending 50,809 42,319 40,9042 40,815 -19.7 -3.6 -0.2
U.S. District Courts              
Civil              
Cases Filed 245,427 271,950 274,552 292,076 19.0 7.4 6.4
Cases Terminated 238,097 254,619 270,515 287,114 20.6 12.8 6.1
Cases Pending 281,705 280,575 344,7042 349,666 24.1 24.6 1.4
Criminal (Includes Transfers)              
Defendants Filed 90,227 91,964 79,787 75,861 -15.9 -17.5 -4.9
Defendant Terminations 88,047 93,971 79,940 75,514 -14.2 -19.6 -5.5
Defendants Pending 101,278 106,206 97,131 97,411 -3.8 -8.3 0.3
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts              
Cases Filed 901,927 1,170,324 833,515 794,492 -11.9 -32.1 -4.7
Cases Terminated 904,207 1,241,836 947,587 877,908 -2.9 -29.3 -7.4
Cases Pending 1,284,614 1,571,091 1,199,5182 1,116,073 -13.1 -29.0 -7.0
Post-Conviction Supervision              
Persons Under Supervision 118,346 132,307 138,074 136,296 15.2 3.0 -1.3
Pretrial Services              
Total Cases Activated 98,119 107,336 93,649 89,605 -8.7 -16.5 -4.3
Pretrial Services Cases Activated 96,537 106,509 93,005 89,056 -7.7 -16.4 -4.2
Pretrial Diversion Cases Activated 1,582 827 644 549 -65.3 -33.6 -14.8
Total Released on Supervision 32,576 28,569 24,301 23,338 -28.4 -18.3 -4.0
Pretrial Supervision 31,143 27,333 23,372 22,579 -27.5 -17.4 -3.4
Diversion Supervision 1,433 1,236 929 759 -47.0 -38.6 -18.3
1 Excludes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
2 Revised.