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Jun 30 2009 Jun 30 2010 Jun 30 2011 Jun 30 2012 Jun 30 2013 Jun 30 2014 Overall Caseload Statistics Filings ¹ 364,314 396,652 402,585 396,939 390,229 398,462 Terminations 361,318 404,873 411,916 400,065 364,310 364,233 Pending 388,083 381,253 369,464 366,248 387,340 420,947 Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 9.4 0.5 1.0 0.4 2.1 Number of Judgeships 678 678 677 677 677 677 Vacant Judgeship Months ² 488.2 937.3 982.1 797.9 719.6 855.7 Actions per Judgeship Filings Total 537 585 595 586 576 589 Civil 379 421 428 423 418 441 Criminal Felony 127 130 133 129 121 110 Supervised Release Hearings 31 34 33 35 37 37 Pending Cases 572 562 546 541 572 622 Weighted Filings ² 471 485 505 516 542 540 Terminations 533 597 608 591 538 538 Trials Completed 20 20 20 20 19 18 Median Times (Months) From Filing to Disposition Criminal Felony 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.4 Civil ² 9.0 8.0 7.3 6.8 8.5 8.4 From Filing to Trial ² (Civil Only) 25.6 25.4 24.7 25.3 25.7 26.8 Other Number (and %) of Civil Cases Over 3 Years Old ² 28,074 9.4 44,447 15.4 37,159 13.6 35,816 13.1 27,850 9.4 30,208 9.0 Average Number of Felony Defendants Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 Jurors Avg. Present for Jury Selection 52.6 49.5 50.5 49.2 50.3 50.8 Percent Not Selected or Challenged 39.6 39.3 37.9 37.0 37.2 37.8 United States District Courts — National Judicial Caseload Profile 12Month Periods Ending Total Civil 298,713 ASocial Security 19,530 BPersonal Injury/Product Liability 63,245 CPrisoner Petitions 62,402 DForfeitures and Penalties 1,959 EReal Property 8,454 FLabor Suits 18,702 GContracts 28,631 HTorts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability) 17,779 ICopyright, Patent, and Trademark 13,195 JCivil Rights 34,829 KAntitrust 854 LAll Other Civil 29,133 Total Criminal¹ 74,517 AMarijuana 3,512 BAll Other Drugs 19,955 CImmigration 22,084 DFirearms and Explosives 7,660 EFraud 8,991 FViolent Offenses 2,418 GSex Offenses 3,417 HForgery and Counterfeiting 738 ILarceny and Theft 1,644 JJustice System Offenses 793 KRegulatory Offenses 1,175 LAll Other Criminal 2,130 2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers. ² See "Explanation of Selected Terms." ¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, whereas filings "by nature of offense" do not.
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Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 364,314 396,652 402,585 396,939 390,229 398,462Terminations 361,318 404,873 411,916 400,065 364,310 364,233Pending 388,083 381,253 369,464 366,248 387,340 420,947
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 9.4 0.5 1.0 0.4 2.1
Number of Judgeships 678 678 677 677 677 677
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 488.2 937.3 982.1 797.9 719.6 855.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 537 585 595 586 576 589
Civil 379 421 428 423 418 441CriminalFelony 127 130 133 129 121 110SupervisedReleaseHearings 31 34 33 35 37 37
Pending Cases 572 562 546 541 572 622
Weighted Filings ² 471 485 505 516 542 540
Terminations 533 597 608 591 538 538
Trials Completed 20 20 20 20 19 18
MedianTimes
(Months)
FromFiling toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.4
Civil ² 9.0 8.0 7.3 6.8 8.5 8.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 25.6 25.4 24.7 25.3 25.7 26.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²28,074
9.444,44715.4
37,15913.6
35,81613.1
27,8509.4
30,2089.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present forJury Selection 52.6 49.5 50.5 49.2 50.3 50.8Percent Not Selectedor Challenged 39.6 39.3 37.9 37.0 37.2 37.8
United States District Courts — National Judicial Caseload Profile
12Month Periods Ending
Total Civil 298,713ASocial Security 19,530BPersonal Injury/Product Liability 63,245CPrisoner Petitions 62,402DForfeitures and Penalties 1,959EReal Property 8,454FLabor Suits 18,702GContracts 28,631HTorts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability) 17,779ICopyright, Patent, and Trademark 13,195JCivil Rights 34,829KAntitrust 854LAll Other Civil 29,133
Total Criminal¹ 74,517AMarijuana 3,512BAll Other Drugs 19,955CImmigration 22,084DFirearms and Explosives 7,660EFraud 8,991FViolent Offenses 2,418GSex Offenses 3,417HForgery and Counterfeiting 738ILarceny and Theft 1,644JJustice System Offenses 793KRegulatory Offenses 1,175LAll Other Criminal 2,130
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, whereas filings "by nature of offense" do not.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,081 3,147 3,249 2,868 2,686 2,747Terminations 3,089 3,207 3,064 3,110 2,968 2,639Pending 4,628 4,456 4,615 3,666 3,297 3,365
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 10.8 12.7 15.5 4.2 2.3
Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 29.9 41.9 33.2 16.1 20.6 38.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 205 210 217 191 179 183
Civil 164 163 168 150 138 148CriminalFelony 31 37 35 31 30 28SupervisedReleaseHearings 10 10 13 11 11 8
Pending Cases 309 297 308 244 220 224
Weighted Filings ² 244 265 243 240 217 235
Terminations 206 214 204 207 198 176
Trials Completed 10 10 11 9 9 6
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 13.3 12.4 11.4 12.9 14.2 12.0
Civil ² 9.2 8.3 6.6 9.2 9.0 7.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 39.0 40.0 38.2 32.3 40.3 39.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²50017.3
42716.1
47617.1
47018.1
39217.2
38916.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 84.9 122.8 66.3 73.8 82.8 71.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 57.3 66.7 58.8 52.9 55.1 47.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
30
90
85
94
88
88
88
90
94
75
20
70
83
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,221 31 12 324 13 51 179 200 113 56 502 8 732
Criminal ¹ 408 3 190 9 48 66 26 23 14 3 15 11
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MAINEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 791 901 798 802 751 768Terminations 749 884 846 729 734 721Pending 552 575 527 600 585 630
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.9 14.8 3.8 4.2 2.3
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 2.0 12.0 3.1 0.0 9.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 264 300 266 267 250 256
Civil 174 213 174 150 152 166CriminalFelony 67 64 68 97 78 68SupervisedReleaseHearings 22 24 24 21 21 22
Pending Cases 184 192 176 200 195 210
Weighted Filings ² 244 259 249 268 243 243
Terminations 250 295 282 243 245 240
Trials Completed 23 18 19 18 19 21
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.2 9.7 8.5 7.0 10.5 9.3
Civil ² 7.3 6.5 7.4 8.4 7.5 8.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 17.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²8
2.23.8
3.9
61.9
41.1
61.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 34.9 56.7 77.0 35.1 57.0 52.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 22.1 21.5 28.6 21.3 20.5 20.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
30 3
87 4
84 4
59 2
63 2
90 4
87 4
89 5
34 1
50 3
27 1
3 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 498 132 31 67 2 12 18 56 42 7 104 27
Criminal ¹ 204 20 71 6 27 22 16 17 3 8 1 1 12
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MASSACHUSETTSU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,462 3,588 3,909 3,555 4,064 5,682Terminations 3,657 3,466 3,705 3,732 3,580 3,597Pending 3,658 3,798 3,984 3,772 4,284 6,349
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 64.1 58.4 45.4 59.8 39.8
Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 3.6 12.0 6.8 21.6 17.9 32.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 266 276 301 273 313 437
Civil 211 220 231 219 253 385CriminalFelony 36 39 50 36 42 32SupervisedReleaseHearings 19 17 19 18 18 20
Pending Cases 281 292 306 290 330 488
Weighted Filings ² 277 294 322 319 313 381
Terminations 281 267 285 287 275 277
Trials Completed 16 14 15 12 13 10
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 16.6 16.7 15.4 14.5 16.1 16.2
Civil ² 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 28.5 32.5 31.1 28.2 32.4 27.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1896.7
1796.0
1886.1
1826.1
2005.7
2734.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.2 53.9 51.1 52.7 63.2 65.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 28.9 33.7 31.1 32.7 36.2 37.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
2 1
62 2
35 1
89 5
67 4
42 3
60 2
86 3
87 4
89 5
47 3
41 2
42 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 5,007 170 2,096 481 17 180 295 410 294 227 365 21 451
Criminal ¹ 418 135 40 40 84 16 40 1 13 6 14 29
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW HAMPSHIREU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 799 744 906 778 746 746Terminations 836 787 772 853 796 783Pending 655 607 744 674 638 607
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 6.6 0.3 17.7 4.1
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 5.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 266 248 302 259 249 249
Civil 154 157 219 180 185 172CriminalFelony 95 74 68 61 43 56SupervisedReleaseHearings 17 17 16 19 21 21
Pending Cases 218 202 248 225 213 202
Weighted Filings ² 264 241 283 252 241 225
Terminations 279 262 257 284 265 261
Trials Completed 14 11 14 13 12 16
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.9 9.9 10.2 11.3 10.1 9.1
Civil ² 7.8 6.9 7.8 9.3 8.4 8.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 22.6 19.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²164.2
71.8
101.8
91.8
101.9
132.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 63.4 45.0 49.4 45.3 16.8 53.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 34.6 24.4 33.9 29.7 39.2 33.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
39 4
88 5
83 3
72 4
66 3
91 5
89 5
87 4
62 2
45 2
42 2
17 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 515 101 11 77 19 55 19 42 38 15 79 1 58
Criminal ¹ 166 3 21 26 20 57 13 17 1 3 4 1
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
RHODE ISLANDU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
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Jun 302012
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Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,118 1,399 1,016 1,193 1,275 956Terminations 671 850 935 849 1,387 2,151Pending 2,289 2,827 2,908 3,092 2,977 1,783
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 14.5 31.7 5.9 19.9 25.0
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 373 466 339 398 425 319
Civil 309 398 260 325 355 244CriminalFelony 56 63 72 67 58 64SupervisedReleaseHearings 7 5 6 6 12 11
Pending Cases 763 942 969 1,031 992 594
Weighted Filings ² 249 311 279 296 283 271
Terminations 224 283 312 283 462 717
Trials Completed 11 10 13 9 10 7
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.1 7.7 8.2 8.3 6.8 7.9
Civil ² 10.6 11.5 15.5 12.0 27.9 25.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 19.0 31.0 28.2 27.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²28614.5
26810.7
68927.0
1,09337.3
1,23943.9
64739.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 38.0 42.8 48.7 52.8 58.5 100.6Percent Not Selected or Challenged 32.0 38.2 31.6 43.6 29.7 65.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
91 5
82 3
70 2
67 3
84 5
20 1
85 3
14 1
92 5
29 1
92 5
94 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 733 43 96 64 5 146 59 89 43 9 84 15 80
Criminal ¹ 191 4 68 20 18 27 9 13 10 1 4 17
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
PUERTO RICOU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,377 2,578 3,328 2,973 2,814 3,118Terminations 2,710 2,310 2,576 3,102 2,886 2,961Pending 2,736 2,976 3,726 3,551 3,432 3,566
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 31.2 20.9 6.3 4.9 10.8
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 12.0 8.1
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 340 368 475 425 402 445
Civil 179 184 186 170 151 137CriminalFelony 137 168 275 240 232 285SupervisedReleaseHearings 24 17 15 15 18 23
Pending Cases 391 425 532 507 490 509
Weighted Filings ² 321 352 463 418 403 431
Terminations 387 330 368 443 412 423
Trials Completed 19 17 16 16 17 14
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.3 13.7 10.8 12.7 11.7 11.3
Civil ² 11.6 11.5 10.9 11.3 12.7 13.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 39.7 25.4 35.8 21.5 27.3 22.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²835.9
523.7
644.2
473.3
755.3
1058.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 2.5 2.7 4.6 2.4 2.0 2.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 130.6 97.5 109.0 93.5 142.4 128.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 70.6 57.1 57.4 55.4 66.4 65.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
12 2
57 1
87 5
6 1
60 1
35 2
46 1
65 2
71 3
71 4
85 4
19 1
61 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 961 27 25 100 49 84 85 100 155 28 206 2 100
Criminal ¹ 1,996 36 861 134 499 168 64 56 7 86 26 32 27
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
CONNECTICUTU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
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Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,738 2,764 2,692 2,665 2,441 2,491Terminations 2,888 2,717 2,490 2,562 2,550 2,540Pending 2,979 2,996 3,175 3,259 3,130 3,070
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 9.0 9.9 7.5 6.5 2.0
Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 8.9 7.8
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 342 346 337 333 305 311
Civil 267 279 275 250 235 253CriminalFelony 59 53 50 70 51 42SupervisedReleaseHearings 17 14 11 12 20 16
Pending Cases 372 375 397 407 391 384
Weighted Filings ² 372 366 364 369 320 343
Terminations 361 340 311 320 319 318
Trials Completed 11 11 13 14 15 15
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 14.3 12.4 11.9 12.9 12.6 13.4
Civil ² 9.1 7.3 8.1 9.1 10.6 9.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 31.0 28.0 35.6 34.9 41.3 39.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²22510.1
2068.9
1757.1
2048.4
2289.6
2389.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 51.0 59.8 86.8 77.4 67.4 59.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 38.2 30.6 38.8 36.2 18.1 10.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
32 4
83 5
69 5
86 6
75 6
69 5
73 5
83 5
67 5
80 3
59 3
69 4
73 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,023 194 75 258 23 23 126 242 227 86 475 27 267
Criminal ¹ 334 2 125 9 53 67 14 7 1 17 6 7 26
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW YORK NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
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Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,394 2,412 2,283 2,714 2,294 2,426Terminations 2,335 2,180 2,390 2,560 2,535 2,660Pending 3,037 3,223 3,086 3,260 3,055 2,837
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 1.3 0.6 6.3 10.6 5.8
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.5 12.0 8.9 0.0 0.0 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 479 482 457 543 459 485
Civil 300 308 316 379 330 362CriminalFelony 140 141 108 128 85 77SupervisedReleaseHearings 39 34 33 36 44 46
Pending Cases 607 645 617 652 611 567
Weighted Filings ² 448 428 422 456 402 417
Terminations 467 436 478 512 507 532
Trials Completed 12 24 40 28 25 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.6 8.5 9.6 12.4 12.2 12.8
Civil ² 11.2 12.2 10.9 11.2 11.9 10.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 28.0 39.0 48.1 38.3 38.3 36.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²32315.1
22911.1
1788.9
1657.3
1687.9
1738.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 34.7 32.3 32.3 30.7 31.3 31.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 23.1 15.0 21.9 22.3 19.7 21.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
19 2
44 3
44 3
50 3
21 2
22 4
47 4
38 2
27 2
79 2
67 6
65 3
64 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,808 351 51 584 26 12 54 127 96 35 351 4 117
Criminal ¹ 385 17 131 100 34 47 7 37 1 4 3 2 2
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW YORK EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 7,202 7,690 8,089 8,051 8,266 9,141Terminations 7,074 7,718 7,733 8,008 7,702 7,843Pending 10,749 10,743 11,049 11,050 11,592 12,854
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 26.9 18.9 13.0 13.5 10.6
Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 9.0 12.0 17.7 23.0 8.1 5.5
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 480 513 539 537 551 609
Civil 374 410 422 442 464 530CriminalFelony 79 80 94 72 59 54SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 23 24 23 28 26
Pending Cases 717 716 737 737 773 857
Weighted Filings ² 520 538 584 603 591 696
Terminations 472 515 516 534 513 523
Trials Completed 17 20 21 22 18 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 19.5 18.2 15.8 15.3 19.0 22.3
Civil ² 10.0 9.2 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 32.0 29.0 30.7 30.3 31.4 32.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1,16315.5
1,17215.5
1,17215.3
1,14614.8
1,18714.3
1,23612.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 85.9 95.4 105.8 101.8 98.4 116.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 39.5 36.8 38.9 37.8 40.9 39.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
13 1
20 2
11 1
75 4
55 3
8 2
7 1
42 3
54 3
94 6
36 2
57 2
79 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 7,944 274 379 655 37 107 1,189 1,576 590 151 1,584 41 1,361
Criminal ¹ 809 11 261 101 54 204 26 41 6 28 15 21 41
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW YORK SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 14,443 12,693 12,108 13,026 11,753 12,179Terminations 13,148 13,195 20,867 12,045 12,000 12,263Pending 28,711 27,734 19,734 19,877 18,774 18,545
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 15.7 4.0 0.6 6.5 3.6
Number of Judgeships 28 28 28 28 28 28
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 2.2 23.6 75.5 71.9 57.8 8.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 516 453 432 465 420 435
Civil 430 370 347 382 333 362CriminalFelony 66 61 64 62 62 49SupervisedReleaseHearings 21 23 22 22 25 23
Pending Cases 1,025 991 705 710 671 662
Weighted Filings ² 559 492 486 536 469 479
Terminations 470 471 745 430 429 438
Trials Completed 11 9 9 14 14 16
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 13.3 12.7 13.9 14.9 15.9 15.1
Civil ² 6.6 7.8 38.5 7.8 8.3 8.1From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.4 34.0 31.1 28.2 26.6 32.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²3,76015.8
9,78843.2
3,79626.1
4,23928.9
3,45625.7
3,45425.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 90.9 81.9 84.0 73.3 89.1 87.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 56.5 58.3 51.8 57.0 60.0 56.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
25 3
64 4
44 3
82 5
60 5
13 3
38 3
62 4
62 4
85 4
25 1
56 1
91 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 10,138 414 828 1,352 57 85 1,393 1,278 610 666 2,111 159 1,185
Criminal ¹ 1,377 6 623 62 150 309 59 45 9 67 11 9 27
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW YORK WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,133 3,098 3,048 2,931 3,166 2,846Terminations 2,744 3,184 3,140 3,063 3,067 2,953Pending 3,949 3,842 3,735 3,608 3,678 3,576
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 9.2 8.1 6.6 2.9 10.1
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 6.5 5.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 783 775 762 733 792 712
Civil 442 455 441 446 508 455CriminalFelony 228 201 210 173 146 110SupervisedReleaseHearings 114 119 112 114 138 147
Pending Cases 987 961 934 902 920 894
Weighted Filings ² 694 661 622 601 631 528
Terminations 686 796 785 766 767 738
Trials Completed 14 14 10 7 11 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.4 8.5 8.7 11.0 8.9 16.4
Civil ² 10.6 8.9 7.8 9.4 8.0 10.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 50.0 55.0 67.8 57.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²54319.8
41916.3
40817.2
38116.5
37315.4
36014.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.4 63.0 54.8 70.4 59.8 65.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 41.0 41.0 26.0 41.8 34.0 42.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
73 5
13 1
24 2
30 2
1 1
6 1
29 2
11 1
73 6
91 5
64 5
74 5
82 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,819 361 87 479 56 25 79 105 94 48 197 288
Criminal ¹ 441 10 107 97 38 85 26 27 10 9 9 7 16
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
VERMONTU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 494 607 605 555 621 548Terminations 524 559 516 634 665 559Pending 572 593 672 607 570 559
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 10.9 9.7 9.4 1.3 11.8
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 247 304 303 278 311 274
Civil 155 153 176 147 167 137CriminalFelony 69 126 105 112 117 114SupervisedReleaseHearings 23 26 22 19 28 24
Pending Cases 286 297 336 304 285 280
Weighted Filings ² 239 273 282 287 290 256
Terminations 262 280 258 317 333 280
Trials Completed 16 11 24 29 26 27
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 12.4 12.8 12.8 12.9 11.2 10.9
Civil ² 7.6 8.7 8.5 9.7 8.8 9.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 20.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²217.1
288.8
246.7
185.8
238.0
269.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.4 45.8 36.9 43.3 83.8 42.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 47.4 60.0 39.1 38.9 50.5 43.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
76 6
86 6
87 6
26 1
58 4
83 6
86 6
85 6
16 1
66 1
60 4
70 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 273 71 3 49 5 5 8 37 35 3 42 15
Criminal ¹ 228 13 116 19 26 14 5 24 1 5 2 1 2
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
DELAWAREU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,302 1,289 1,413 1,774 2,361 2,025Terminations 1,297 1,149 1,176 1,528 1,565 2,220Pending 1,517 1,646 1,883 2,120 2,907 2,709
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 55.5 57.1 43.3 14.1 14.2
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 12.1 4.1 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 326 322 353 444 590 506
Civil 279 288 314 407 550 471CriminalFelony 38 28 32 25 34 29SupervisedReleaseHearings 9 6 8 11 7 7
Pending Cases 379 412 471 530 727 677
Weighted Filings ² 468 548 615 1,077 1,812 1,525
Terminations 324 287 294 382 391 555
Trials Completed 30 23 19 25 18 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.7 11.1 7.5 9.0 8.9 9.7
Civil ² 9.0 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.0 8.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 31.0 25.0 26.8 29.6 29.4 28.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²23718.2
21314.4
24814.4
22411.4
2629.7
27711.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.6
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.5 57.7 48.4 43.9 47.7 43.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 28.1 41.2 30.3 33.7 30.4 29.7
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
83 5
39 4
20 3
92 6
90 5
12 1
2 1
28 2
40 4
56 2
36 4
45 4
76 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,883 32 58 165 8 4 25 105 30 1,185 107 4 160
Criminal ¹ 113 42 5 18 25 8 5 1 3 6
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW JERSEYU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 7,862 8,187 8,735 9,481 9,448 9,880Terminations 8,516 8,474 8,456 9,198 8,591 9,238Pending 6,930 6,731 7,131 7,558 8,543 9,260
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 25.7 20.7 13.1 4.2 4.6
Number of Judgeships 17 17 17 17 17 17
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 5.6 22.8 15.9 0.0 4.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 462 482 514 558 556 581
Civil 397 423 449 496 496 524CriminalFelony 55 47 52 51 47 46SupervisedReleaseHearings 11 11 13 11 13 12
Pending Cases 408 396 419 445 503 545
Weighted Filings ² 507 501 544 573 565 607
Terminations 501 498 497 541 505 543
Trials Completed 12 11 12 10 9 8
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 12.2 11.1 13.1 11.5 11.9 11.7
Civil ² 7.9 6.7 6.0 6.1 6.1 7.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 37.5 40.5 42.9 35.1 37.2 37.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²3345.7
2895.1
3115.1
3164.8
3735.0
4555.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 78.7 70.5 58.6 51.2 67.9 79.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.3 42.1 28.4 28.2 28.9 33.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
21 1
24 1
13 1
85 4
83 4
27 4
18 2
34 4
91 6
72 3
21 3
67 5
49 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 8,902 250 911 1,555 45 92 607 2,060 703 368 960 41 1,310
Criminal ¹ 767 3 181 37 70 254 52 30 17 28 12 29 54
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 32,428 54,140 48,942 37,983 11,723 12,080Terminations 29,994 68,591 61,608 46,553 16,714 12,198Pending 54,928 40,553 25,901 16,726 11,415 11,326
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 62.7 77.7 75.3 68.2 3.0
Number of Judgeships 22 22 22 22 22 22
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 9.3 12.0 27.8 45.3 73.3 66.8
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 1,474 2,461 2,225 1,727 533 549
Civil 1,411 2,399 2,164 1,668 476 501CriminalFelony 47 47 46 43 40 32SupervisedReleaseHearings 16 15 15 16 17 16
Pending Cases 2,497 1,843 1,177 760 519 515
Weighted Filings ² 359 375 420 403 411 407
Terminations 1,363 3,118 2,800 2,116 760 554
Trials Completed 17 20 15 15 17 12
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 14.2 13.7 13.7 15.7 14.9 16.1
Civil ² 13.2 8.0 3.1 1.5 15.1 4.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 24.8 20.8 20.2 20.0 19.2 21.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²9281.7
8,19521.1
5,96524.6
3,72024.7
7868.0
2,26923.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 74.4 70.8 74.5 55.2 80.3 76.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.4 37.0 37.6 23.3 37.6 42.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
27 2
31 2
16 2
89 5
75 2
33 5
52 4
29 3
79 5
88 6
1 1
16 1
89 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 11,012 449 2,734 2,400 3 77 454 927 917 365 1,557 74 1,055
Criminal ¹ 702 1 185 57 90 200 38 35 12 15 8 13 48
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,099 3,502 3,354 3,082 3,800 3,221Terminations 3,112 3,345 3,271 3,103 3,129 3,609Pending 3,044 3,076 3,147 3,115 3,793 3,386
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.9 8.0 4.0 4.5 15.2
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 7.9 26.3 36.0 27.6 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 517 584 559 514 633 537
Civil 406 463 446 422 545 443CriminalFelony 93 105 94 75 71 75SupervisedReleaseHearings 18 15 20 17 18 19
Pending Cases 507 513 525 519 632 564
Weighted Filings ² 484 547 522 471 572 496
Terminations 519 558 545 517 522 602
Trials Completed 36 30 25 25 27 26
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.1 12.4 12.0 12.7 13.1 12.4
Civil ² 7.3 5.7 6.4 7.7 7.1 9.3From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 22.5 26.5 31.4 29.6 30.2 28.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1657.5
1084.9
2049.1
2149.3
2177.2
1576.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 38.9 17.0 67.4 28.1 37.0 20.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 34.1 28.4 42.3 37.5 30.5 34.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
84 6
34 3
27 4
52 1
70 1
24 3
36 3
22 1
18 1
77 4
53 5
43 3
51 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,658 290 34 1,050 2 88 99 227 199 40 410 3 216
Criminal ¹ 447 4 157 64 19 58 27 20 29 3 9 14 43
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
PENNSYLVANIA WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,160 3,097 3,084 3,160 3,313 3,336Terminations 3,136 3,128 3,116 3,263 3,326 3,409Pending 2,896 2,872 2,866 2,782 2,771 2,704
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.6 7.7 8.2 5.6 0.7
Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 19.8 7.1 2.2 31.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 316 310 308 316 331 334
Civil 246 250 247 244 270 266CriminalFelony 63 52 50 59 51 54SupervisedReleaseHearings 6 8 11 13 11 14
Pending Cases 290 287 287 278 277 270
Weighted Filings ² 316 308 301 323 324 315
Terminations 314 313 312 326 333 341
Trials Completed 19 19 20 18 20 21
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.1 13.9 17.5 13.4 13.0 12.5
Civil ² 7.3 6.6 6.7 7.3 6.2 7.3From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 34.0 32.7 28.9 34.4 34.0 26.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²824.0
653.1
703.3
964.7
944.6
784.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 45.9 43.2 47.4 34.8 57.9 54.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.4 29.8 38.3 27.8 43.3 43.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
35 3
78 5
65 5
75 2
79 3
85 6
76 5
79 5
34 2
78 5
17 2
36 2
32 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,661 304 56 821 23 73 204 216 137 54 539 3 231
Criminal ¹ 535 3 242 29 39 102 12 39 5 15 14 14 21
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
VIRGIN ISLANDSU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 349 428 454 373 339 328Terminations 638 614 491 473 359 349Pending 1,732 1,312 1,323 1,279 1,254 1,231
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 6.0 23.4 27.8 12.1 3.2
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 175 214 227 187 170 164
Civil 130 145 155 131 122 107CriminalFelony 40 66 65 51 42 54SupervisedReleaseHearings 5 3 7 5 6 3
Pending Cases 866 656 662 640 627 616
Weighted Filings ²
Terminations 319 307 246 237 180 175
Trials Completed 29 29 30 31 29 21
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.5 8.2 15.6 15.9 9.8 7.8
Civil ² 26.8 30.7 17.5 15.9 17.8 14.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 40.0 35.9 23.2 35.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²52652.3
18231.2
12922.9
12324.4
10922.1
10925.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 97.2 89.7 89.5 90.7 67.8 39.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 53.4 52.8 46.3 44.8 30.8 13.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
49 4
92 6
89 6
75 2
93 6
17 2
91 6
34 2
28 1
88 6
90 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 214 1 1 8 4 42 7 32 49 1 42 27
Criminal ¹ 108 9 33 7 15 8 9 8 1 2 16
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MARYLANDU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 4,606 4,596 4,945 5,107 4,815 5,236Terminations 4,386 4,410 4,856 5,133 5,151 4,903Pending 4,409 4,589 4,662 4,634 4,291 4,637
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 13.7 13.9 5.9 2.5 8.7
Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 9.9 19.6 17.6 12.7 1.7 13.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 461 460 495 511 482 524
Civil 357 360 378 402 385 421CriminalFelony 88 87 102 94 80 83SupervisedReleaseHearings 15 14 14 16 17 20
Pending Cases 441 459 466 463 429 464
Weighted Filings ² 484 470 494 514 484 542
Terminations 439 441 486 513 515 490
Trials Completed 19 26 23 23 21 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.9 10.4 10.8 12.4 12.9 10.6
Civil ² 7.1 7.4 8.1 6.5 7.8 7.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.5 30.0 31.4 29.1 32.9 33.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²56017.6
48614.8
1936.1
1735.3
1575.2
1404.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 54.3 52.2 49.9 47.0 45.8 43.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.2 27.3 32.0 26.8 30.1 30.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
15 4
37 4
31 4
46 8
67 9
49 5
25 3
44 3
54 7
65 8
19 3
59 6
35 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,213 261 75 1,071 85 108 382 463 445 315 474 2 532
Criminal ¹ 824 18 306 44 130 143 49 36 1 21 13 26 37
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NORTH CAROLINA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,443 2,425 2,657 3,074 3,078 2,659Terminations 2,087 2,216 2,389 2,698 3,109 2,975Pending 2,357 2,542 2,755 3,095 3,116 2,820
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.8 9.6 0.1 13.5 13.6
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 611 606 664 769 770 665
Civil 380 353 427 510 548 492CriminalFelony 200 203 200 219 173 127SupervisedReleaseHearings 31 51 37 39 49 46
Pending Cases 589 636 689 774 779 705
Weighted Filings ² 617 597 632 697 705 585
Terminations 522 554 597 675 777 744
Trials Completed 31 36 25 53 58 36
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.6 8.3 8.4 8.7 9.3 9.5
Civil ² 8.3 8.8 8.4 8.6 8.9 9.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 32.0 50.0 19.5 44.8 27.3 26.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²976.2
1297.5
19410.2
25511.9
29513.1
34716.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 44.9 38.4 45.8 37.7 38.2 45.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 39.1 25.1 37.8 35.5 29.3 41.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
82 8
16 2
17 2
22 3
21 3
11 2
21 2
10 1
5 2
53 6
44 4
36 4
84 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,967 248 30 900 59 26 29 169 71 33 243 1 158
Criminal ¹ 504 6 185 39 73 70 49 21 16 18 4 8 15
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,757 1,675 1,601 1,889 1,909 1,813Terminations 1,617 1,582 1,603 1,456 1,615 2,107Pending 1,512 1,590 1,570 1,970 2,250 1,962
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.2 8.2 13.2 4.0 5.0
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 6.4 12.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 439 419 400 472 477 453
Civil 246 265 255 328 317 297CriminalFelony 143 120 112 115 131 129SupervisedReleaseHearings 50 35 34 30 30 28
Pending Cases 378 398 393 493 563 491
Weighted Filings ² 363 389 353 404 397 392
Terminations 404 396 401 364 404 527
Trials Completed 26 25 20 16 20 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.5 11.8 8.8 7.2 6.6 6.8
Civil ² 8.8 8.4 9.2 9.3 11.4 11.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²465.6
454.6
444.2
684.6
975.7
1006.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 49.9 73.7 16.0 75.5 69.4 44.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 40.3 59.7 50.3 45.2 54.8 40.7
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
58 6
56 6
57 7
20 2
49 8
40 4
55 6
40 2
54 7
18 4
73 9
56 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,186 95 58 593 16 8 34 82 32 34 159 75
Criminal ¹ 514 15 78 39 213 41 29 44 16 10 6 1 22
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NORTH CAROLINA WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,979 1,743 1,997 2,278 2,467 1,995Terminations 2,068 1,725 1,793 1,983 2,207 2,334Pending 1,506 1,510 1,700 2,034 2,294 1,945
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.8 14.5 0.1 12.4 19.1
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 9.9 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 396 349 399 456 493 399
Civil 245 212 242 257 304 241CriminalFelony 118 104 114 152 143 105SupervisedReleaseHearings 33 33 44 47 46 53
Pending Cases 301 302 340 407 459 389
Weighted Filings ² 336 313 385 413 454 338
Terminations 414 345 359 397 441 467
Trials Completed 28 27 24 21 24 20
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.3 12.7 13.4 12.7 15.4 15.4
Civil ² 5.0 6.2 7.4 8.8 8.1 9.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.0 20.0 22.6 24.9 24.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²273.4
344.0
413.9
403.5
342.7
363.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 32.6 51.1 31.2 27.5 30.5 30.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.6 44.9 24.5 25.8 24.2 17.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
89 9
71 9
71 8
33 5
18 2
67 6
74 9
51 5
38 4
87 9
54 7
28 3
25 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,203 169 33 399 16 23 48 133 65 49 143 1 124
Criminal ¹ 525 23 171 48 99 91 23 24 6 11 3 1 25
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
SOUTH CAROLINAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,234 5,169 4,838 5,031 4,897 5,673Terminations 5,221 5,432 5,095 4,931 5,053 4,786Pending 4,805 4,581 4,317 4,415 4,353 5,262
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.4 9.8 17.3 12.8 15.8
Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.9 30.1 14.3 11.1 5.4 19.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 523 517 484 503 490 567
Civil 373 354 348 365 366 452CriminalFelony 130 137 108 111 93 85SupervisedReleaseHearings 20 26 28 27 32 31
Pending Cases 481 458 432 442 435 526
Weighted Filings ² 459 460 450 482 439 417
Terminations 522 543 510 493 505 479
Trials Completed 29 37 32 29 21 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.2 9.7 10.1 8.7 9.9 9.9
Civil ² 8.1 10.4 9.2 8.6 8.9 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.4 23.0 22.1 21.9 23.4 33.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²672.0
902.9
1524.8
2387.2
2989.1
3237.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.7 51.0 42.5 45.7 51.4 45.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 12.0 18.8 11.7 21.1 14.7 18.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
7 2
27 3
25 3
42 7
45 7
30 3
47 5
46 4
40 5
59 7
47 5
60 7
59 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,516 390 1,020 1,422 17 36 311 403 257 47 380 2 231
Criminal ¹ 850 13 233 92 111 217 16 48 25 37 2 21 35
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
VIRGINIA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,147 5,276 5,426 5,219 5,113 5,039Terminations 5,072 5,042 5,299 5,253 4,931 4,923Pending 3,165 3,305 3,403 3,325 3,410 3,392
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.1 4.5 7.1 3.4 1.4
Number of Judgeships 11 11 11 11 11 11
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 14.9 12.0 12.5 0.0 0.0 2.5
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 468 480 493 474 465 458
Civil 293 300 312 300 308 311CriminalFelony 130 134 127 128 109 104SupervisedReleaseHearings 45 46 54 47 48 43
Pending Cases 288 300 309 302 310 308
Weighted Filings ² 462 474 486 473 514 456
Terminations 461 458 482 478 448 448
Trials Completed 32 34 33 30 23 26
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.0
Civil ² 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 10.7 11.4 11.6 12.6 10.8 11.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²885.0
502.7
663.4
784.1
241.2
321.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.5 39.0 52.7 53.2 58.8 50.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.3 35.3 42.9 38.8 49.9 39.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
43 5
54 5
52 5
35 6
29 4
77 9
41 4
61 8
18 3
6 1
5 2
1 1
5 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,421 93 41 1,216 8 111 270 360 238 212 401 4 467
Criminal ¹ 1,143 15 301 210 107 246 39 88 12 29 17 29 50
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
VIRGINIA WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,605 1,590 1,679 1,804 1,898 1,781Terminations 1,631 1,673 1,657 1,744 1,759 1,817Pending 1,325 1,224 1,249 1,226 1,384 1,324
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 11.0 12.0 6.1 1.3 6.2
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 401 398 420 451 475 445
Civil 269 287 288 298 329 298CriminalFelony 103 81 103 121 112 108SupervisedReleaseHearings 30 29 29 32 34 40
Pending Cases 331 306 312 307 346 331
Weighted Filings ² 350 339 367 385 393 365
Terminations 408 418 414 436 440 454
Trials Completed 54 47 43 40 46 44
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.7 7.5 7.0 7.6 8.5 7.7
Civil ² 9.0 8.2 8.6 8.5 7.1 9.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 17.0 12.5 15.4 11.7 14.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²477.0
121.8
121.8
121.9
172.2
182.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.7 42.4 43.1 32.5 38.8 35.6Percent Not Selected or Challenged 18.2 11.9 29.9 6.3 7.7 9.7
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
60 7
57 7
56 6
31 4
32 5
73 8
66 8
58 7
3 1
27 5
54 7
2 2
14 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,192 161 28 596 8 32 46 93 70 16 75 2 65
Criminal ¹ 428 4 255 8 21 54 9 15 16 5 13 10 18
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,118 1,074 1,157 1,207 1,202 1,334Terminations 1,302 1,087 1,192 1,111 1,195 1,217Pending 841 822 790 886 891 1,004
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 19.3 24.2 15.3 10.5 11.0
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 12.0 8.5 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 373 358 386 402 401 445
Civil 209 196 209 217 228 227CriminalFelony 136 108 124 136 101 152SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 54 52 49 72 65
Pending Cases 280 274 263 295 297 335
Weighted Filings ² 335 298 329 360 392 376
Terminations 434 362 397 370 398 406
Trials Completed 17 15 18 16 21 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.8
Civil ² 10.1 9.4 9.1 8.8 8.3 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²193.6
152.7
153.1
122.3
101.6
81.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 46.8 40.2 53.1 40.9 47.7 46.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 33.0 23.3 31.6 25.6 26.4 29.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
11 3
57 7
76 9
12 1
11 1
72 7
63 7
69 9
48 6
9 2
47 5
2 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 682 52 21 255 6 27 24 99 90 7 40 61
Criminal ¹ 456 10 291 6 45 20 25 23 1 14 7 3 11
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,788 2,117 1,544 3,520 24,555 37,875Terminations 1,856 1,448 1,730 2,160 1,412 2,295Pending 1,734 2,377 2,181 7,127 27,456 63,062
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2,018.3 1,689.1 2,353.0 976.0 54.2
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.9 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 358 423 309 704 4,911 7,575
Civil 272 345 210 622 4,821 7,473CriminalFelony 65 57 77 59 61 68SupervisedReleaseHearings 21 21 22 24 29 34
Pending Cases 347 475 436 1,425 5,491 12,612
Weighted Filings ² 291 328 268 349 2,886 4,584
Terminations 371 290 346 432 282 459
Trials Completed 14 17 14 12 14 15
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.1 7.1 8.0 7.5 6.7 6.4
Civil ² 4.6 9.4 10.5 16.0 7.5 5.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 18.0 19.2 21.1 17.7 27.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²805.4
542.5
1015.4
3,70153.9
9263.4
1,0411.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 29.7 35.8 29.5 31.6 32.5 28.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 4.5 8.6 3.1 5.9 9.7 13.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
1 1
1 1
1 1
59 9
39 6
1 1
1 1
55 6
67 9
15 3
4 1
38 5
6 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 37,366 126 36,314 230 5 10 36 116 323 6 80 120
Criminal ¹ 339 2 209 2 50 26 5 15 1 5 4 11 9
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
LOUISIANA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 6,220 6,929 4,763 3,700 6,565 3,597Terminations 9,544 10,020 7,864 3,722 7,164 4,688Pending 14,731 11,626 8,472 8,408 7,775 6,738
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 42.2 48.1 24.5 2.8 45.2
Number of Judgeships 12 12 12 12 12 12
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 6.5 12.0 24.6 15.3 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 518 577 397 308 547 300
Civil 475 534 358 269 513 260CriminalFelony 37 35 32 32 28 33SupervisedReleaseHearings 7 8 7 7 6 7
Pending Cases 1,228 969 706 701 648 562
Weighted Filings ² 566 441 319 286 639 283
Terminations 795 835 655 310 597 391
Trials Completed 12 13 12 10 10 9
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.8 8.1 9.6 10.8 10.3 9.2
Civil ² 11.7 26.7 35.0 10.4 26.0 4.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 19.5 20.0 19.2 18.3 17.2 18.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²5,15936.1
4,09536.5
1,05313.0
1,23115.4
1,06914.5
1,24019.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 44.1 65.4 74.8 44.7 34.8 54.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 47.1 60.4 60.5 50.9 44.0 56.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
94 9
84 9
68 9
87 8
90 8
25 5
84 9
74 6
89 9
47 6
3 1
6 1
86 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,122 49 191 470 3 62 87 866 706 37 285 2 364
Criminal ¹ 393 166 30 36 63 8 24 2 9 15 22 18
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
LOUISIANA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,099 1,377 1,097 1,144 1,120 1,049Terminations 2,563 1,274 1,087 1,282 1,075 1,028Pending 1,207 1,282 1,279 1,138 1,160 1,163
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.5 23.8 4.4 8.3 6.3
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 11.4 0.0 11.4 10.2 5.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 366 459 366 381 373 350
Civil 294 391 305 290 291 287CriminalFelony 65 56 54 78 71 53SupervisedReleaseHearings 7 12 7 13 11 9
Pending Cases 402 427 426 379 387 388
Weighted Filings ² 346 428 364 341 346 321
Terminations 854 425 362 427 358 343
Trials Completed 21 21 33 33 31 27
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 14.9 13.1 10.2 8.6 7.6 8.5
Civil ² 166.4 4.9 12.0 10.6 11.4 12.3From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 37.8 40.5 53.4 41.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²819.4
909.2
979.8
667.6
525.8
353.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 32.9 29.5 43.0 52.1 40.2 30.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 20.1 20.3 41.3 39.8 34.6 35.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
61 4
76 7
58 6
78 6
85 6
68 7
75 7
78 8
16 1
36 5
81 9
72 9
30 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 862 26 57 273 4 10 21 100 170 9 141 51
Criminal ¹ 160 4 30 40 25 28 1 7 3 5 7 2 8
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
LOUISIANA WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,651 2,730 2,676 3,275 3,998 3,317Terminations 2,569 2,535 2,440 2,578 2,842 2,275Pending 2,610 2,799 3,017 3,709 4,835 5,882
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 25.1 21.5 24.0 1.3 17.0
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 4.5 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 379 390 382 468 571 474
Civil 316 326 307 407 509 430CriminalFelony 48 49 60 45 46 30SupervisedReleaseHearings 15 15 15 16 16 14
Pending Cases 373 400 431 530 691 840
Weighted Filings ² 322 338 310 356 428 351
Terminations 367 362 349 368 406 325
Trials Completed 24 22 21 25 16 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.5 9.6 9.2 10.3 10.9 10.1
Civil ² 12.4 10.2 12.1 13.5 12.6 11.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.0 22.0 25.1 28.6 28.3 29.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1265.6
1265.2
1385.4
1093.3
1523.4
1512.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 57.5 40.3 40.0 44.0 38.7 53.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 45.0 31.7 27.8 33.6 30.8 44.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
87 8
47 5
28 3
91 9
79 5
9 2
69 6
80 9
73 8
60 7
76 8
47 8
17 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,011 49 1,344 789 2 46 37 179 317 11 167 70
Criminal ¹ 211 8 52 16 24 35 11 28 10 9 2 2 14
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MISSISSIPPI NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,082 1,093 1,172 1,012 1,034 963Terminations 1,171 1,094 1,107 1,175 1,022 1,135Pending 1,252 1,227 1,280 1,105 1,122 947
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 11.0 11.9 17.8 4.8 6.9
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 12.0 4.1
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 361 364 391 337 345 321
Civil 276 294 319 266 262 263CriminalFelony 76 64 71 66 79 49SupervisedReleaseHearings 9 6 1 5 4 9
Pending Cases 417 409 427 368 374 316
Weighted Filings ² 368 378 414 341 344 300
Terminations 390 365 369 392 341 378
Trials Completed 27 27 23 28 24 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.2 12.2 13.1 12.2 12.2 11.8
Civil ² 13.1 11.3 11.2 11.7 10.4 9.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.5 27.0 25.4 26.3 29.5 20.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²12512.9
12413.1
11211.5
232.8
212.6
223.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 29.9 41.5 34.6 32.2 52.0 27.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.7 34.4 29.3 32.4 51.2 25.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
66 6
81 8
66 8
82 7
85 6
75 9
83 8
75 7
40 5
74 8
61 6
11 2
21 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 790 75 72 205 5 12 26 93 108 6 147 41
Criminal ¹ 146 3 28 1 30 12 1 27 23 13 1 7
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,704 2,902 2,640 2,502 2,619 2,423Terminations 3,698 3,095 2,830 2,500 2,644 2,416Pending 2,661 2,415 2,219 2,216 2,189 2,190
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 34.6 16.5 8.2 3.2 7.5
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 617 484 440 417 437 404
Civil 525 396 361 333 333 315CriminalFelony 70 63 52 59 74 63SupervisedReleaseHearings 23 25 27 24 29 26
Pending Cases 444 403 370 369 365 365
Weighted Filings ² 584 434 414 399 425 377
Terminations 616 516 472 417 441 403
Trials Completed 26 21 24 24 25 23
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.8 7.4 7.6 7.9 7.0 7.4
Civil ² 6.3 8.2 8.7 9.7 10.1 10.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 25.0 26.0 19.7 20.7 23.1 22.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²994.3
793.8
924.7
844.3
854.5
955.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.6
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.8 45.9 31.6 28.0 32.9 32.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.4 46.1 32.1 29.4 36.1 32.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
68 7
70 6
51 5
68 5
55 4
70 8
62 5
70 5
23 3
21 3
66 7
21 5
45 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,891 47 142 581 11 43 107 291 295 18 261 4 91
Criminal ¹ 376 106 23 30 100 6 13 4 35 13 6 40
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TEXAS NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,588 5,837 6,166 7,578 9,326 8,732Terminations 5,510 5,519 5,881 5,963 6,284 6,554Pending 4,425 4,737 4,838 6,426 9,453 11,583
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 56.3 49.6 41.6 15.2 6.4
Number of Judgeships 12 12 12 12 12 12
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 466 486 514 632 777 728
Civil 354 365 403 511 639 570CriminalFelony 87 94 83 95 111 130SupervisedReleaseHearings 24 27 28 26 27 27
Pending Cases 369 395 403 536 788 965
Weighted Filings ² 442 467 481 544 626 624
Terminations 459 460 490 497 524 546
Trials Completed 22 27 24 23 21 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.6 7.4 7.4
Civil ² 7.3 6.8 6.3 7.1 6.7 6.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.0 20.0 19.2 22.4 25.0 23.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²812.6
892.6
611.7
791.6
881.1
2202.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 45.1 45.5 35.1 43.0 38.6 40.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 41.4 39.5 32.4 38.9 41.0 35.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
63 5
11 3
9 1
19 4
51 3
5 1
16 3
32 4
40 5
21 3
9 2
27 6
11 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 6,845 171 2,067 1,581 31 466 452 604 282 182 445 1 563
Criminal ¹ 1,556 51 665 268 167 144 55 75 23 47 20 10 31
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TEXAS EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,989 4,196 4,517 4,446 5,125 5,281Terminations 4,143 3,665 3,986 4,104 4,617 4,896Pending 3,786 4,293 4,834 5,154 5,640 6,000
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 32.4 25.9 16.9 18.8 3.0
Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 5.9 12.0 17.5 24.0 24.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 499 525 565 556 641 660
Civil 369 376 424 412 500 528CriminalFelony 129 148 140 143 140 131SupervisedReleaseHearings 0 1 0 1 1 1
Pending Cases 473 537 604 644 705 750
Weighted Filings ² 568 613 896 885 1,266 1,402
Terminations 518 458 498 513 577 612
Trials Completed 23 21 17 17 18 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.7 9.7 11.2 11.1 12.8 12.2
Civil ² 10.4 10.0 8.1 10.3 8.3 9.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.6 22.5 23.2 24.8 18.5 27.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1465.3
1615.4
1905.6
1795.2
2346.0
2275.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 38.7 43.7 37.4 43.1 36.1 35.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 35.1 40.6 31.5 36.8 32.0 30.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
27 1
17 4
12 2
18 3
94 9
10 3
3 1
19 3
48 7
76 9
44 5
41 7
48 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,224 149 63 1,098 31 169 168 216 177 1,750 201 4 198
Criminal ¹ 1,040 29 544 89 101 129 30 55 10 8 6 5 34
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TEXAS SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 15,683 17,745 17,908 14,874 15,253 14,674Terminations 14,660 16,197 17,549 16,163 14,778 14,896Pending 11,016 12,410 12,682 11,258 11,919 11,833
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 6.4 17.3 18.1 1.3 3.8
Number of Judgeships 19 19 19 19 19 19
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 1.0 32.2 44.2 25.9 21.9 37.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 825 934 943 783 803 772
Civil 285 328 394 318 304 322CriminalFelony 453 505 440 357 388 347SupervisedReleaseHearings 87 101 108 108 110 103
Pending Cases 580 653 667 593 627 623
Weighted Filings ² 571 674 686 558 586 583
Terminations 772 852 924 851 778 784
Trials Completed 21 27 30 30 25 25
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.9
Civil ² 7.1 6.6 6.3 7.9 7.2 6.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.0 20.6 19.8 19.9 21.2 21.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1653.7
1773.6
3265.7
3707.5
3828.0
4208.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 49.3 49.4 49.2 54.3 51.9 51.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.5 38.8 40.0 43.1 40.1 38.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
51 2
8 2
50 4
5 2
6 2
16 4
22 4
9 2
21 2
4 1
14 4
17 3
62 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 6,118 94 135 1,292 42 483 730 1,288 509 153 564 7 821
Criminal ¹ 6,596 509 713 4,615 195 234 63 84 13 9 30 56 75
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TEXAS WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 12,324 13,491 12,864 13,970 12,496 12,010Terminations 12,349 12,595 12,539 14,037 12,840 12,242Pending 6,515 7,396 7,566 7,197 6,707 6,308
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.5 11.0 6.6 14.0 3.9
Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 11.0 24.0 24.0 21.8 12.0 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 948 1,038 990 1,075 961 924
Civil 235 232 242 261 249 268CriminalFelony 616 692 638 680 572 523SupervisedReleaseHearings 97 113 109 134 140 132
Pending Cases 501 569 582 554 516 485
Weighted Filings ² 681 750 723 781 675 656
Terminations 950 969 965 1,080 988 942
Trials Completed 27 38 44 34 27 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.9
Civil ² 8.5 8.8 7.7 6.8 7.3 6.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 17.0 20.0 16.1 16.2 18.7 21.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²472.0
612.6
592.5
793.1
692.9
753.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.1 28.9 61.1 47.7 52.4 59.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 37.2 44.3 48.7 41.7 43.5 46.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
53 3
5 1
62 7
2 1
3 1
43 6
13 2
5 1
27 4
4 1
12 3
17 3
25 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,490 92 94 1,099 50 372 275 361 203 138 459 2 345
Criminal ¹ 6,797 753 824 4,250 230 322 41 127 36 39 31 76 68
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
KENTUCKY EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,582 2,251 2,166 2,300 2,218 2,398Terminations 2,529 2,375 2,196 2,380 2,130 2,295Pending 2,220 2,071 2,039 2,012 2,111 2,217
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 7.1 6.5 10.7 4.3 8.1
Number of Judgeships 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 469 409 394 418 403 436
Civil 281 269 261 282 239 283CriminalFelony 163 116 106 104 130 114SupervisedReleaseHearings 25 25 27 33 34 39
Pending Cases 404 377 371 366 384 403
Weighted Filings ² 426 376 334 328 347 344
Terminations 460 432 399 433 387 417
Trials Completed 10 13 13 11 15 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.6 7.4 7.2 7.7 8.8 8.6
Civil ² 9.6 9.9 8.8 8.6 9.0 8.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 25.0 20.0 25.6 21.9 30.0 25.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²795.6
453.3
775.3
876.3
1058.0
1379.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 53.4 54.0 54.7 46.6 45.8 50.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 42.6 41.3 52.8 35.1 31.9 36.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
16 2
63 7
59 8
26 2
35 4
61 9
71 9
66 7
48 4
41 4
40 5
31 3
71 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,556 240 74 389 16 238 97 142 125 13 111 111
Criminal ¹ 621 13 415 19 38 40 9 13 13 15 7 18 21
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
KENTUCKY WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,882 2,108 1,634 1,693 2,145 2,050Terminations 1,618 1,887 1,870 1,928 1,888 1,584Pending 1,969 2,174 1,929 1,708 1,972 2,447
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.9 2.8 25.5 21.1 4.4
Number of Judgeships 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 16.9 27.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 418 468 363 376 477 456
Civil 312 366 278 290 397 370CriminalFelony 95 93 73 70 65 66SupervisedReleaseHearings 11 10 12 16 15 20
Pending Cases 438 483 429 380 438 544
Weighted Filings ² 402 452 371 352 422 411
Terminations 360 419 416 428 420 352
Trials Completed 11 12 14 16 15 12
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.9 11.5 12.2 12.3 13.8 11.0
Civil ² 9.3 8.0 10.1 10.1 8.1 8.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 29.5 29.0 25.5 27.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²745.2
774.8
725.1
816.7
805.0
623.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 63.2 42.2 51.1 38.7 45.7 36.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 55.1 30.5 36.8 28.4 34.5 28.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
57 4
55 6
39 3
62 6
67 8
29 3
51 6
77 9
79 8
70 8
33 3
38 4
21 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,667 79 429 262 2 72 121 151 179 23 175 174
Criminal ¹ 291 6 141 19 47 28 8 17 2 8 2 7 6
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MICHIGAN EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 6,056 6,161 6,649 7,095 7,354 6,387Terminations 6,282 6,019 6,491 6,775 6,970 6,775Pending 6,450 6,163 6,309 6,632 7,129 6,756
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.5 3.7 3.9 10.0 13.1
Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 17.9 24.8 24.0 24.7 31.9 33.3
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 404 411 443 473 490 426
Civil 334 338 363 388 402 345CriminalFelony 56 59 63 72 71 66SupervisedReleaseHearings 14 14 17 13 17 15
Pending Cases 430 411 421 442 475 450
Weighted Filings ² 392 399 412 453 498 433
Terminations 419 401 433 452 465 452
Trials Completed 12 12 12 13 13 15
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.3 11.1 9.9 10.2 10.1 9.5
Civil ² 9.2 8.5 8.3 8.2 7.7 8.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.0 27.7 22.3 28.0 26.3 28.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²56510.9
2675.5
3707.4
4498.5
4498.0
4658.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 50.6 59.1 49.6 70.1 59.4 57.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 52.1 52.8 50.3 51.3 51.2 52.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
79 8
67 8
49 6
62 6
77 9
54 7
44 5
60 6
67 6
53 7
33 3
44 6
67 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 5,174 520 57 916 51 272 397 881 276 233 655 139 777
Criminal ¹ 989 8 236 121 209 185 63 71 18 9 14 29 26
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MICHIGAN WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,204 2,246 2,643 2,567 2,532 2,277Terminations 2,314 2,296 2,343 2,668 2,589 2,208Pending 1,727 1,668 1,957 1,852 1,802 1,865
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.3 1.4 13.8 11.3 10.1
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 551 562 661 642 633 569
Civil 389 380 478 487 477 427CriminalFelony 124 134 141 115 113 103SupervisedReleaseHearings 38 47 42 40 43 40
Pending Cases 432 417 489 463 451 466
Weighted Filings ² 489 493 581 580 557 513
Terminations 579 574 586 667 647 552
Trials Completed 18 23 22 25 25 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.0 6.4 5.8 6.7 7.2 7.4
Civil ² 7.1 7.0 5.8 7.0 7.3 8.1From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.7 28.5 29.9 31.2 34.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²574.1
473.5
623.9
754.9
805.3
764.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 33.3 35.8 47.4 36.9 33.1 34.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 35.6 36.3 34.7 38.5 33.5 32.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
73 5
25 2
30 2
36 3
32 3
48 6
32 2
31 2
54 5
21 1
25 1
62 8
42 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,709 234 21 657 4 55 73 100 57 107 200 1 200
Criminal ¹ 409 63 97 61 33 74 15 31 1 10 8 11 5
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OHIO NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 6,175 4,700 5,478 8,136 7,184 5,126Terminations 5,131 4,937 5,778 5,135 4,658 4,363Pending 6,442 6,163 5,848 8,810 11,246 12,012
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 17.0 9.1 6.4 37.0 28.6
Number of Judgeships 12 12 11 11 11 11
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 13.0 17.7 11.2 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 515 392 498 740 653 466
Civil 431 312 387 633 549 366CriminalFelony 57 60 86 81 78 65SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 20 25 25 25 35
Pending Cases 537 514 532 801 1,022 1,092
Weighted Filings ² 389 362 432 557 514 405
Terminations 428 411 525 467 423 397
Trials Completed 15 14 14 15 12 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.4 6.4 7.2 7.6 8.1 8.5
Civil ² 9.6 9.5 17.2 10.0 8.5 8.3From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 16.0 23.0 20.1 23.6 26.4 18.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²94216.1
68112.2
3857.7
4425.5
2962.8
1,32511.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.7 42.1 40.9 40.2 36.9 47.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.4 40.2 33.7 32.3 25.9 42.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
92 9
50 4
41 4
65 8
38 5
4 1
54 7
73 8
73 7
36 3
29 2
9 2
78 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,024 497 1,237 486 48 42 310 284 185 141 420 8 366
Criminal ¹ 718 33 249 24 124 114 16 54 16 17 10 24 37
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OHIO SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,490 3,703 3,561 3,484 3,635 3,672Terminations 3,497 3,585 3,657 3,679 3,486 3,670Pending 3,657 3,748 3,635 3,435 3,377 3,374
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.2 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.0
Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.9 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 436 463 445 436 454 459
Civil 326 342 328 331 334 346CriminalFelony 81 90 92 72 87 81SupervisedReleaseHearings 29 31 25 33 34 33
Pending Cases 457 469 454 429 422 422
Weighted Filings ² 450 471 454 447 483 464
Terminations 437 448 457 460 436 459
Trials Completed 22 18 25 28 25 32
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.2 8.5 8.8 8.1 8.3 7.5
Civil ² 10.8 10.6 10.4 9.9 9.8 9.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.0 26.8 26.4 28.4 29.3 27.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1947.0
1866.5
1746.3
1495.6
1525.6
1465.3
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 52.7 41.7 45.3 41.7 42.8 55.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 39.9 37.3 40.0 33.0 34.4 42.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
34 3
52 5
48 5
47 5
41 7
59 8
39 4
55 5
8 1
24 2
58 6
40 5
47 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,765 477 111 346 34 38 294 267 226 156 504 1 311
Criminal ¹ 639 24 200 58 86 102 17 73 8 14 18 13 26
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TENNESSEE EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,305 2,449 2,398 2,467 2,717 2,431Terminations 2,018 2,255 2,422 2,435 2,600 2,681Pending 2,537 2,725 2,708 2,734 2,871 2,632
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.5 0.7 1.4 1.5 10.5
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 461 490 480 493 543 486
Civil 263 275 270 314 335 300CriminalFelony 175 191 179 153 176 153SupervisedReleaseHearings 23 23 31 26 33 34
Pending Cases 507 545 542 547 574 526
Weighted Filings ² 459 494 479 500 549 495
Terminations 404 451 484 487 520 536
Trials Completed 24 25 18 19 16 11
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.5 10.1 10.9 10.6 10.0 9.4
Civil ² 11.5 11.3 11.7 11.3 10.3 11.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.0 31.0 24.3 27.7 26.8 29.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²805.3
674.1
784.5
824.4
1286.4
1136.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 36.9 38.5 34.4 48.1 41.5 56.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 30.1 28.4 29.6 44.3 28.5 47.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
75 6
43 3
55 7
11 1
39 6
30 4
37 3
36 3
84 9
51 6
77 8
50 7
52 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,499 138 59 393 10 33 77 134 150 62 282 19 142
Criminal ¹ 762 18 321 35 195 55 26 47 10 29 9 7 10
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TENNESSEE MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,850 2,134 2,062 1,951 2,149 2,976Terminations 1,887 1,815 1,845 2,012 2,133 3,215Pending 2,112 2,408 2,600 2,510 2,519 2,267
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 60.9 39.5 44.3 52.5 38.5
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 12.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 463 534 516 488 537 744
Civil 365 387 385 392 423 647CriminalFelony 82 121 108 76 86 52SupervisedReleaseHearings 16 26 23 20 28 46
Pending Cases 528 602 650 628 630 567
Weighted Filings ² 469 532 511 485 567 641
Terminations 472 454 461 503 533 804
Trials Completed 30 24 38 32 33 31
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 13.6 12.1 13.1 15.3 16.4 15.2
Civil ² 8.9 9.3 9.3 9.5 10.7 12.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 22.0 31.5 23.5 25.3 24.5 36.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1418.5
28415.9
36519.2
38420.0
35418.4
1619.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 42.9 33.5 34.5 48.9 61.0 33.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 34.1 24.0 30.8 38.4 52.0 29.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
4 1
9 1
5 1
79 9
21 2
22 2
14 1
7 1
10 2
86 9
79 9
64 9
68 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,586 163 145 1,349 9 31 136 139 102 47 342 4 119
Criminal ¹ 207 4 51 18 54 32 12 4 1 15 5 3 8
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
TENNESSEE WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,143 2,249 2,204 2,275 2,424 2,130Terminations 2,017 2,261 2,158 2,123 2,630 2,343Pending 2,697 2,714 2,775 2,944 2,747 2,532
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.6 5.3 3.4 6.4 12.1
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 0.0 8.2
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 429 450 441 455 485 426
Civil 243 259 285 294 289 268CriminalFelony 153 156 107 115 131 97SupervisedReleaseHearings 32 34 49 46 65 60
Pending Cases 539 543 555 589 549 506
Weighted Filings ² 421 457 420 437 466 360
Terminations 403 452 432 425 526 469
Trials Completed 40 43 39 30 26 29
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 13.7 12.7 13.7 15.7 11.3 9.2
Civil ² 11.4 10.7 10.8 11.0 10.9 10.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.2 27.0 25.2 20.7 28.7 18.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²594.1
705.0
865.2
975.3
955.5
1428.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 39.6 39.4 54.1 57.9 54.9 41.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 38.5 44.4 56.8 55.9 52.3 49.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
77 7
67 8
62 9
37 4
14 1
36 5
68 8
50 4
12 3
47 5
72 7
8 1
66 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,342 100 63 458 23 29 102 133 108 31 228 2 65
Criminal ¹ 486 11 214 9 123 32 9 21 8 18 13 10 18
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ILLINOIS NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 9,489 9,974 10,438 11,569 11,869 11,058Terminations 8,806 9,164 10,033 10,569 11,490 10,639Pending 10,106 10,840 10,927 11,885 12,260 12,603
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 16.5 10.9 5.9 4.4 6.8
Number of Judgeships 22 22 22 22 22 22
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 13.8 47.2 40.9 38.2 33.9 22.5
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 431 453 474 526 540 503
Civil 366 396 419 476 477 456CriminalFelony 49 40 46 39 45 33SupervisedReleaseHearings 16 17 10 10 18 13
Pending Cases 459 493 497 540 557 573
Weighted Filings ² 478 512 503 533 540 519
Terminations 400 417 456 480 522 484
Trials Completed 12 15 15 14 13 12
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 16.8 14.5 15.7 17.2 18.7 17.5
Civil ² 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.0 28.5 27.0 31.0 31.5 35.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²87911.2
1,17413.6
1,16913.1
1,11011.2
1,0029.8
9739.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.8 49.2 41.0 42.6 41.2 42.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.1 39.9 32.9 36.1 35.9 34.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
65 6
41 5
23 5
87 7
81 6
21 4
30 5
45 4
79 6
92 7
14 2
63 6
68 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 10,038 420 752 1,899 20 281 1,285 976 476 789 1,369 13 1,758
Criminal ¹ 724 3 171 56 57 234 62 19 13 38 16 13 42
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ILLINOIS CENTRALU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,725 1,652 1,726 2,002 2,014 1,927Terminations 1,532 1,670 1,727 1,778 1,786 1,909Pending 1,560 1,540 1,539 1,751 1,994 2,020
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 11.7 16.6 11.6 3.7 4.3
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 12.9 27.3 1.0 0.0 3.2
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 431 413 432 501 504 482
Civil 306 285 306 339 359 366CriminalFelony 99 100 97 129 114 84SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 28 29 33 32 32
Pending Cases 390 385 385 438 499 505
Weighted Filings ² 390 376 370 435 447 412
Terminations 383 418 432 445 447 477
Trials Completed 26 28 26 21 26 32
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.0 9.7 13.5
Civil ² 9.7 10.6 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 31.0 30.0 38.5 37.9 36.7 36.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²453.8
423.7
534.6
534.2
604.1
784.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 34.4 33.8 37.7 31.6 34.1 33.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 30.0 29.1 38.6 30.5 33.7 35.7
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
56 4
45 6
41 6
44 2
43 3
37 5
50 6
47 5
8 1
81 6
47 4
66 7
41 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,463 116 64 712 12 23 92 79 55 9 214 87
Criminal ¹ 332 7 134 32 61 51 3 25 1 2 3 6 7
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ILLINOIS SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,401 3,593 6,867 4,666 4,406 4,124Terminations 1,498 1,592 2,043 2,022 2,183 4,122Pending 1,232 3,218 8,046 10,681 12,911 12,910
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 194.4 14.8 39.9 11.6 6.4
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.3
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 350 898 1,717 1,167 1,102 1,031
Civil 241 769 1,581 1,032 942 881CriminalFelony 73 88 102 103 126 112SupervisedReleaseHearings 37 42 34 31 34 38
Pending Cases 308 805 2,012 2,670 3,228 3,228
Weighted Filings ² 314 606 1,142 824 762 709
Terminations 375 398 511 506 546 1,031
Trials Completed 27 29 29 16 20 23
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.7 8.3 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.3
Civil ² 9.6 6.0 7.5 9.8 10.7 27.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 30.5 42.0 22.6 21.8 25.5 34.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²828.4
652.2
49.6
52.5
1,68813.5
4,93539.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 33.9 25.8 32.2 29.9 25.5 27.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 23.3 16.7 25.9 21.0 24.1 21.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
63 5
3 1
2 1
28 1
36 2
2 1
6 1
4 1
23 2
35 2
93 7
61 5
93 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,522 74 2,274 700 7 35 51 83 122 7 92 1 76
Criminal ¹ 446 3 185 12 66 96 19 27 2 20 3 5 8
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
INDIANA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,038 2,257 2,273 2,227 2,796 3,877Terminations 2,038 2,111 2,190 2,140 2,234 2,311Pending 2,091 2,227 2,261 2,305 2,862 4,434
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 90.2 71.8 70.6 74.1 38.7
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 408 451 455 445 559 775
Civil 283 323 322 327 448 687CriminalFelony 104 102 111 93 86 65SupervisedReleaseHearings 20 26 22 26 25 24
Pending Cases 418 445 452 461 572 887
Weighted Filings ² 412 445 467 441 490 592
Terminations 408 422 438 428 447 462
Trials Completed 29 26 27 25 30 23
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.3 8.1 8.2 9.6 11.3 10.9
Civil ² 10.8 9.6 10.6 10.8 10.0 10.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.0 34.8 36.9 25.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1318.8
1529.4
1086.5
945.5
1054.7
1233.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 36.0 36.9 38.3 34.4 36.8 29.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 34.0 41.6 38.6 29.6 30.5 28.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
3 1
7 2
4 2
65 6
58 5
7 2
20 3
53 6
23 2
66 4
68 6
32 2
21 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,433 223 1,964 358 42 11 89 122 125 42 343 114
Criminal ¹ 322 11 65 5 117 49 13 16 4 19 8 6 9
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
INDIANA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,942 2,770 2,999 2,877 3,512 3,373Terminations 2,900 2,847 2,736 2,901 3,243 3,279Pending 2,676 2,422 2,682 2,638 2,894 2,978
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 14.6 21.8 12.5 17.2 4.0
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 588 554 600 575 702 675
Civil 518 478 513 493 590 583CriminalFelony 61 66 83 79 104 84SupervisedReleaseHearings 9 10 4 3 8 8
Pending Cases 535 484 536 528 579 596
Weighted Filings ² 605 579 644 604 733 666
Terminations 580 569 547 580 649 656
Trials Completed 21 16 18 20 23 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.0 11.7 9.2 10.9 11.2 10.9
Civil ² 9.2 9.6 9.3 9.7 8.8 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 29.5 32.0 30.0 25.5 36.2 33.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²26111.2
1185.6
994.4
622.8
411.7
512.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 44.3 34.8 39.0 36.8 43.1 47.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.6 32.8 40.1 34.3 33.2 41.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
54 3
15 3
7 3
44 2
88 7
19 3
11 2
16 2
48 4
66 4
47 4
58 4
10 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,913 344 78 853 6 27 251 201 154 115 468 2 414
Criminal ¹ 419 10 125 18 77 83 13 50 1 12 5 8 17
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WISCONSIN EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,889 1,749 1,992 1,809 1,969 2,143Terminations 1,807 1,811 1,971 2,013 2,054 2,008Pending 1,928 1,848 1,828 1,569 1,477 1,616
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 13.4 22.5 7.6 18.5 8.8
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 378 350 398 362 394 429
Civil 253 230 269 255 285 308CriminalFelony 106 100 103 86 74 80SupervisedReleaseHearings 19 20 27 20 35 40
Pending Cases 386 370 366 314 295 323
Weighted Filings ² 397 356 381 373 378 392
Terminations 361 362 394 403 411 402
Trials Completed 14 12 13 12 7 7
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.1 12.2 12.5 12.7 9.5 8.5
Civil ² 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.0 29.0 33.9 25.6 31.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²756.4
484.4
454.1
454.3
403.6
554.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.5 42.8 39.8 48.3 32.5 34.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.2 34.1 25.3 44.4 25.8 28.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
14 2
66 7
54 7
48 4
32 1
74 7
55 7
71 7
92 7
36 3
8 1
55 3
37 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,541 164 42 442 17 13 131 115 34 85 215 3 280
Criminal ¹ 402 9 121 7 121 56 18 30 9 8 8 5 10
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WISCONSIN WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,093 1,023 1,167 1,099 1,226 1,138Terminations 1,013 993 1,021 1,021 1,148 1,144Pending 677 693 840 918 993 986
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.1 11.2 2.5 3.5 7.2
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.3 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 10.2
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 547 512 584 550 613 569
Civil 427 381 480 448 488 471CriminalFelony 101 112 83 81 92 72SupervisedReleaseHearings 19 19 21 21 34 27
Pending Cases 339 347 420 459 497 493
Weighted Filings ² 581 512 629 601 653 575
Terminations 507 497 511 511 574 572
Trials Completed 17 19 21 15 14 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.0
Civil ² 5.0 5.2 5.1 6.2 6.1 7.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 16.0 14.4 17.6 17.6 19.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²4.9
0.0
2.3
3.4
3.4
111.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 24.3 22.7 24.1 23.9 23.1 21.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 20.9 21.6 17.2 18.0 16.9 11.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
67 7
25 4
20 4
57 5
51 4
39 6
23 4
25 3
54 5
11 1
23 3
10 1
3 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 941 100 30 277 22 11 93 76 42 57 142 91
Criminal ¹ 143 12 44 11 24 19 7 9 2 6 3 1 5
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ARKANSAS EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,540 2,821 3,457 2,535 2,527 2,330Terminations 2,765 2,605 2,420 4,018 5,439 5,335Pending 8,531 8,631 9,601 8,131 5,242 2,230
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 57.9 17.4 32.6 8.1 7.8
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 17.9 22.1 12.0 10.2 0.0 6.1
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 1,108 564 691 507 505 466
Civil 1,002 453 584 388 383 370CriminalFelony 85 84 91 97 96 74SupervisedReleaseHearings 20 27 17 22 27 22
Pending Cases 1,706 1,726 1,920 1,626 1,048 446
Weighted Filings ² 378 413 436 440 449 390
Terminations 553 521 484 804 1,088 1,067
Trials Completed 28 24 22 26 28 26
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 13.1 13.4 13.3 13.9 13.6 14.7
Civil ² 7.4 14.2 12.7 24.7 46.7 58.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.3 21.0 23.1 20.8 24.6 20.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²2,36329.5
2,89035.5
3,20135.4
4,77663.4
2,57856.0
684.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.8
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 47.7 46.7 52.3 54.8 50.5 52.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 42.0 46.9 39.7 48.1 49.3 48.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
69 6
50 7
39 4
55 9
63 9
55 5
57 5
1 1
18 6
84 10
94 10
12 2
35 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,850 311 53 885 5 17 75 120 87 8 225 1 63
Criminal ¹ 371 26 151 15 81 32 8 19 4 13 3 3 16
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ARKANSAS WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,129 1,330 1,403 1,502 1,660 1,511Terminations 1,097 1,163 1,305 1,406 1,474 1,573Pending 1,059 1,218 1,314 1,413 1,605 1,535
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 33.8 13.6 7.7 0.6 9.0
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 7.9 22.5 19.2 3.4 5.9 8.1
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 376 443 468 501 553 504
Civil 272 322 335 368 397 384CriminalFelony 95 111 123 119 137 97SupervisedReleaseHearings 10 10 10 14 19 22
Pending Cases 353 406 438 471 535 512
Weighted Filings ² 337 393 380 422 462 413
Terminations 366 388 435 469 491 524
Trials Completed 13 13 11 14 17 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.9 9.0 8.5
Civil ² 11.1 11.6 12.0 12.3 11.7 12.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 17.0 11.4 25.2 17.6 18.7 22.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²131.5
192.1
222.2
181.7
211.8
232.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 52.8 68.6 59.5 44.6 48.7 46.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 56.0 50.4 46.6 45.7 46.6 45.3
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
71 8
40 5
36 3
37 7
63 9
34 4
49 4
41 6
73 9
36 5
82 6
23 3
9 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,153 432 22 347 11 19 24 133 56 5 64 1 39
Criminal ¹ 290 1 119 39 31 31 6 36 5 10 2 10
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
IOWA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 993 1,036 1,218 1,079 1,060 1,066Terminations 1,037 999 1,162 1,152 1,097 1,132Pending 725 758 809 714 681 616
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 7.4 2.9 12.5 1.2 0.6
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 497 518 609 540 530 533
Civil 261 272 260 262 268 263CriminalFelony 177 185 272 200 179 188SupervisedReleaseHearings 59 62 78 78 84 83
Pending Cases 363 379 405 357 341 308
Weighted Filings ² 399 449 458 395 393 381
Terminations 519 500 581 576 549 566
Trials Completed 64 47 62 101 113 93
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.5 8.1 6.2 6.5 6.8 5.8
Civil ² 7.9 7.9 8.1 10.4 9.9 8.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²132.9
153.1
163.3
143.1
92.0
123.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 46.3 48.4 40.0 37.9 36.6 41.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 35.1 42.2 32.9 27.6 31.5 31.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
36 3
35 4
66 6
9 3
9 2
77 8
60 7
27 4
1 1
9 1
30 1
21 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 525 173 18 160 13 9 18 34 16 12 45 27
Criminal ¹ 376 7 139 79 69 25 12 24 1 13 7
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
IOWA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,329 1,426 1,457 1,409 1,321 1,143Terminations 1,446 1,533 1,525 1,445 1,384 1,203Pending 1,198 1,082 1,003 971 916 858
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 14.0 19.8 21.6 18.9 13.5
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 443 475 486 470 440 381
Civil 253 270 273 258 257 218CriminalFelony 167 127 140 161 124 105SupervisedReleaseHearings 23 78 72 50 59 58
Pending Cases 399 361 334 324 305 286
Weighted Filings ² 415 382 398 398 375 313
Terminations 482 511 508 482 461 401
Trials Completed 57 43 35 30 36 35
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 12.7 10.8 11.1 9.8 9.5 9.5
Civil ² 10.7 10.4 9.9 7.8 8.2 10.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 19.0 22.0 21.8 23.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²294.4
314.7
233.8
244.2
294.9
234.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 41.4 36.2 38.8 33.9 35.9 43.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 28.9 17.9 24.7 20.8 23.4 33.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
81 9
74 9
77 7
33 6
15 4
82 10
77 9
72 9
6 2
53 7
63 4
33 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 654 105 17 223 5 12 47 63 33 19 82 2 46
Criminal ¹ 315 5 93 27 58 24 5 61 9 16 4 13
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MINNESOTAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 4,846 5,591 4,602 4,316 3,895 5,047Terminations 8,839 4,557 5,241 4,280 3,751 5,138Pending 4,121 5,144 4,349 4,440 4,513 4,427
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.1 9.7 9.7 16.9 29.6
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 8.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 692 799 657 617 556 721
Civil 588 703 561 527 474 638CriminalFelony 76 73 70 59 45 52SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 23 26 30 37 30
Pending Cases 589 735 621 634 645 632
Weighted Filings ² 610 709 598 587 538 625
Terminations 1,263 651 749 611 536 734
Trials Completed 13 10 14 13 13 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.8 9.9 10.6 10.0 11.7 10.4
Civil ² 4.6 4.2 6.8 6.7 5.6 13.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.0 26.7 24.6 25.1 23.4 22.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1554.3
3287.0
2546.6
2225.5
67416.1
2536.3
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 47.8 49.5 45.3 52.0 55.1 39.6Percent Not Selected or Challenged 36.6 31.8 31.6 37.6 36.7 29.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
6 1
12 1
6 1
79 10
47 8
15 1
15 1
12 2
73 9
63 8
85 8
23 3
54 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,468 91 2,119 266 12 95 195 413 261 121 419 18 458
Criminal ¹ 361 5 101 25 53 70 29 36 10 9 5 6 12
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MISSOURI EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,713 3,890 3,979 3,643 3,751 3,923Terminations 3,518 3,585 3,550 3,215 3,821 3,767Pending 3,057 3,329 3,772 4,177 4,171 4,363
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.7 0.8 1.4 7.7 4.6
Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 17.1 12.0 2.7 0.0 9.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 464 486 497 455 469 490
Civil 299 322 357 332 353 363CriminalFelony 139 134 116 90 81 87SupervisedReleaseHearings 26 30 25 34 35 41
Pending Cases 382 416 472 522 521 545
Weighted Filings ² 438 462 448 423 430 388
Terminations 440 448 444 402 478 471
Trials Completed 14 12 10 23 41 28
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.9 7.8 8.1
Civil ² 7.2 7.5 6.6 8.7 10.6 8.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 19.0 26.0 25.2 28.3 25.7 22.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1095.0
2108.2
2397.9
40311.5
49814.0
76820.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 36.8 33.4 34.7 40.5 31.4 34.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 23.1 24.1 27.1 33.4 18.7 26.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
21 2
42 6
43 5
41 8
30 7
27 3
58 6
49 7
15 5
31 4
36 2
26 5
88 10
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,900 296 756 499 10 27 214 272 167 56 315 288
Criminal ¹ 692 4 260 16 151 124 21 46 18 19 5 7 21
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MISSOURI WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,135 3,429 3,489 3,882 3,817 3,510Terminations 3,103 3,142 3,332 3,604 3,552 3,583Pending 2,584 2,844 2,942 3,163 3,419 3,346
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 12.0 2.4 0.6 9.6 8.0
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 2.0 16.0 2.2 14.6
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 523 572 582 647 636 585
Civil 341 398 401 461 426 390CriminalFelony 139 127 131 140 164 150SupervisedReleaseHearings 43 47 50 46 46 46
Pending Cases 431 474 490 527 570 558
Weighted Filings ² 477 506 517 565 552 498
Terminations 517 524 555 601 592 597
Trials Completed 25 24 22 21 20 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 12.9 12.7 12.6 14.5 13.3 14.5
Civil ² 7.8 6.9 8.4 7.8 9.4 10.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 30.7 26.0 28.1 22.7 19.2 16.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²593.9
382.1
442.4
623.0
462.2
502.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 51.3 45.5 38.2 47.4 37.4 65.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 38.0 38.1 24.5 33.5 17.5 36.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
70 7
23 2
33 2
13 5
21 6
26 2
35 2
23 3
27 7
83 9
68 5
4 1
16 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,337 665 86 519 15 60 148 265 150 28 194 1 206
Criminal ¹ 897 21 313 19 239 114 30 83 8 30 3 9 28
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEBRASKAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,686 1,777 1,600 1,695 1,717 1,618Terminations 1,782 1,970 1,693 1,782 1,689 1,622Pending 1,238 1,135 1,088 1,057 1,160 1,187
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.0 8.9 1.1 4.5 5.8
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 562 592 533 565 572 539
Civil 248 254 229 242 229 213CriminalFelony 237 206 200 212 237 227SupervisedReleaseHearings 77 132 104 111 106 99
Pending Cases 413 378 363 352 387 396
Weighted Filings ² 518 513 431 472 492 440
Terminations 594 657 564 594 563 541
Trials Completed 36 39 23 23 23 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.3 8.2 7.7 8.3 7.5 7.9
Civil ² 8.0 8.7 8.4 8.0 8.7 8.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 19.0 18.0 16.7 22.2 21.9 25.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²111.9
183.2
223.9
254.4
244.1
274.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.9 36.5 32.7 37.3 32.9 31.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.5 25.5 12.1 27.4 17.4 18.7
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
59 5
33 3
78 8
7 1
7 1
63 6
43 3
35 5
54 8
29 3
40 3
34 6
38 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 638 35 10 159 19 20 29 92 70 15 104 1 84
Criminal ¹ 681 11 237 153 56 93 37 54 2 21 2 5 10
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NORTH DAKOTAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 601 659 638 708 887 861Terminations 568 586 629 583 697 817Pending 390 446 449 559 743 779
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 43.3 30.7 35.0 21.6 2.9
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 301 330 319 354 444 431
Civil 113 110 116 118 136 143CriminalFelony 168 192 167 204 260 213SupervisedReleaseHearings 20 28 37 33 48 75
Pending Cases 195 223 225 280 372 390
Weighted Filings ² 270 288 238 317 416 350
Terminations 284 293 315 292 349 409
Trials Completed 18 23 21 23 17 34
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.4 5.8 6.6 6.1 7.2 7.5
Civil ² 7.2 10.2 9.7 9.6 8.4 13.1From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²158.1
157.1
135.9
155.8
175.6
196.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 36.9 40.8 34.8 36.1 40.3 37.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 19.0 26.2 16.3 14.4 21.7 24.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
47 4
65 8
86 9
8 2
10 3
65 7
70 8
68 8
7 3
24 2
84 7
55 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 285 6 7 72 1 29 13 64 45 4 22 22
Criminal ¹ 426 2 136 95 29 52 32 50 3 5 7 2 13
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
SOUTH DAKOTAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,063 942 1,018 1,166 1,232 1,038Terminations 962 988 931 1,043 1,013 1,088Pending 858 771 828 881 1,024 876
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.4 10.2 2.0 11.0 15.7
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 11.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 354 314 339 389 411 346
Civil 116 112 114 128 107 102CriminalFelony 200 161 176 202 246 188SupervisedReleaseHearings 38 41 49 59 57 56
Pending Cases 286 257 276 294 341 292
Weighted Filings ² 333 289 285 362 384 301
Terminations 321 329 310 348 338 363
Trials Completed 26 23 27 32 24 30
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.2 7.7 7.1 7.2 7.5 8.5
Civil ² 11.8 11.9 13.1 11.5 12.4 14.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 26.4 24.5 29.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²245.7
328.0
5714.0
4911.7
4711.4
4912.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.0 37.1 43.2 42.8 44.6 39.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 32.0 33.2 34.5 27.0 20.8 18.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
85 10
77 10
91 10
9 3
17 5
81 9
82 10
76 10
11 4
36 5
88 9
51 7
79 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 307 18 8 132 2 8 3 37 42 12 23 22
Criminal ¹ 563 95 36 30 31 115 92 22 42 7 21 72
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ALASKAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 565 493 611 501 515 518Terminations 621 521 550 552 572 511Pending 551 528 706 713 521 541
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.3 5.1 15.2 3.4 0.6
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.5 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 188 164 204 167 172 173
Civil 125 113 112 103 98 105CriminalFelony 60 48 89 62 70 60SupervisedReleaseHearings 4 3 2 2 4 7
Pending Cases 184 176 235 238 174 180
Weighted Filings ² 207 171 219 177 189 167
Terminations 207 174 183 184 191 170
Trials Completed 11 12 6 11 9 9
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.0 9.3 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.2
Civil ² 7.5 7.6 9.3 7.8 9.0 8.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²45
11.7308.1
13229.5
18036.6
3210.2
3711.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 79.9 61.5 59.3 75.9 46.2 53.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 46.4 42.2 29.3 25.6 36.8 35.4
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
36 6
91 13
90 13
70 11
90 15
92 13
91 13
92 13
89 15
47 7
33 8
77 12
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 315 24 12 65 13 5 20 45 59 1 38 33
Criminal ¹ 178 9 76 1 30 9 5 16 3 6 1 8 14
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ARIZONAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 9,351 11,015 13,809 13,255 10,417 13,745Terminations 8,807 10,145 12,353 14,850 10,702 13,677Pending 6,093 6,746 8,126 6,214 5,802 5,762
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 47.0 24.8 0.5 3.7 31.9
Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 22.4 27.1 39.8 60.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 719 847 1,062 1,020 801 1,057
Civil 269 284 295 307 308 573CriminalFelony 344 461 650 573 367 366SupervisedReleaseHearings 107 103 117 139 126 118
Pending Cases 469 519 625 478 446 443
Weighted Filings ² 549 653 787 764 615 787
Terminations 677 780 950 1,142 823 1,052
Trials Completed 15 17 32 24 19 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.7
Civil ² 8.5 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.2 7.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 32.0 26.0 30.9 33.8 30.1 30.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1695.7
1033.4
1013.2
883.1
933.0
752.3
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 56.3 60.9 59.0 62.5 59.1 48.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 35.4 37.9 37.4 37.4 30.9 24.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
5 1
2 1
8 2
3 1
4 2
56 8
5 2
2 1
54 7
2 1
24 5
53 6
13 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 7,448 345 75 5,095 33 86 235 375 165 109 450 3 477
Criminal ¹ 4,760 890 419 2,733 160 141 161 92 9 22 38 53 42
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
CALIFORNIA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 7,385 7,820 7,782 8,497 7,549 7,239Terminations 7,326 9,025 8,234 7,947 7,742 7,751Pending 9,110 7,711 7,158 7,529 7,119 6,611
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.0 7.4 7.0 14.8 4.1
Number of Judgeships 14 14 14 14 14 14
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 24.0 36.9 21.7 22.6 38.0 23.8
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 528 559 556 607 539 517
Civil 409 446 464 503 458 430CriminalFelony 80 67 58 75 51 56SupervisedReleaseHearings 38 45 34 28 30 31
Pending Cases 651 551 511 538 509 472
Weighted Filings ² 591 598 617 669 633 609
Terminations 523 645 588 568 553 554
Trials Completed 6 10 15 18 10 11
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.4 8.0 9.9 8.3 10.8 10.9
Civil ² 9.5 10.4 8.0 7.0 6.6 8.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 23.4 24.0 30.3 29.8 30.9 31.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1,06113.5
87013.3
5358.8
5308.4
3906.6
4117.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 79.4 63.5 65.9 63.9 56.5 62.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 48.0 41.8 34.3 44.1 36.9 38.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
55 12
38 8
28 5
72 12
45 12
45 6
17 4
29 7
84 13
66 11
27 6
54 7
59 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 6,021 190 278 1,443 20 302 547 556 349 478 875 103 880
Criminal ¹ 784 30 220 84 161 130 42 18 12 16 19 15 37
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
CALIFORNIA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 7,160 7,213 7,324 7,156 6,096 6,024Terminations 6,584 6,814 7,441 7,331 6,856 6,210Pending 8,957 9,232 9,062 8,868 8,096 7,920
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 15.9 16.5 17.7 15.8 1.2
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.9 12.0 5.5 0.0 16.5 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 1,193 1,202 1,221 1,193 1,016 1,004
Civil 923 956 965 926 775 829CriminalFelony 211 197 202 202 184 119SupervisedReleaseHearings 60 49 54 65 58 57
Pending Cases 1,493 1,539 1,510 1,478 1,349 1,320
Weighted Filings ² 1,095 1,086 1,129 1,161 926 982
Terminations 1,097 1,136 1,240 1,222 1,143 1,035
Trials Completed 21 19 15 15 15 16
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.3 12.5 12.1 13.4 14.2 16.3
Civil ² 8.6 7.9 8.0 7.8 8.8 8.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 33.0 40.0 43.6 45.9 50.5 47.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²82611.8
76310.8
72310.7
75311.6
76713.6
79613.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 46.9 52.1 44.7 39.4 42.7 38.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 47.6 52.7 45.1 43.3 44.7 40.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
41 8
4 2
3 1
25 6
16 5
3 1
4 1
3 2
62 9
90 14
30 7
73 9
81 13
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 4,972 446 61 2,076 55 166 139 243 237 55 1,029 4 461
Criminal ¹ 710 50 213 132 70 116 12 74 7 14 9 9 4
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
CALIFORNIA CENTRALU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 17,046 16,986 17,690 18,232 17,464 16,952Terminations 16,460 17,026 17,359 18,232 17,990 17,015Pending 14,050 13,745 13,996 13,930 13,384 13,243
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.6 0.2 4.2 7.0 2.9
Number of Judgeships 28 28 28 28 28 28
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 26.6 35.7 21.3 25.9 9.4 3.6
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 609 607 632 651 624 605
Civil 472 494 533 557 533 521CriminalFelony 92 72 70 67 60 51SupervisedReleaseHearings 44 41 29 27 30 33
Pending Cases 502 491 500 498 478 473
Weighted Filings ² 611 609 639 668 667 669
Terminations 588 608 620 651 643 608
Trials Completed 11 13 13 13 14 14
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.3 10.8 11.0 10.4 10.8 13.5
Civil ² 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.8 20.4 19.3 19.5 19.3 21.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²8868.6
8528.3
7547.1
5935.5
7877.6
6125.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 81.4 62.2 50.9 50.9 44.8 39.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 64.6 59.9 50.0 48.7 44.8 41.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
47 10
21 4
14 3
81 14
41 10
44 5
10 3
20 5
71 11
81 13
5 1
15 2
50 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 14,597 1,164 556 2,170 92 1,079 899 1,896 653 1,512 2,327 27 2,222
Criminal ¹ 1,434 10 505 239 78 314 39 62 19 31 13 45 79
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 9,541 9,973 10,729 11,774 10,458 9,522Terminations 9,614 10,660 10,597 12,077 11,048 9,483Pending 5,414 5,406 6,371 6,397 5,861 5,878
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.2 4.5 11.2 19.1 9.0
Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 2.9 8.9 30.6 19.3 5.7 9.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 734 767 825 906 804 732
Civil 234 250 236 275 250 272CriminalFelony 418 401 475 507 439 348SupervisedReleaseHearings 82 116 114 124 116 112
Pending Cases 416 416 490 492 451 452
Weighted Filings ² 527 517 557 621 554 540
Terminations 740 820 815 929 850 729
Trials Completed 20 16 18 17 17 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.8
Civil ² 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 30.0 35.0 29.3 36.3 33.1 29.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1677.0
1727.0
1826.9
1956.6
2639.0
3139.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 55.5 56.9 54.3 49.3 49.6 50.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 43.8 47.1 44.1 41.1 37.8 40.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
71 13
10 3
60 8
4 2
5 3
53 7
26 6
13 3
48 5
3 2
13 3
46 4
72 10
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,542 81 575 876 21 140 141 245 156 275 368 12 652
Criminal ¹ 4,515 147 1,430 2,203 64 377 32 57 2 10 24 79 90
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
HAWAIIU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 985 1,092 1,285 1,187 1,137 1,197Terminations 1,011 1,022 1,057 1,248 1,238 1,295Pending 925 992 1,223 1,156 1,076 1,004
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 21.5 9.6 6.8 0.8 5.3
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 12.0 5.6 0.1 9.5 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 246 273 321 297 284 299
Civil 148 174 212 193 173 181CriminalFelony 71 55 71 64 73 75SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 44 39 40 39 44
Pending Cases 231 248 306 289 269 251
Weighted Filings ² 283 279 364 315 287 304
Terminations 253 256 264 312 310 324
Trials Completed 13 13 11 15 19 12
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.7 9.9 9.1 9.1 10.7 10.4
Civil ² 9.3 8.9 8.6 9.0 9.6 6.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.5 16.5 11.7 8.1 9.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²203.7
223.6
182.3
192.6
244.0
234.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 69.9 73.1 58.2 91.3 72.4 151.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 42.6 41.9 29.3 39.3 29.0 51.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
20 4
85 12
81 12
52 9
26 7
86 12
80 12
81 12
79 12
63 10
9 2
33 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 722 5 21 80 5 44 33 100 183 32 150 1 68
Criminal ¹ 297 7 129 6 12 48 17 5 6 4 3 17 43
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
IDAHOU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,082 1,144 1,044 1,109 1,074 889Terminations 964 1,033 1,013 1,047 1,151 951Pending 999 1,107 1,114 1,172 1,077 995
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 17.8 22.3 14.8 19.8 17.2
Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 541 572 522 555 537 445
Civil 314 360 320 354 317 268CriminalFelony 194 176 175 163 177 133SupervisedReleaseHearings 33 37 28 39 44 44
Pending Cases 500 554 557 586 539 498
Weighted Filings ² 524 566 523 569 507 432
Terminations 482 517 507 524 576 476
Trials Completed 20 19 22 18 18 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.1 8.2
Civil ² 10.5 10.6 10.6 11.7 9.9 11.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 25.0 22.9 27.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²497.6
435.7
456.0
425.3
446.2
527.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 52.5 35.6 37.0 30.7 33.8 56.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 26.1 32.0 30.7 21.6 18.7 41.5
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
88 14
57 11
62 10
17 4
26 7
38 3
45 9
48 10
40 3
34 6
78 12
58 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 536 39 22 174 6 16 16 71 35 16 76 65
Criminal ¹ 264 4 91 57 28 14 29 21 2 4 2 5 7
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
MONTANAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,137 1,088 1,129 1,268 1,202 1,377Terminations 1,323 1,234 1,123 1,178 1,226 1,294Pending 1,009 864 875 870 858 936
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 21.1 26.6 22.0 8.6 14.6
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 9.3 10.7
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 379 363 376 423 401 459
Civil 204 186 182 218 222 270CriminalFelony 133 130 137 141 123 147SupervisedReleaseHearings 41 46 57 64 56 41
Pending Cases 336 288 292 290 286 312
Weighted Filings ² 360 337 322 379 381 407
Terminations 441 411 374 393 409 431
Trials Completed 43 45 40 42 37 40
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.6 7.4 7.0 7.0 7.4 6.7
Civil ² 9.8 9.1 9.6 8.9 8.6 9.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²55
10.6459.7
4610.6
488.8
499.0
488.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 50.3 45.1 47.7 44.6 42.9 44.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 29.5 31.4 34.5 27.5 32.5 35.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
8 2
52 10
61 9
14 3
30 9
76 10
52 10
64 11
4 1
17 3
47 10
64 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 811 37 35 390 5 29 21 116 56 5 53 64
Criminal ¹ 442 16 150 5 53 26 57 62 4 23 5 2 39
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEVADAU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,817 4,258 4,255 3,898 3,802 3,707Terminations 3,154 3,921 3,894 3,818 3,707 3,726Pending 4,200 4,400 4,432 4,435 4,527 4,456
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.9 12.9 12.9 4.9 2.5
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 7.6 1.1 14.9 26.6 11.5
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 545 608 608 557 543 530
Civil 427 459 464 419 406 417CriminalFelony 81 111 110 101 103 80SupervisedReleaseHearings 37 38 34 37 34 32
Pending Cases 600 629 633 634 647 637
Weighted Filings ² 532 589 617 545 542 530
Terminations 451 560 556 545 530 532
Trials Completed 24 22 24 21 21 20
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.4 9.0 9.2 11.2 10.2 11.7
Civil ² 7.5 7.8 7.6 8.9 8.8 8.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 42.3 34.0 35.5 37.9 39.6 40.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²2337.1
2427.2
2076.3
2276.9
3099.3
36110.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 58.0 50.6 58.4 65.4 57.8 56.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 46.7 39.2 49.0 42.4 32.6 30.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
46 9
36 7
32 6
48 8
43 11
14 2
28 7
38 8
38 2
72 12
42 9
71 8
75 11
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,921 123 57 731 80 171 84 420 288 115 441 4 407
Criminal ¹ 558 169 96 82 69 40 58 1 21 7 6 9
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OREGONU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,177 3,354 3,515 3,450 3,364 3,342Terminations 3,439 3,084 3,465 3,512 3,375 3,427Pending 3,087 3,181 3,139 3,058 3,028 2,938
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 5.2 0.4 4.9 3.1 0.7
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.8 22.1 18.9 9.2 10.6 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 530 559 586 575 561 557
Civil 354 372 394 382 387 383CriminalFelony 116 137 128 130 114 112SupervisedReleaseHearings 60 50 64 64 60 62
Pending Cases 515 530 523 510 505 490
Weighted Filings ² 471 502 519 516 523 513
Terminations 573 514 578 585 563 571
Trials Completed 9 14 20 15 15 18
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.6 9.8 10.2 9.9 10.3 10.2
Civil ² 11.2 10.5 10.9 10.9 10.2 11.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.5 25.0 29.0 22.4 21.6 22.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1295.6
1174.9
1114.7
1165.2
1024.5
1034.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 37.8 37.3 30.1 28.1 40.6 28.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 41.0 28.5 26.5 32.6 40.6 22.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
40 7
28 6
37 7
28 7
12 4
41 4
32 8
26 6
48 5
62 9
75 11
25 3
38 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,296 538 80 447 42 48 135 213 140 79 338 2 234
Criminal ¹ 666 18 189 131 106 80 34 48 7 21 11 9 12
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WASHINGTON EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,625 1,648 1,862 1,877 1,834 1,887Terminations 1,654 1,595 1,716 1,695 1,772 2,074Pending 1,002 1,047 1,174 1,315 1,374 1,186
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 16.1 14.5 1.3 0.5 2.9
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 18.4 12.0 8.9 12.0 17.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 406 412 466 469 459 472
Civil 171 175 227 242 215 205CriminalFelony 120 114 123 105 125 123SupervisedReleaseHearings 116 124 116 122 119 144
Pending Cases 251 262 294 329 344 297
Weighted Filings ² 270 273 315 323 318 309
Terminations 414 399 429 424 443 519
Trials Completed 22 21 20 21 19 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.3 8.5 7.6 8.0 8.8 8.1
Civil ² 8.9 9.9 11.2 10.7 10.0 12.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 38.0 24.6 26.6 23.6 29.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²488.3
325.0
303.9
323.5
353.9
365.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 44.9 43.8 37.5 40.8 40.2 37.6Percent Not Selected or Challenged 40.5 39.7 21.7 27.5 25.5 26.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
29 5
48 9
80 11
24 5
2 1
79 11
78 11
43 9
40 3
31 4
80 13
48 5
46 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 820 347 12 166 11 18 15 60 34 10 81 66
Criminal ¹ 492 10 154 69 73 57 23 29 3 33 4 3 34
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WASHINGTON WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,567 3,864 4,082 4,558 4,364 4,198Terminations 3,726 3,734 3,990 4,254 4,502 4,429Pending 2,791 2,961 3,059 3,345 3,050 2,792
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 17.7 8.6 2.8 7.9 3.8
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 510 552 583 651 623 600
Civil 377 416 457 502 491 486CriminalFelony 102 102 91 107 86 69SupervisedReleaseHearings 30 33 35 43 46 45
Pending Cases 399 423 437 478 436 399
Weighted Filings ² 524 582 621 670 619 573
Terminations 532 533 570 608 643 633
Trials Completed 18 20 22 21 20 17
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.7 7.1 7.2 7.4 8.6 8.1
Civil ² 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 7.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 20.0 17.0 19.2 20.9 17.2 20.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²633.1
863.8
1436.1
2007.9
582.5
773.5
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.2 43.9 39.0 37.4 42.0 34.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 28.0 34.0 30.2 29.0 32.8 31.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
51 11
22 5
18 4
58 10
25 6
62 9
24 5
17 4
54 7
31 4
16 4
13 1
28 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,400 849 76 529 22 183 259 409 233 107 388 4 341
Criminal ¹ 479 11 156 86 57 64 13 38 8 18 4 11 13
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
GUAMU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 98 76 117 130 121 85Terminations 109 76 95 96 133 134Pending 138 109 140 179 203 159
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 13.3 11.8 27.4 34.6 29.8
Number of Judgeships 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 98 76 117 130 121 85
Civil 31 29 39 29 38 20CriminalFelony 46 39 73 96 79 56SupervisedReleaseHearings 21 8 5 5 4 9
Pending Cases 138 109 140 179 203 159
Weighted Filings ²
Terminations 109 76 95 96 133 134
Trials Completed 15 9 32 10 7 16
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.5 8.8 10.2 14.1 28.9 18.2
Civil ² 24.4 7.3 14.3 13.5 16.8 22.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²2
5.05
8.97
11.711
19.39
13.410
20.0Average Number
of Felony DefendantsFiled per Case 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 58.0 61.6 85.9 59.7 205.0 257.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 47.1 49.7 49.1 35.2 71.1 78.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
93 15
94 15
94 15
72 12
85 14
93 14
93 14
62 9
93 15
90 15
87 14
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 20 3 1 6 6 2 2
Criminal ¹ 56 34 2 5 3 4 7 1
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NORTHERN MARIANASU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 69 77 58 67 80 90Terminations 68 59 45 57 76 96Pending 92 108 115 122 128 94
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 30.4 16.9 55.2 34.3 12.5
Number of Judgeships 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 4.0 12.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 69 77 58 67 80 90
Civil 49 39 26 27 36 34CriminalFelony 16 37 24 28 35 29SupervisedReleaseHearings 4 1 8 12 9 27
Pending Cases 92 108 115 122 128 94
Weighted Filings ²
Terminations 68 59 45 57 76 96
Trials Completed 6 4 6 18 11 11
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.4 6.0 7.7 9.9 10.3 9.4
Civil ² 8.9 9.6 10.8 15.7 32.1 12.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²6
9.012
16.715
21.124
32.923
29.516
27.1Average Number
of Felony DefendantsFiled per Case 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 60.5 68.5 85.5 92.1 123.0 65.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 46.6 61.3 43.3 55.4 67.2 38.3
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
10 3
93 14
93 14
92 15
51 13
94 15
94 15
84 13
51 8
82 14
92 15
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 34 1 3 4 5 2 13 6
Criminal ¹ 28 9 4 2 9 3 1
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
COLORADOU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,854 4,002 4,217 4,271 4,170 4,353Terminations 3,755 3,979 4,270 4,204 4,138 4,252Pending 3,134 3,187 3,120 3,191 3,194 3,298
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 12.9 8.8 3.2 1.9 4.4
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 25.7 24.0 17.7 1.0 2.6 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 551 572 602 610 596 622
Civil 439 449 487 489 482 518CriminalFelony 86 96 88 97 82 76SupervisedReleaseHearings 25 27 28 25 32 28
Pending Cases 448 455 446 456 456 471
Weighted Filings ² 581 596 662 669 651 677
Terminations 536 568 610 601 591 607
Trials Completed 20 24 24 22 24 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.7 9.5 8.6 9.2 8.6 8.8
Civil ² 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.4 6.3 5.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 27.9 29.5 28.0 24.7 24.4 29.3
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²803.4
703.1
642.8
793.4
793.3
873.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 37.3 32.0 43.0 43.2 32.9 34.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 37.1 33.0 46.9 47.0 35.4 42.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
23 4
19 2
15 1
51 5
49 5
46 1
9 1
21 2
27 2
43 7
7 1
48 4
27 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 3,629 266 166 735 36 49 178 439 182 402 477 1 698
Criminal ¹ 527 19 123 180 74 54 20 15 1 6 3 9 23
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
KANSASU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,412 2,385 2,385 2,859 2,624 2,306Terminations 2,492 2,574 2,521 2,491 2,632 2,469Pending 2,369 2,156 1,988 2,341 2,328 2,157
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.4 3.3 3.3 19.3 12.1
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 2.9 0.0 7.9 12.0 12.0 12.2
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 402 398 398 477 437 384
Civil 271 261 256 284 265 239CriminalFelony 106 108 113 156 130 108SupervisedReleaseHearings 25 29 29 36 43 37
Pending Cases 395 359 331 390 388 360
Weighted Filings ² 408 385 380 456 417 361
Terminations 415 429 420 415 439 412
Trials Completed 31 31 25 26 27 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 10.1 11.0 7.8 7.2 8.4 9.1
Civil ² 9.2 8.7 8.1 8.1 7.8 9.0From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 24.0 19.0 23.3 22.8 24.7 26.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²765.0
694.6
1168.4
1198.0
1218.3
13610.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 45.4 44.4 44.8 38.1 15.9 52.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 38.0 42.8 33.7 32.3 37.6 46.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
77 7
73 5
72 3
31 3
37 4
71 5
67 5
67 5
27 2
45 8
44 3
35 3
74 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,435 190 49 297 29 57 83 169 147 30 214 3 167
Criminal ¹ 644 38 194 40 157 79 37 32 7 12 13 7 28
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
NEW MEXICOU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,273 5,822 5,033 4,936 5,781 6,148Terminations 5,125 5,704 5,215 4,805 5,320 6,017Pending 3,070 3,075 2,693 2,734 2,969 3,072
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 16.6 5.6 22.2 24.6 6.3
Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 753 832 719 705 826 878
Civil 182 176 178 186 176 181CriminalFelony 497 584 465 447 563 603SupervisedReleaseHearings 74 71 75 73 87 94
Pending Cases 439 439 385 391 424 439
Weighted Filings ² 548 612 515 534 564 600
Terminations 732 815 745 686 760 860
Trials Completed 22 24 27 23 19 15
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.2
Civil ² 9.7 9.0 8.4 9.2 8.9 10.2From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 21.7 27.6 27.8 36.7 23.1 24.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²1228.4
16612.7
585.2
625.2
866.7
664.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 46.7 44.6 47.9 55.6 48.3 49.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 31.3 27.7 25.4 32.2 26.8 26.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
18 3
6 1
81 7
1 1
8 1
58 3
19 2
6 1
67 5
1 1
64 5
30 2
42 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,269 147 43 229 55 22 34 135 144 11 341 1 107
Criminal ¹ 4,220 174 562 3,112 115 42 117 45 1 9 14 14 15
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OKLAHOMA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,105 1,069 1,146 1,100 1,081 1,156Terminations 1,131 1,066 1,168 1,154 1,247 1,123Pending 1,014 1,055 1,072 1,057 917 962
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 4.6 8.1 0.9 5.1 6.9
Number of Judgeships 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 5.8 12.0 12.0 5.3 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 316 305 327 314 309 330
Civil 241 241 244 224 212 237CriminalFelony 58 50 65 69 78 74SupervisedReleaseHearings 17 14 19 21 19 19
Pending Cases 290 301 306 302 262 275
Weighted Filings ² 330 331 316 315 320 302
Terminations 323 305 334 330 356 321
Trials Completed 25 18 23 23 14 12
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.2 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.2
Civil ² 9.9 10.1 10.8 11.4 11.9 9.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 24.0 14.0 19.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²374.2
525.8
454.9
424.7
253.3
293.6
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 37.3 43.9 42.1 38.2 41.4 41.3Percent Not Selected or Challenged 29.4 24.1 29.2 24.3 24.4 35.8
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
17 2
79 6
74 5
55 6
70 7
84 6
81 7
82 6
79 7
12 3
54 4
29 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 831 227 18 142 4 28 44 98 65 13 128 64
Criminal ¹ 260 1 68 45 42 30 5 23 7 14 2 3 20
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OKLAHOMA EASTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 640 622 634 654 671 662Terminations 589 651 606 614 643 693Pending 545 532 581 634 675 661
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.4 6.4 4.4 1.2 1.3
Number of Judgeships 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 427 415 423 436 447 441
Civil 335 334 340 359 353 360CriminalFelony 82 68 69 70 76 63SupervisedReleaseHearings 10 13 13 7 18 18
Pending Cases 363 355 387 423 450 441
Weighted Filings ² 406 382 369 399 398 383
Terminations 393 434 404 409 429 462
Trials Completed 23 14 15 11 17 10
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.6 8.6 8.1 8.5 7.3 8.7
Civil ² 8.9 9.8 11.7 12.5 11.3 13.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only)
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²7
1.6122.7
71.4
5.9
122.1
101.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 52.6 44.1 38.4 38.6 29.6 29.4Percent Not Selected or Challenged 49.2 42.9 43.5 34.6 25.1 19.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
42 6
61 3
46 2
68 7
74 8
57 2
59 4
53 3
87 8
42 6
87 8
7 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 540 239 10 92 1 11 11 40 36 2 70 28
Criminal ¹ 95 4 35 1 19 12 4 7 1 3 1 8
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
OKLAHOMA WESTERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,936 1,942 2,044 2,123 1,934 1,936Terminations 1,791 1,930 1,967 2,157 2,054 1,862Pending 1,487 1,506 1,585 1,542 1,436 1,496
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.3 5.3 8.8 0.1
Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 323 324 341 354 322 323
Civil 248 243 253 263 237 239CriminalFelony 58 59 69 64 60 58SupervisedReleaseHearings 17 21 19 27 26 26
Pending Cases 248 251 264 257 239 249
Weighted Filings ² 338 334 341 364 312 305
Terminations 299 322 328 360 342 310
Trials Completed 13 14 22 30 26 23
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.3 6.7 7.9 7.8 6.7 6.2
Civil ² 8.1 8.1 8.8 8.2 8.9 8.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 20.4 16.0 14.5 19.7 18.8 20.9
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²453.9
564.8
564.7
484.0
383.5
332.9
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 35.7 37.9 41.4 30.6 36.8 28.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 38.9 44.1 41.6 29.3 31.4 28.6
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
38 5
80 7
72 3
71 8
55 6
87 7
79 6
84 7
23 1
12 3
30 2
14 1
19 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,431 199 70 345 7 36 36 250 120 14 234 120
Criminal ¹ 344 114 64 36 39 15 26 14 5 4 1 26
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
UTAHU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,325 2,534 2,805 2,435 2,497 2,104Terminations 2,155 2,349 2,845 2,457 2,511 2,288Pending 2,185 2,362 2,339 2,309 2,281 2,102
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 9.5 17.0 25.0 13.6 15.7
Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 2.9 7.0 17.9 20.7 2.7 5.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 465 507 561 487 499 421
Civil 250 269 300 281 286 235CriminalFelony 157 176 202 143 142 124SupervisedReleaseHearings 58 62 59 63 72 61
Pending Cases 437 472 468 462 456 420
Weighted Filings ² 480 490 564 495 507 444
Terminations 431 470 569 491 502 458
Trials Completed 24 20 21 19 23 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.3 6.7 5.5 5.9 6.6 7.5
Civil ² 9.2 8.5 8.6 9.9 11.0 11.1From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 31.0 36.0 27.3 36.7 38.0 38.0
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²916.2
1127.1
1116.6
1378.2
1136.6
1097.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.3 45.5 65.2 57.5 43.8 45.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 24.0 28.8 40.3 41.6 31.1 33.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
85 8
69 4
75 6
23 2
13 2
60 4
42 3
57 4
40 4
24 5
74 7
68 5
57 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,176 72 46 115 13 40 87 206 99 151 154 7 186
Criminal ¹ 621 12 128 215 92 56 25 32 5 16 14 13 13
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
WYOMINGU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 725 786 791 665 642 726Terminations 757 802 760 793 586 745Pending 718 698 726 596 652 632
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 0.1 7.6 8.2 9.2 13.1
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.0 10.1 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 242 262 264 222 214 242
Civil 92 94 131 102 90 96CriminalFelony 131 135 105 87 87 94SupervisedReleaseHearings 19 33 27 32 37 52
Pending Cases 239 233 242 199 217 211
Weighted Filings ² 232 242 239 197 192 205
Terminations 252 267 253 264 195 248
Trials Completed 20 28 18 21 16 13
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.7 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.6 5.6
Civil ² 11.2 9.0 8.5 8.1 10.8 10.8From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 17.0 15.0 11.6
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²165.1
93.1
113.1
51.9
52.0
2.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 45.3 40.7 33.0 40.4 34.4 36.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 44.9 40.1 29.1 35.9 28.3 34.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
9 1
89 8
92 8
40 4
20 3
89 8
90 8
88 8
73 6
7 2
71 6
1 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 287 3 11 60 1 12 13 46 76 3 32 1 29
Criminal ¹ 276 4 87 47 45 19 22 25 4 5 4 10 4
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ALABAMA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 3,247 3,771 4,943 5,052 3,751 2,988Terminations 3,738 4,173 3,186 3,603 3,829 6,335Pending 3,698 3,307 5,066 6,512 6,453 3,137
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.0 20.8 39.6 40.9 20.3
Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 4.9 4.7 0.0 0.0 8.2 13.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 406 471 618 632 469 374
Civil 336 399 540 551 395 310CriminalFelony 55 56 63 66 60 49SupervisedReleaseHearings 15 17 15 15 14 15
Pending Cases 462 413 633 814 807 392
Weighted Filings ² 410 427 541 594 472 374
Terminations 467 522 398 450 479 792
Trials Completed 27 23 22 26 22 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.9 7.0 6.7 6.7 7.4 7.1
Civil ² 11.5 14.3 8.5 8.0 8.6 22.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 34.0 23.5 15.4 25.9 27.4 22.2
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²932.9
1274.5
1473.2
1873.1
70511.9
2238.3
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 44.3 34.3 36.1 35.8 35.9 35.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 42.3 36.0 33.9 30.6 34.1 29.3
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
90 9
75 9
53 8
82 9
77 8
64 7
64 7
8 1
27 5
19 4
90 9
20 4
63 8
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 2,480 289 123 664 21 41 172 267 141 26 558 2 176
Criminal ¹ 385 3 53 12 148 72 11 24 9 27 2 7 17
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ALABAMA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,464 1,456 1,371 1,481 1,402 1,447Terminations 1,513 1,396 1,360 1,347 1,357 1,390Pending 1,268 1,323 1,332 1,462 1,502 1,560
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 1.2 0.6 5.5 2.3 3.2
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 488 485 457 494 467 482
Civil 385 391 366 400 352 388CriminalFelony 81 72 75 72 96 75SupervisedReleaseHearings 22 23 16 21 19 19
Pending Cases 423 441 444 487 501 520
Weighted Filings ² 443 455 462 460 473 462
Terminations 504 465 453 449 452 463
Trials Completed 27 27 25 25 22 22
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.9 9.0 8.1 9.0 8.5 8.8
Civil ² 9.3 8.5 9.7 9.4 9.9 10.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 15.0 17.5 25.0 18.5 18.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²323.3
413.8
403.8
514.4
574.9
766.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 38.8 39.2 46.7 39.6 44.7 55.8Percent Not Selected or Challenged 32.9 32.1 35.6 27.2 35.9 52.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
26 2
45 6
34 5
52 6
70 6
32 2
40 6
52 7
27 5
43 6
68 8
52 7
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,165 91 36 523 13 4 26 95 71 5 224 1 76
Criminal ¹ 225 8 20 36 44 66 2 19 6 10 6 4 4
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
ALABAMA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,291 1,275 1,336 1,392 1,195 1,177Terminations 1,343 1,317 1,249 1,442 1,241 1,299Pending 1,100 1,038 1,129 1,087 1,031 889
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 8.8 7.7 11.9 15.4 1.5
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 430 425 445 464 398 392
Civil 265 264 256 275 232 211CriminalFelony 129 123 155 147 133 138SupervisedReleaseHearings 36 37 35 42 34 44
Pending Cases 367 346 376 362 344 296
Weighted Filings ² 399 408 419 425 391 344
Terminations 448 439 416 481 414 433
Trials Completed 36 26 32 33 17 29
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 6.9 7.9 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4
Civil ² 8.1 7.0 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 16.0 19.5 16.9 18.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²263.9
182.9
284.2
324.7
325.2
234.7
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 37.9 41.9 35.9 46.2 42.1 45.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 29.7 32.2 18.0 35.8 34.3 35.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
45 5
72 8
79 9
16 2
26 2
80 9
71 9
63 9
12 2
15 3
36 5
6 3
38 6
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 632 76 26 192 4 15 18 102 40 6 92 1 60
Criminal ¹ 414 12 99 18 112 94 13 23 6 20 3 6 8
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
FLORIDA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 2,238 2,130 2,328 2,375 2,524 2,188Terminations 2,124 2,166 2,149 2,461 2,492 2,381Pending 1,957 1,914 2,115 2,039 2,069 1,874
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.2 2.7 6.0 7.9 13.3
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.3 12.0 5.2 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 560 533 582 594 631 547
Civil 430 421 473 489 517 452CriminalFelony 101 87 83 82 85 66SupervisedReleaseHearings 29 25 26 23 30 30
Pending Cases 489 479 529 510 517 469
Weighted Filings ² 544 547 574 604 640 519
Terminations 531 542 537 615 623 595
Trials Completed 37 39 34 30 30 29
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.8 6.2 5.6 6.0 6.9 6.3
Civil ² 7.9 8.2 7.1 7.5 6.7 7.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 16.7 21.0 19.0 13.3 24.1 15.1
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²604.0
513.5
744.3
704.3
593.5
473.0
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 32.7 33.7 32.9 34.3 36.5 34.9Percent Not Selected or Challenged 27.0 25.5 22.5 26.9 28.7 28.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
80 8
32 5
25 4
62 8
47 3
47 3
30 4
24 4
12 2
14 2
18 3
3 1
20 4
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,806 113 23 733 37 49 128 136 75 16 433 2 61
Criminal ¹ 259 2 50 9 55 70 5 23 7 18 9 4 7
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
FLORIDA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 10,068 9,782 9,928 9,723 10,201 10,314Terminations 9,792 10,494 10,505 16,029 12,149 10,683Pending 14,123 17,942 17,447 11,232 9,380 9,072
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 2.4 5.4 3.9 6.1 1.1
Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 12.1 7.0 12.0 9.4 23.5 20.4
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 671 652 662 648 680 688
Civil 535 508 526 522 545 565CriminalFelony 109 116 113 106 108 95SupervisedReleaseHearings 27 29 23 20 27 27
Pending Cases 942 1,196 1,163 749 625 605
Weighted Filings ² 616 635 660 653 670 659
Terminations 653 700 700 1,069 810 712
Trials Completed 22 25 21 23 22 19
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.6 7.3
Civil ² 8.0 7.7 9.2 32.8 10.8 7.7From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 18.1 19.7 21.1 22.0 19.9 24.7
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²2512.0
5,38033.2
8,96257.5
3,35435.3
1,46219.3
1,19316.1
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 38.8 33.1 35.0 36.9 37.8 37.2Percent Not Selected or Challenged 33.9 28.5 30.0 26.3 25.2 28.9
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
33 3
14 1
10 1
39 4
51 4
18 1
12 2
15 2
40 8
20 5
21 4
29 6
84 9
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 8,481 880 183 2,380 24 136 1,117 892 446 406 959 3 1,055
Criminal ¹ 1,418 31 392 232 179 244 20 117 42 96 8 18 39
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
FLORIDA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 11,039 12,104 11,803 11,335 11,045 11,467Terminations 11,281 12,023 11,382 11,142 11,345 11,229Pending 6,599 6,515 6,963 7,075 6,764 7,025
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.9 5.3 2.8 1.2 3.8
Number of Judgeships 18 18 18 18 18 18
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 12.0 27.5 21.1 19.4 31.9
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 613 672 656 630 614 637
Civil 450 508 505 457 454 486CriminalFelony 143 143 130 150 136 128SupervisedReleaseHearings 20 22 21 22 24 23
Pending Cases 367 362 387 393 376 390
Weighted Filings ² 583 625 681 664 634 691
Terminations 627 668 632 619 630 624
Trials Completed 29 28 23 22 24 24
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.7
Civil ² 4.4 3.7 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.6From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 15.1 17.3 16.8 15.0 16.1 16.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²3006.5
641.4
861.7
952.0
922.0
1112.2
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 48.7 42.3 47.4 41.3 47.8 49.0Percent Not Selected or Challenged 22.1 22.0 24.3 17.1 21.8 22.0
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
24 1
18 2
18 2
21 3
60 5
65 8
8 1
18 3
22 4
8 1
2 1
4 2
11 2
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 8,746 185 113 1,335 32 144 1,402 1,191 921 544 1,704 4 1,171
Criminal ¹ 2,294 28 523 440 184 697 70 72 22 71 27 82 78
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
GEORGIA NORTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 5,381 5,688 6,405 6,417 6,152 6,063Terminations 5,204 5,431 6,147 6,520 5,983 6,001Pending 4,479 4,742 4,963 4,799 5,002 5,024
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 12.7 6.6 5.3 5.5 1.4
Number of Judgeships 11 11 11 11 11 11
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 16.5 41.3 39.9 24.0 28.9 36.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 489 517 582 583 559 551
Civil 397 428 487 516 480 465CriminalFelony 77 72 81 52 62 67SupervisedReleaseHearings 16 17 14 16 17 19
Pending Cases 407 431 451 436 455 457
Weighted Filings ² 495 538 572 556 555 535
Terminations 473 494 559 593 544 546
Trials Completed 25 23 21 21 19 21
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 11.8 11.3 9.1 9.7 10.4 10.1
Civil ² 6.9 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.7 6.5From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 29.0 27.0 29.9 28.6 32.1 29.8
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²993.1
1012.8
872.4
902.3
932.4
952.4
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 40.7 37.1 41.2 43.8 40.6 40.1Percent Not Selected or Challenged 33.4 28.8 36.6 38.6 31.4 37.2
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
43 4
30 4
22 3
61 7
70 6
51 5
27 3
32 5
34 7
60 9
9 2
51 8
14 3
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 5,116 302 334 971 38 783 370 484 387 174 652 16 605
Criminal ¹ 737 29 211 80 83 151 44 50 4 33 10 22 20
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
GEORGIA MIDDLEU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,549 1,427 1,713 1,858 2,014 1,888Terminations 1,602 1,569 1,689 1,818 1,737 1,810Pending 1,385 1,245 1,314 1,400 1,714 1,830
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 21.9 32.3 10.2 1.6 6.3
Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 5.9 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 387 357 428 465 504 472
Civil 301 274 317 351 376 374CriminalFelony 72 66 94 94 112 85SupervisedReleaseHearings 15 17 17 20 16 13
Pending Cases 346 311 329 350 429 458
Weighted Filings ² 365 342 406 434 443 372
Terminations 401 392 422 455 434 453
Trials Completed 14 16 15 14 14 16
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 9.7 10.8 9.8 9.0 9.2 9.7
Civil ² 11.1 10.1 10.0 8.3 9.3 9.9From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 24.5 17.1 20.5 24.3 25.4
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²545.0
515.2
636.5
353.3
262.1
261.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 43.6 53.0 44.8 47.3 42.2 51.5Percent Not Selected or Challenged 39.7 47.3 48.2 46.7 35.6 42.1
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
61 7
48 7
38 6
42 5
81 9
50 4
65 8
59 8
62 9
56 7
61 7
32 7
7 1
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,497 130 341 530 17 19 47 95 81 18 161 58
Criminal ¹ 341 16 116 49 52 41 3 18 12 15 4 4 11
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
GEORGIA SOUTHERNU.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
Jun 302009
Jun 302010
Jun 302011
Jun 302012
Jun 302013
Jun 302014
OverallCaseloadStatistics
Filings ¹ 1,614 1,607 1,633 1,558 1,720 1,664Terminations 1,497 1,587 1,647 1,669 1,565 1,599Pending 1,273 1,254 1,243 1,126 1,290 1,366
Percent Change in Total Filings Current Year Over Earlier Year 3.1 3.5 1.9 6.8 3.3
Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vacant Judgeship Months ² 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Actionsper
Judgeship
Filings
Total 538 536 544 519 573 555
Civil 311 345 362 374 367 359CriminalFelony 196 156 146 101 153 142SupervisedReleaseHearings 31 34 36 44 53 53
Pending Cases 424 418 414 375 430 455
Weighted Filings ² 500 509 504 487 521 506
Terminations 499 529 549 556 522 533
Trials Completed 14 22 21 23 43 46
MedianTime
(Months)
From Filing toDisposition
CriminalFelony 8.7 8.9 9.6 9.2 9.0 9.7
Civil ² 8.2 8.5 8.3 7.7 8.1 9.4From Filing to Trial ²
(Civil Only) 22.0 23.5 30.0 23.1 22.5
Other
Number (and %)of Civil Cases
Over 3 Years Old ²182.6
81.1
141.8
243.1
334.3
323.8
Average Numberof Felony Defendants
Filed per Case 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.8
Jurors
Avg. Present for Jury Selection 47.7 42.2 41.9 41.1 37.3 41.7Percent Not Selected or Challenged 42.8 45.2 38.0 36.9 35.6 36.3
12Month Periods Ending
NumericalStandingWithin
U.S. Circuit
50 6
29 3
47 7
15 1
18 1
52 6
34 5
37 6
2 1
56 7
54 6
22 5
30 5
Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L
Civil 1,078 70 23 493 13 9 39 105 79 16 134 97
Criminal ¹ 425 4 117 7 71 148 9 34 2 7 12 2 12
¹ Filings in the "Overall Caseload Statistics" section include criminal transfers, while filings by "Nature of Offense" do not.² See "Explanation of Selected Terms."
2014 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense
NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.
