Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 389,226 412,820 580,752 421,860 356,598 448,529

Terminations 391,838 415,199 356,552 349,844 411,149 389,015

Pending 463,672 459,953 683,039 754,843 699,942 757,573

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 15.2 8.7 -22.8 6.3 25.8

Number of Judgeships 677 677 677 677 677 677

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 1,538.0 1,390.1 762.9 855.2 847.9 607.3

Actions 

per

Judgeship

Filings

Total 575 610 858 623 527 663

Civil 412 438 731 484 392 533

Criminal

Felony 122 131 96 101 95 91

Supervised

Release

Hearings 41 41 30 38 39 38

Pending Cases 2 685 679 1,009 1,115 1,034 1,119

Weighted Filings 2 513 533 704 546 474 570

Terminations 579 613 527 517 607 575

Trials Completed 16 17 10 15 16 15

Median

Times

(Months)

From 

Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 6.9 6.9 8.3 10.1 11.0 11.0

Civil 2 10.1 9.9 8.9 8.8 12.3 6.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 27.5 27.7 27.5 31.8 34.6 35.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

67,650

18.3

57,889

16.1

60,556

10.5

73,318

11.4

88,867

15.0

255,132

38.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for

Jury Selection 52.9 50.9 53.3 50.4 51.5 49.3

Percent Not Selected

or Challenged 38.1 38.4 40.8 39.9 41.0 41.0

United States District Courts — National Judicial Caseload Profile 

12-Month Periods Ending

Total Civil 360,793

A-Social Security 14,470

B-Personal Injury/Product Liability 121,480

C-Prisoner Petitions 50,337

D-Forfeitures and Penalties 862

E-Real Property 4,792

F-Labor Suits 13,236

G-Contracts 31,386

H-Torts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability) 29,089

I-Intellectual Property Rights 13,999

J-Civil Rights 43,293

K-Antitrust 420

L-All Other Civil 37,429

Total Criminal1 61,728

A-Marijuana 631

B-All Other Drugs 16,600

C-Immigration 20,186

D-Firearms and Explosives 9,828

E-Fraud 5,213

F-Violent Offenses 2,280

G-Sex Offenses 3,099

H-Forgery and Counterfeiting 124

I-Larceny and Theft 709

J-Justice System Offenses 661

K-Regulatory Offenses 792

L-All Other Criminal 1,605

2023 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 COLUMBIA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,801 4,629 4,412 4,259 4,464 4,467

Terminations 3,258 4,105 3,849 4,135 4,149 4,037

Pending 4,746 5,236 5,748 5,796 6,010 6,402

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 17.5 -3.5 1.2 4.9 0.1

Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 4.6 0.0 16.8 3.3 13.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 253 309 294 284 298 298

Civil 212 263 261 230 262 260

Criminal

Felony 33 32 23 44 26 28

Supervised

Release

Hearings 9 13 11 10 9 9

Pending Cases 2 316 349 383 386 401 427

Weighted Filings 2 272 303 285 295 282 291

Terminations 217 274 257 276 277 269

Trials Completed 9 9 5 7 11 14

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.7 11.0 13.5 13.5 17.9 19.3

Civil 2 6.3 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.0 5.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 42.5 44.8 - 42.7 54.4 48.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

588

15.9

676

16.4

743

16.1

874

20.2

1,031

22.6

1,232

24.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 84.0 99.0 59.3 66.0 119.2 139.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 56.2 56.2 44.1 59.5 57.6 59.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

60 -

81 -

62 -

90 -

87 -

54 -

78 -

84 -

51 -

74 -

6 -

45 -

81 -

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,898 38 40 245 8 33 108 151 189 59 758 5 2,264

Criminal 1 426 3 114 - 70 26 91 17 - 4 32 12 57

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."

2023 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.

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MAINE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 839 943 627 680 675 684

Terminations 773 817 649 807 692 698

Pending 654 784 756 635 621 601

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -18.5 -27.5 9.1 0.6 1.3

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 280 314 209 227 225 228

Civil 170 194 167 129 146 156

Criminal

Felony 81 89 27 71 53 41

Supervised

Release

Hearings 28 31 15 26 26 32

Pending Cases 2 218 261 252 212 207 200

Weighted Filings 2 274 297 182 234 201 192

Terminations 258 272 216 269 231 233

Trials Completed 18 24 9 13 17 26

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.7 9.7 16.1 18.0 11.5 14.2

Civil 2 7.6 8.2 9.2 9.7 8.9 7.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - 30.6 - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

19

4.6

20

4.2

8

1.5

11

2.8

24

6.0

19

4.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 51.9 53.7 75.3 37.2 72.2 56.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 29.4 22.9 48.7 20.2 33.5 24.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

55 3

87 4

86 4

74 2

50 2

93 5

90 5

87 5

15 1

47 1

30 2

- -

9 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 467 80 29 43 2 93 32 35 30 4 86 - 33

Criminal 1 122 - 31 8 33 19 3 15 - 3 1 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."

2023 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.

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U.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
MASSACHUSETTS

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,002 4,054 3,385 3,202 3,299 4,203

Terminations 5,463 5,653 3,067 3,592 3,579 3,495

Pending 6,262 4,664 4,933 4,537 4,249 4,949

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 5.0 3.7 24.2 31.3 27.4

Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 24.0 24.0 24.0 26.4 18.0 18.4

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 308 312 260 246 254 323

Civil 241 231 208 188 200 277

Criminal

Felony 46 59 35 37 35 30

Supervised

Release

Hearings 21 22 17 22 19 16

Pending Cases 2 482 359 379 349 327 381

Weighted Filings 2 308 317 260 250 264 299

Terminations 420 435 236 276 275 269

Trials Completed 12 12 6 10 8 9

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 14.0 12.2 13.8 18.4 25.7 25.1

Civil 2 25.9 19.8 9.1 12.1 12.0 7.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 31.5 30.9 33.1 39.6 32.8 34.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,841

33.7

553

15.2

716

18.6

518

15.0

445

13.9

417

10.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 75.6 58.7 62.1 71.8 73.2 58.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 42.0 34.7 33.9 48.0 44.8 32.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

12 1

78 1

56 1

85 4

78 4

65 3

77 2

84 3

76 3

91 5

24 1

25 1

48 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,596 96 884 219 8 105 203 383 438 272 450 12 526

Criminal 1 392 - 158 23 47 78 24 30 - 10 3 5 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."

2023 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.

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U.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,516 1,642 1,410 1,346 749 722

Terminations 766 765 673 685 666 1,490

Pending 1,719 2,601 3,332 3,998 4,087 3,324

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -52.4 -56.0 -48.8 -46.4 -3.6

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 505 547 470 449 250 241

Civil 400 425 394 354 188 181

Criminal

Felony 85 101 59 74 41 40

Supervised

Release

Hearings 20 21 16 21 21 19

Pending Cases 2 573 867 1,111 1,333 1,362 1,108

Weighted Filings 2 431 488 393 398 231 208

Terminations 255 255 224 228 222 497

Trials Completed 11 11 12 15 12 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.2 9.6 12.0 15.4 13.9 15.7

Civil 2 9.8 9.5 8.6 11.5 10.4 54.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

33

2.2

57

2.5

322

10.6

1,063

28.6

1,845

47.6

1,770

57.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 48.6 66.6 61.8 54.3 40.8 49.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 37.0 33.3 32.0 39.9 27.5 30.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

75 5

85 3

79 2

77 3

70 3

10 1

89 4

33 1

63 2

59 2

94 5

- -

91 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 544 12 75 221 6 15 12 35 38 6 93 - 31

Criminal 1 120 4 71 2 12 12 4 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."

2023 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.

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U.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
RHODE ISLAND

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 914 863 712 705 604 672

Terminations 814 869 660 657 714 716

Pending 933 929 973 1,020 909 865

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -26.5 -22.1 -5.6 -4.7 11.3

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 305 288 237 235 201 224

Civil 231 225 182 173 153 180

Criminal

Felony 58 45 44 50 39 29

Supervised

Release

Hearings 15 18 11 11 10 15

Pending Cases 2 311 310 324 340 303 288

Weighted Filings 2 311 285 249 237 203 221

Terminations 271 290 220 219 238 239

Trials Completed 3 7 3 3 6 7

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.5 13.4 11.3 13.6 16.1 20.0

Civil 2 8.1 8.8 10.4 11.2 11.0 8.6

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

71

9.7

73

9.8

80

10.7

106

14.1

123

19.0

122

19.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 67.4 57.4 41.3 60.5 47.5 63.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 41.2 42.3 61.8 59.9 59.3 57.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

30 2

89 5

80 3

87 5

81 5

86 4

85 3

86 4

85 4

76 3

50 3

- -

75 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 540 68 4 46 5 51 31 77 53 10 135 1 59

Criminal 1 88 1 31 6 5 19 - 14 - 5 1 3 3

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."

2023 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.

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PUERTO RICO

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,656 2,812 1,714 1,951 2,079 2,067

Terminations 2,671 3,124 2,068 2,337 2,287 2,470

Pending 4,565 4,311 3,888 3,550 3,367 2,956

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -22.2 -26.5 20.6 5.9 -0.6

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 15.0 16.0 1.0 24.4 36.0 7.3

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 379 402 245 279 297 295

Civil 159 175 111 98 102 96

Criminal

Felony 178 178 104 129 144 149

Supervised

Release

Hearings 42 49 30 52 52 51

Pending Cases 2 652 616 555 507 481 422

Weighted Filings 2 359 362 241 277 301 320

Terminations 382 446 295 334 327 353

Trials Completed 11 9 4 7 9 7

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 17.7 18.2 20.3 25.0 21.4 22.7

Civil 2 17.3 15.4 14.5 17.0 18.7 17.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

187

9.0

210

11.2

248

14.5

320

21.3

304

22.6

226

20.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 77.7 73.9 116.0 64.6 34.5 54.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 41.3 39.3 30.5 33.5 39.0 36.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

64 4

82 2

90 5

13 1

30 1

56 2

70 1

74 2

85 4

88 4

90 4

- -

79 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 673 62 8 90 23 54 24 68 129 10 128 - 77

Criminal 1 1,038 22 359 67 269 136 41 38 1 15 9 23 58

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."

2023 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.

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CONNECTICUT

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,896 2,834 2,466 2,347 2,267 2,290

Terminations 2,951 2,946 2,456 2,395 2,599 2,497

Pending 3,078 2,967 2,965 2,913 2,567 2,387

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -20.9 -19.2 -7.1 -2.4 1.0

Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.2 12.0 12.0 29.2 5.5 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 362 354 308 293 283 286

Civil 280 263 249 225 216 220

Criminal

Felony 58 62 42 39 36 32

Supervised

Release

Hearings 24 30 17 30 32 35

Pending Cases 2 385 371 371 364 321 298

Weighted Filings 2 361 346 303 287 274 260

Terminations 369 368 307 299 325 312

Trials Completed 13 11 5 10 12 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.3 12.2 16.0 19.5 20.9 20.0

Civil 2 9.6 9.2 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 35.2 35.9 33.0 42.0 40.6 40.7

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

106

4.5

111

5.2

136

6.3

148

7.0

159

8.4

148

8.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 71.1 64.1 66.9 67.7 84.0 83.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 22.7 20.3 6.7 39.8 35.7 31.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

57 6

83 6

68 6

82 5

42 3

84 6

84 6

80 6

70 5

76 5

38 5

37 1

36 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,757 192 31 320 25 38 104 163 208 94 381 1 200

Criminal 1 254 - 114 6 50 34 6 12 - 3 1 3 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."

2023 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.

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NEW YORK NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,270 2,432 2,363 2,089 2,187 2,471

Terminations 2,413 2,298 2,126 2,103 2,507 2,369

Pending 2,447 2,610 2,876 2,892 2,440 2,540

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 8.9 1.6 4.6 18.3 13.0

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 454 486 473 418 437 494

Civil 351 369 385 317 326 374

Criminal

Felony 67 80 60 70 76 87

Supervised

Release

Hearings 36 37 27 31 35 34

Pending Cases 2 489 522 575 578 488 508

Weighted Filings 2 341 387 362 341 372 395

Terminations 483 460 425 421 501 474

Trials Completed 12 12 4 16 13 12

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 11.3 8.5 10.6 11.3 12.5 9.3

Civil 2 9.1 9.1 9.0 10.3 11.7 7.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 41.8 41.4 - 48.9 63.6 50.7

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

167

9.3

174

9.1

237

11.2

240

11.8

264

15.3

274

14.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 31.5 33.6 33.4 32.4 32.6 39.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 18.8 20.8 13.5 18.8 13.3 19.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

26 4

35 4

33 5

29 3

45 4

39 4

50 4

40 3

59 3

15 1

34 4

49 3

64 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,868 417 18 452 30 48 76 83 130 109 371 - 134

Criminal 1 432 1 73 195 47 39 3 60 - 2 4 3 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."

2023 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.

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NEW YORK EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 8,946 8,600 7,433 8,352 9,113 10,506

Terminations 9,263 8,495 7,094 8,428 9,106 9,334

Pending 12,362 12,192 12,467 12,353 12,301 13,370

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 17.4 22.2 41.3 25.8 15.3

Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 48.0 52.2 27.0 22.9 43.9 33.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 596 573 496 557 608 700

Civil 504 495 432 484 537 643

Criminal

Felony 54 48 44 47 49 36

Supervised

Release

Hearings 38 30 19 26 22 22

Pending Cases 2 824 813 831 824 820 891

Weighted Filings 2 559 540 487 545 564 605

Terminations 618 566 473 562 607 622

Trials Completed 13 14 5 9 13 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 21.9 21.7 21.3 26.8 29.1 31.0

Civil 2 8.7 8.2 8.8 7.2 5.9 5.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 37.4 41.7 46.6 51.2 63.8 54.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,465

15.5

1,594

17.3

1,725

18.7

1,890

21.0

2,031

22.7

2,012

19.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 144.2 109.0 116.8 139.1 84.0 67.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 45.6 44.9 49.2 29.7 36.7 43.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

23 3

17 2

11 1

80 4

65 6

14 1

19 1

14 2

63 4

94 6

6 2

54 4

76 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 9,638 347 1,136 408 4 149 1,030 525 1,067 475 1,497 14 2,986

Criminal 1 535 7 108 30 77 131 46 35 2 8 15 14 62

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."

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NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.

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NEW YORK SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 15,104 14,490 13,130 13,359 13,113 13,313

Terminations 13,094 14,971 12,436 13,657 14,652 12,871

Pending 19,239 18,685 19,321 19,026 17,474 17,873

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -11.9 -8.1 1.4 -0.3 1.5

Number of Judgeships 28 28 28 28 28 28

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 52.3 72.0 31.3 40.7 53.5 30.5

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 539 518 469 477 468 475

Civil 457 442 410 413 406 417

Criminal

Felony 53 48 38 37 33 31

Supervised

Release

Hearings 30 28 20 27 29 28

Pending Cases 2 687 667 690 680 624 638

Weighted Filings 2 575 582 535 560 543 535

Terminations 468 535 444 488 523 460

Trials Completed 15 14 10 18 16 20

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 14.0 14.7 16.4 19.3 18.9 18.4

Civil 2 6.0 6.5 6.7 5.9 5.8 5.6

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 33.0 31.1 30.7 36.7 49.7 42.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

2,664

18.6

2,927

20.9

2,792

19.5

3,292

23.4

3,377

26.6

3,522

26.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 75.8 85.6 97.4 72.8 75.3 70.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 52.8 59.0 68.2 54.1 47.5 59.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

52 5

41 5

26 3

84 6

55 5

22 3

27 2

48 4

25 1

70 4

9 3

39 2

82 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 11,676 334 699 882 11 247 961 1,233 958 965 3,635 23 1,728

Criminal 1 848 - 247 18 158 228 68 22 4 21 16 10 56

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."

2023 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.

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NEW YORK WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,625 3,797 3,854 2,952 2,368 2,885

Terminations 3,271 3,784 3,313 3,421 3,019 3,044

Pending 4,309 4,309 4,844 4,385 3,734 3,565

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -20.4 -24.0 -25.1 -2.3 21.8

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 906 949 964 738 592 721

Civil 627 689 765 539 406 540

Criminal

Felony 121 114 102 97 90 88

Supervised

Release

Hearings 158 146 97 102 96 93

Pending Cases 2 1,077 1,077 1,211 1,096 934 891

Weighted Filings 2 592 641 642 520 456 533

Terminations 818 946 828 855 755 761

Trials Completed 16 13 8 8 11 7

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.8 11.3 13.4 13.5 13.8 9.6

Civil 2 13.6 14.4 14.9 14.1 16.2 11.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 62.4 57.1 - - 58.0 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

420

12.0

433

12.2

461

11.4

470

13.4

515

17.6

525

18.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 77.7 75.4 175.4 106.6 108.5 74.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 46.5 38.9 65.2 50.7 51.8 39.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

15 2

14 1

19 2

28 2

7 1

14 1

29 3

7 1

85 6

16 2

79 6

- -

73 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,161 779 28 494 17 39 49 69 111 74 380 - 121

Criminal 1 352 6 123 18 74 47 17 43 - 1 7 4 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."

2023 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.

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VERMONT

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 493 575 443 509 564 1,089

Terminations 502 527 499 538 511 786

Pending 547 597 541 501 557 849

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 120.9 89.4 145.8 113.9 93.1

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 247 288 222 255 282 545

Civil 118 126 115 147 118 394

Criminal

Felony 89 106 68 56 102 90

Supervised

Release

Hearings 41 56 40 53 63 61

Pending Cases 2 274 299 271 251 279 425

Weighted Filings 2 221 278 211 209 255 317

Terminations 251 264 250 269 256 393

Trials Completed 22 25 11 15 13 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.4 11.6 13.7 13.9 12.7 12.3

Civil 2 9.7 10.7 9.8 6.1 8.5 2.6

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - 34.8 - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

38

11.9

42

13.1

36

11.8

45

15.5

47

18.0

45

8.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 104.0 60.1 50.0 36.8 38.7 57.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 74.9 48.1 30.7 38.8 49.1 39.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

6 1

28 3

31 4

27 1

21 2

55 5

74 5

62 5

45 2

38 3

2 1

- -

37 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 788 39 10 15 1 5 11 20 30 5 48 - 604

Criminal 1 178 - 88 26 36 12 5 8 - 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."

2023 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.

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DELAWARE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,259 2,619 1,937 1,993 1,819 1,651

Terminations 2,050 2,434 2,098 2,116 2,193 1,527

Pending 2,383 2,582 2,484 2,401 2,078 2,237

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -26.9 -37.0 -14.8 -17.2 -9.2

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 565 655 484 498 455 413

Civil 537 616 461 472 426 380

Criminal

Felony 23 32 21 20 26 28

Supervised

Release

Hearings 5 7 3 7 4 6

Pending Cases 2 596 646 621 600 520 559

Weighted Filings 2 951 1,115 875 953 775 666

Terminations 513 609 525 529 548 382

Trials Completed 13 21 17 19 23 18

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.5 7.8 9.3 15.4 15.0 10.6

Civil 2 5.5 5.3 6.9 7.1 8.0 8.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 28.7 30.9 26.5 36.5 33.7 38.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

211

9.6

232

9.6

288

12.4

314

14.2

313

16.6

327

16.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 70.6 43.5 45.0 47.7 42.4 35.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 38.6 26.2 53.8 37.0 39.1 37.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

89 6

58 3

32 2

90 5

89 5

29 4

14 2

66 3

32 3

25 1

47 4

30 2

70 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,519 24 28 126 3 7 44 182 50 490 198 5 362

Criminal 1 109 - 43 30 13 5 8 7 - - - 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."

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NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.

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NEW JERSEY

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 20,184 27,017 23,453 23,063 9,998 25,654

Terminations 13,399 13,137 10,721 10,699 9,906 9,801

Pending 24,972 38,764 51,514 63,894 63,988 79,806

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 27.1 -5.0 9.4 11.2 156.6

Number of Judgeships 17 17 17 17 17 17

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 44.4 67.5 72.0 60.5 16.5 29.6

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 1,187 1,589 1,380 1,357 588 1,509

Civil 1,136 1,521 1,325 1,302 533 1,452

Criminal

Felony 41 57 46 45 43 46

Supervised

Release

Hearings 10 12 8 10 13 11

Pending Cases 2 1,469 2,280 3,030 3,758 3,764 4,694

Weighted Filings 2 903 1,051 994 1,003 478 1,131

Terminations 788 773 631 629 583 577

Trials Completed 7 8 3 5 7 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.4 9.0 8.7 13.3 13.3 15.9

Civil 2 4.5 9.8 10.1 8.4 9.8 7.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 47.2 46.3 - 43.3 52.9 50.8

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,555

6.5

806

2.1

6,849

13.7

14,041

22.5

27,140

43.5

39,651

50.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 124.3 92.1 247.5 153.4 105.1 86.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 37.7 40.5 44.8 45.9 41.9 44.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

1 1

2 1

2 1

72 4

83 3

2 1

2 1

18 1

88 5

61 3

28 3

50 4

87 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 24,688 305 17,049 1,242 12 76 512 898 1,077 501 1,479 30 1,507

Criminal 1 775 51 262 36 116 173 31 36 3 12 10 5 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."

2023 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.

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PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 7,644 8,382 7,714 6,918 6,495 8,064

Terminations 7,698 7,425 6,262 7,113 7,081 8,200

Pending 7,689 8,704 10,123 9,892 9,280 8,090

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 5.5 -3.8 4.5 16.6 24.2

Number of Judgeships 22 22 22 22 22 22

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 66.7 58.9 21.0 43.5 48.0 38.4

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 347 381 351 314 295 367

Civil 306 332 325 285 267 336

Criminal

Felony 29 38 20 20 20 22

Supervised

Release

Hearings 13 12 5 10 8 8

Pending Cases 2 350 396 460 450 422 368

Weighted Filings 2 301 325 311 292 270 273

Terminations 350 338 285 323 322 373

Trials Completed 6 9 3 6 7 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 14.0 15.4 14.3 22.0 21.1 22.0

Civil 2 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.6 6.5 4.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 21.1 19.6 19.7 24.4 23.9 27.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,015

15.9

1,507

20.7

1,551

17.8

1,831

21.4

2,370

29.5

2,057

29.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 62.6 59.2 47.0 50.9 59.0 47.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 44.6 42.0 30.9 43.3 44.1 40.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

13 2

67 5

41 4

94 6

88 4

70 6

82 5

67 4

88 5

84 5

4 1

11 1

83 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 7,402 301 208 1,494 1 65 356 1,042 993 278 1,763 21 880

Criminal 1 483 - 108 25 98 87 91 27 2 21 4 6 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."

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PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,162 2,871 3,044 2,817 2,713 2,728

Terminations 3,057 3,160 2,769 2,863 2,952 2,827

Pending 4,010 3,695 3,980 3,955 3,753 3,638

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -13.7 -5.0 -10.4 -3.2 0.6

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 2.7 10.2 0.0 5.0 15.0 24.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 527 479 507 470 452 455

Civil 422 390 424 375 356 372

Criminal

Felony 86 72 70 77 79 65

Supervised

Release

Hearings 20 17 13 17 18 17

Pending Cases 2 668 616 663 659 626 606

Weighted Filings 2 461 418 453 437 423 425

Terminations 510 527 462 477 492 471

Trials Completed 27 20 18 25 26 22

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 14.1 17.1 21.8 22.7 21.9 20.5

Civil 2 10.1 11.1 10.8 9.5 12.7 10.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 34.4 37.2 - 41.4 45.6 52.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

239

8.3

266

9.9

298

10.3

305

11.1

285

11.2

276

11.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 50.0 46.6 57.1 47.5 58.1 51.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.2 35.3 40.0 32.6 37.0 31.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

59 4

46 2

34 3

48 1

74 2

25 3

42 3

43 2

23 2

79 4

76 5

53 5

52 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,234 198 39 783 2 9 57 155 233 59 558 - 141

Criminal 1 392 - 157 23 46 58 19 41 7 15 6 3 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."

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NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.

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PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,355 3,562 3,827 3,629 3,383 3,929

Terminations 3,275 3,323 3,312 3,309 3,594 3,574

Pending 2,950 3,169 3,699 3,989 3,754 4,108

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 17.1 10.3 2.7 8.3 16.1

Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 64.8 57.5 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 336 356 383 363 338 393

Civil 266 273 300 280 283 324

Criminal

Felony 54 66 73 76 42 49

Supervised

Release

Hearings 15 17 10 7 13 20

Pending Cases 2 295 317 370 399 375 411

Weighted Filings 2 304 323 372 354 295 352

Terminations 328 332 331 331 359 357

Trials Completed 19 27 13 16 23 24

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 14.6 15.1 15.4 19.1 21.0 24.0

Civil 2 5.8 6.7 5.6 6.7 6.6 5.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 32.4 34.2 - 44.7 34.2 45.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

76

3.7

74

3.5

78

3.4

106

4.3

134

5.3

148

4.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.7

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 53.2 56.6 41.3 54.8 43.6 69.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 41.4 45.2 31.2 42.6 32.5 32.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

21 3

62 4

44 5

68 2

67 1

58 5

64 4

72 5

19 1

89 6

11 2

42 3

11 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,237 123 426 859 13 26 156 266 227 52 881 4 204

Criminal 1 489 1 270 5 85 57 10 28 1 6 - 2 24

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."

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NOTE: Criminal data in this profile count defendants rather than cases and therefore will not match previously published numbers.

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VIRGIN ISLANDS

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 276 335 306 499 232 221

Terminations 300 245 315 462 304 213

Pending 1,321 1,395 1,397 1,429 1,360 1,362

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -19.9 -34.0 -27.8 -55.7 -4.7

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 138 168 153 250 116 111

Civil 86 91 117 209 70 59

Criminal

Felony 47 72 33 38 44 49

Supervised

Release

Hearings 6 5 4 3 2 3

Pending Cases 2 661 698 699 715 680 681

Weighted Filings 2 - - - - - -

Terminations 150 123 158 231 152 107

Trials Completed 38 43 15 13 10 18

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.9 8.0 21.2 21.1 24.4 14.0

Civil 2 17.2 14.8 14.0 6.2 16.7 21.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

153

34.1

176

36.5

166

33.1

177

34.3

191

44.4

185

43.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 101.3 49.3 73.6 111.7 78.8 34.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 50.6 25.8 25.5 46.9 37.7 26.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

78 5

92 6

92 6

68 2

92 6

19 2

- -

92 6

32 3

43 2

92 6

- -

85 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 117 - 5 8 2 23 2 18 39 - 14 - 6

Criminal 1 98 - 28 44 8 10 2 3 - - 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."

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MARYLAND

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 5,091 4,790 4,503 4,057 4,173 4,347

Terminations 4,840 4,492 3,857 4,405 4,723 4,830

Pending 5,290 5,596 6,254 5,922 5,385 4,919

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -14.6 -9.2 -3.5 7.1 4.2

Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 7.4 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 509 479 450 406 417 435

Civil 410 375 384 338 353 369

Criminal

Felony 77 80 55 55 46 46

Supervised

Release

Hearings 23 24 12 13 19 20

Pending Cases 2 529 560 625 592 539 492

Weighted Filings 2 490 448 399 381 372 383

Terminations 484 449 386 441 472 483

Trials Completed 20 16 7 10 12 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.6 12.6 14.3 19.2 19.3 22.0

Civil 2 7.7 8.2 9.1 9.5 8.7 9.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 33.5 28.0 30.5 45.9 40.8 39.5

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

180

4.4

435

9.9

612

12.4

891

19.3

885

21.1

532

14.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 41.7 49.0 52.7 68.1 45.5 57.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 27.5 29.8 28.9 46.0 24.8 34.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

43 7

53 5

35 3

72 9

67 8

43 3

54 4

35 2

70 8

84 9

59 6

33 5

63 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,687 243 74 729 20 87 280 320 427 147 543 - 817

Criminal 1 459 27 101 15 138 65 23 37 2 5 6 4 36

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."

2023 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.

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NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,958 3,042 3,124 2,702 2,528 4,306

Terminations 2,721 2,997 2,537 2,965 2,734 3,004

Pending 3,215 3,207 3,804 3,518 3,262 4,350

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 45.6 41.6 37.8 59.4 70.3

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 740 761 781 676 632 1,077

Civil 441 468 477 412 409 831

Criminal

Felony 224 220 255 196 151 158

Supervised

Release

Hearings 75 73 49 68 73 88

Pending Cases 2 804 802 951 880 816 1,088

Weighted Filings 2 665 669 721 629 551 992

Terminations 680 749 634 741 684 751

Trials Completed 36 39 29 42 42 35

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.2 9.9 11.6 14.0 16.5 14.6

Civil 2 10.0 9.4 9.6 10.5 11.6 8.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 40.6 38.6 - - 36.5 31.2

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

112

5.3

277

13.8

326

14.2

369

16.6

354

17.5

195

6.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 39.4 32.1 41.6 44.8 38.5 36.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 25.7 24.2 37.2 30.1 27.0 27.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

7 1

5 1

5 1

9 1

9 1

11 2

4 1

10 1

7 1

51 7

42 4

20 2

21 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,322 154 34 798 12 37 44 131 1,560 117 278 1 156

Criminal 1 627 - 249 19 210 61 19 25 - 11 7 9 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."

2023 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.

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NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,853 2,198 1,777 1,652 1,810 1,773

Terminations 1,796 2,185 1,760 1,834 1,833 1,888

Pending 1,736 1,714 1,728 1,550 1,523 1,415

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -4.3 -19.3 -0.2 7.3 -2.0

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 463 550 444 413 453 443

Civil 266 320 297 247 289 285

Criminal

Felony 129 154 104 103 92 76

Supervised

Release

Hearings 69 76 44 63 72 82

Pending Cases 2 434 429 432 388 381 354

Weighted Filings 2 397 456 378 345 366 359

Terminations 449 546 440 459 458 472

Trials Completed 25 27 15 19 20 26

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 6.5 6.5 8.6 9.0 9.8 9.0

Civil 2 10.4 10.5 9.2 10.8 10.6 8.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - 41.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

88

7.7

124

10.5

105

9.2

65

6.5

67

6.7

45

4.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.1 39.9 48.1 47.4 42.8 41.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.7 23.3 27.7 43.7 29.4 45.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

68 9

50 4

54 7

36 3

12 2

73 6

62 7

41 3

15 3

12 2

55 5

38 6

9 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,141 110 18 446 11 15 27 88 47 72 170 28 109

Criminal 1 301 1 99 4 139 25 14 11 - - 2 - 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."

2023 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.

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NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,140 2,177 2,202 1,937 1,865 2,100

Terminations 2,319 2,120 1,965 2,199 2,237 1,958

Pending 1,742 1,797 2,063 1,809 1,447 1,600

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -1.9 -3.5 -4.6 8.4 12.6

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 428 435 440 387 373 420

Civil 241 234 258 239 228 291

Criminal

Felony 118 131 130 93 87 73

Supervised

Release

Hearings 70 71 53 55 58 56

Pending Cases 2 348 359 413 362 289 320

Weighted Filings 2 388 391 396 343 330 369

Terminations 464 424 393 440 447 392

Trials Completed 15 17 9 14 13 19

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.7 11.2 10.6 13.4 12.9 12.5

Civil 2 8.8 9.5 8.5 10.5 9.3 6.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.2 21.8 - 30.4 30.1 32.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

51

4.5

101

8.7

73

5.6

54

4.6

49

5.2

53

4.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 36.6 30.4 36.6 27.3 33.7 37.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 33.4 28.0 29.2 33.5 36.9 34.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

27 4

56 6

53 6

40 4

23 3

80 9

57 6

63 7

30 4

39 5

18 2

22 3

13 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,456 190 105 276 18 17 55 136 69 108 242 1 239

Criminal 1 364 2 81 14 146 42 13 32 5 7 3 2 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."

2023 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.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,857 4,918 5,354 5,117 5,390 7,728

Terminations 4,999 5,063 4,153 4,786 4,233 4,428

Pending 5,071 4,948 6,162 6,550 7,777 11,429

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 59.1 57.1 44.3 51.0 43.4

Number of Judgeships 10 10 10 10 10 10

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 13.3 22.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 486 492 535 512 539 773

Civil 359 359 446 418 443 673

Criminal

Felony 96 90 60 59 59 62

Supervised

Release

Hearings 31 43 29 35 37 38

Pending Cases 2 507 495 616 655 778 1,143

Weighted Filings 2 431 410 441 418 433 590

Terminations 500 506 415 479 423 443

Trials Completed 19 16 9 14 12 14

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.0 11.9 15.0 17.0 16.9 17.0

Civil 2 9.3 9.7 10.3 10.0 9.5 8.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.5 24.8 35.8 35.5 32.1 44.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

444

12.2

451

12.2

447

9.1

561

10.5

622

9.4

1,338

12.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 51.6 63.4 49.0 47.3 51.8 57.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 41.6 43.9 37.7 36.6 41.6 43.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

8 2

11 2

10 2

51 5

37 5

9 1

21 2

51 5

51 6

68 8

38 3

41 7

58 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 6,727 275 3,195 1,014 24 321 280 368 555 37 378 1 279

Criminal 1 624 27 222 20 162 99 16 26 2 9 7 6 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."

2023 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.

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VIRGINIA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,994 4,910 4,328 4,183 4,160 4,552

Terminations 4,745 4,839 3,733 4,575 4,213 4,394

Pending 3,380 3,446 4,035 3,691 3,683 3,828

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -8.9 -7.3 5.2 8.8 9.4

Number of Judgeships 11 11 11 11 11 11

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 19.0 19.7 13.7 17.8 19.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 454 446 393 380 378 414

Civil 315 316 303 277 267 319

Criminal

Felony 93 89 63 65 72 61

Supervised

Release

Hearings 46 41 27 38 39 34

Pending Cases 2 307 313 367 336 335 348

Weighted Filings 2 412 397 359 354 351 373

Terminations 431 440 339 416 383 399

Trials Completed 23 22 13 18 18 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 5.4 5.3 8.7 8.2 7.8 7.9

Civil 2 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 12.4 12.5 - 18.2 24.1 20.7

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

117

4.9

86

3.5

84

3.0

166

6.5

355

14.3

354

13.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 59.0 57.1 54.4 56.9 66.7 63.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.7 42.3 49.5 49.4 40.9 50.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

36 5

57 7

45 4

56 7

45 6

74 7

55 5

61 6

38 5

8 1

15 1

2 1

60 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,511 109 51 1,043 - 21 148 335 267 238 510 9 780

Criminal 1 666 2 192 64 143 111 25 79 - 11 7 14 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."

2023 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.

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U.S. District Court — Judicial Caseload Profile
VIRGINIA WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,746 1,936 1,746 1,451 1,561 1,603

Terminations 1,552 1,696 1,737 1,614 1,645 1,440

Pending 1,433 1,670 1,673 1,502 1,418 1,583

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -8.2 -17.2 -8.2 10.5 2.7

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 8.3 0.0 12.0 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 437 484 437 363 390 401

Civil 316 350 339 265 317 316

Criminal

Felony 77 97 70 70 44 62

Supervised

Release

Hearings 43 37 29 28 30 24

Pending Cases 2 358 418 418 376 355 396

Weighted Filings 2 369 397 349 318 311 344

Terminations 388 424 434 404 411 360

Trials Completed 44 45 25 27 24 31

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.4 8.7 11.9 12.0 15.4 14.3

Civil 2 9.8 11.1 11.7 11.3 14.1 10.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.5 20.0 - 27.9 35.5 33.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

21

2.0

30

2.6

38

3.2

51

5.0

60

5.6

57

4.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 33.1 39.7 49.6 34.4 39.4 40.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 12.8 13.8 25.8 23.3 38.7 29.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

49 8

61 8

46 5

51 5

63 7

61 5

67 8

71 8

11 2

50 6

76 9

23 4

13 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,263 74 14 745 3 14 40 74 101 13 125 - 60

Criminal 1 246 - 135 3 51 25 6 9 - 7 5 1 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."

2023 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.

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WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,451 1,391 1,311 1,081 1,244 1,341

Terminations 1,279 1,407 1,123 1,307 1,329 1,403

Pending 1,179 1,160 1,344 1,106 1,007 965

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -7.6 -3.6 2.3 24.1 7.8

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 484 464 437 360 415 447

Civil 268 286 268 202 243 268

Criminal

Felony 119 105 131 110 119 125

Supervised

Release

Hearings 96 72 38 48 53 54

Pending Cases 2 393 387 448 369 336 322

Weighted Filings 2 397 384 409 326 370 387

Terminations 426 469 374 436 443 468

Trials Completed 17 18 10 15 20 12

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.8 8.0 10.9 10.8 12.7 11.7

Civil 2 10.1 11.1 8.9 10.9 11.9 9.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

45

5.6

26

3.4

30

3.8

34

6.1

45

8.4

42

9.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 52.5 56.5 100.0 53.4 48.2 45.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 33.0 29.8 59.0 30.5 41.2 26.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

37 6

48 3

59 8

18 2

26 4

79 8

52 3

45 4

59 7

34 4

61 7

- -

41 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 803 17 10 509 1 35 10 67 48 15 56 2 33

Criminal 1 376 - 244 6 56 26 11 23 - 3 4 - 3

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."

2023 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.

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WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,157 1,516 1,358 1,157 1,013 1,200

Terminations 37,196 33,236 3,281 1,271 1,141 1,105

Pending 36,168 4,436 2,501 2,374 2,238 2,320

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -44.4 -20.8 -11.6 3.7 18.5

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 2.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 431 303 272 231 203 240

Civil 319 197 202 145 129 169

Criminal

Felony 73 70 43 63 52 54

Supervised

Release

Hearings 39 36 26 23 21 17

Pending Cases 2 7,234 887 500 475 448 464

Weighted Filings 2 356 260 215 221 182 213

Terminations 7,439 6,647 656 254 228 221

Trials Completed 9 16 13 10 11 9

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.6 7.6 9.2 9.6 8.7 9.9

Civil 2 52.7 54.0 62.8 9.6 11.7 9.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - 26.9 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

25,182

70.3

3,005

73.1

1,104

49.9

1,099

54.4

1,103

57.7

1,104

55.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.6 45.1 39.2 35.8 34.2 40.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 21.1 13.3 11.6 5.3 3.7 23.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

17 3

86 9

81 9

64 8

74 9

47 4

87 9

88 9

76 9

19 3

62 8

- -

89 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 847 71 17 358 11 12 18 85 161 1 76 - 37

Criminal 1 270 - 139 3 56 19 2 20 3 10 4 8 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."

2023 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.

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LOUISIANA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 14,253 14,713 3,196 2,343 5,419 7,387

Terminations 7,089 12,253 18,296 10,237 9,406 7,243

Pending 42,506 44,841 29,759 21,877 17,900 18,042

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -48.2 -49.8 131.1 215.3 36.3

Number of Judgeships 12 12 12 12 12 12

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 27.6 10.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 24.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 1,188 1,226 266 195 452 616

Civil 1,152 1,189 243 167 419 582

Criminal

Felony 26 28 20 23 27 29

Supervised

Release

Hearings 9 10 4 5 6 5

Pending Cases 2 3,542 3,737 2,480 1,823 1,492 1,504

Weighted Filings 2 1,029 969 239 184 512 717

Terminations 591 1,021 1,525 853 784 604

Trials Completed 7 9 3 6 7 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.7 12.9 15.1 22.3 19.5 15.6

Civil 2 10.0 7.7 34.9 25.0 70.8 11.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 20.4 19.2 18.8 25.8 29.5 25.2

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

5,350

12.7

14,450

32.5

16,011

54.8

17,158

80.4

12,760

73.5

10,782

61.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 46.4 49.2 27.7 68.7 49.7 7.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 43.6 50.7 24.1 67.1 39.2 40.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

10 3

22 5

15 2

87 9

91 8

6 1

9 2

16 5

88 9

58 8

82 8

7 2

93 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 6,979 28 252 244 1 35 55 5,161 789 26 220 4 164

Criminal 1 353 6 107 18 124 43 12 11 - 15 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."

2023 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.

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LOUISIANA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,396 1,136 1,051 878 1,335 1,894

Terminations 1,262 1,511 1,459 1,137 1,150 1,384

Pending 2,386 2,013 1,612 1,345 1,537 2,044

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 35.7 66.7 80.2 115.7 41.9

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 465 379 350 293 445 631

Civil 378 299 303 250 390 578

Criminal

Felony 71 63 33 27 37 38

Supervised

Release

Hearings 17 17 15 15 18 16

Pending Cases 2 795 671 537 448 512 681

Weighted Filings 2 498 367 320 271 444 678

Terminations 421 504 486 379 383 461

Trials Completed 41 38 27 33 26 27

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.4 9.9 12.4 12.7 15.0 11.3

Civil 2 11.3 16.5 25.6 15.6 14.3 9.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 32.9 - - 34.9 - 36.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

43

2.1

53

3.1

228

17.0

134

12.1

68

5.2

59

3.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 38.5 32.2 40.0 26.0 36.2 41.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 27.4 23.8 30.0 25.6 32.7 34.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

9 2

20 4

16 3

78 8

78 6

19 5

11 4

46 7

12 2

31 5

66 6

26 8

5 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,733 2 20 279 6 12 32 927 271 14 95 - 75

Criminal 1 114 - 35 9 30 9 3 14 1 5 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."

2023 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.

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LOUISIANA WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,192 2,203 2,156 4,888 6,618 2,294

Terminations 2,239 2,267 1,929 2,717 4,296 5,011

Pending 2,214 2,457 2,679 4,845 7,153 4,428

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 4.7 4.1 6.4 -53.1 -65.3

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 47.0 36.0 6.9 0.0 22.2 14.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 313 315 308 698 945 328

Civil 252 249 256 643 894 268

Criminal

Felony 53 52 47 46 41 48

Supervised

Release

Hearings 9 14 5 9 11 11

Pending Cases 2 316 351 383 692 1,022 633

Weighted Filings 2 288 286 277 813 1,125 332

Terminations 320 324 276 388 614 716

Trials Completed 7 9 5 10 14 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.2 9.0 10.1 12.2 12.9 14.2

Civil 2 10.9 11.9 11.1 7.1 9.0 11.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 28.0 39.0 - 35.1 30.8 34.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

139

7.5

433

20.5

466

20.5

460

10.4

516

7.7

557

13.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.4 41.3 25.0 43.8 41.7 37.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 32.5 29.0 26.4 26.7 33.8 27.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

94 9

76 9

59 9

70 7

83 7

23 7

68 9

11 3

45 6

47 7

85 9

24 7

62 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,879 32 56 495 1 33 41 332 430 11 338 3 107

Criminal 1 338 20 115 8 94 43 10 28 1 3 6 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."

2023 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.

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MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,038 1,000 950 807 926 1,130

Terminations 1,041 1,042 876 909 973 1,156

Pending 902 867 942 848 802 778

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 8.9 13.0 18.9 40.0 22.0

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 8.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 346 333 317 269 309 377

Civil 265 249 274 213 230 303

Criminal

Felony 65 66 28 43 65 55

Supervised

Release

Hearings 15 18 14 13 13 18

Pending Cases 2 301 289 314 283 267 259

Weighted Filings 2 332 305 276 260 328 438

Terminations 347 347 292 303 324 385

Trials Completed 24 22 15 16 20 17

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.1 8.8 10.2 10.8 11.4 10.0

Civil 2 8.6 9.5 9.2 11.2 9.7 5.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

9

1.3

19

2.8

19

2.4

31

4.6

26

4.4

26

4.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 35.1 29.8 0 27.3 30.8 34.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 41.5 22.8 0 28.3 21.3 25.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

14 4

65 8

50 8

63 6

73 4

90 9

41 8

65 8

35 5

21 4

5 1

- -

8 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 910 67 12 108 5 8 20 82 103 3 171 - 331

Criminal 1 165 - 29 2 53 37 5 29 - 4 3 2 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."

2023 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.

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MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,327 2,954 2,064 2,009 1,919 4,191

Terminations 2,191 2,279 2,597 2,107 2,166 1,974

Pending 2,130 2,784 2,233 2,123 1,881 4,088

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 80.1 41.9 103.1 108.6 118.4

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 9.3 20.0 19.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 388 492 344 335 320 699

Civil 278 378 273 252 231 613

Criminal

Felony 93 94 58 64 68 69

Supervised

Release

Hearings 17 21 14 19 21 17

Pending Cases 2 355 464 372 354 314 681

Weighted Filings 2 390 479 326 330 307 686

Terminations 365 380 433 351 361 329

Trials Completed 21 27 15 24 35 32

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.9 7.7 10.4 12.0 11.6 11.3

Civil 2 9.2 9.3 7.1 11.6 11.9 10.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 23.7 23.7 27.7 - 32.6 30.2

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

57

3.5

59

2.6

62

3.5

85

5.2

82

6.0

85

2.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.0 46.1 42.2 40.5 49.2 41.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 40.7 42.1 38.2 42.7 40.7 36.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

4 1

18 3

14 1

44 5

74 5

19 5

10 3

78 9

10 1

31 5

72 7

17 6

1 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,677 27 23 556 11 31 39 249 2,408 12 245 - 76

Criminal 1 414 4 180 38 78 44 8 18 - 7 14 10 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."

2023 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.

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TEXAS NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 7,613 7,538 8,504 7,688 7,259 7,012

Terminations 7,270 7,365 10,495 10,214 12,632 7,550

Pending 15,936 16,089 14,153 11,649 6,234 5,672

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -7.9 -7.0 -17.5 -8.8 -3.4

Number of Judgeships 12 12 12 12 12 12

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 47.1 39.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 634 628 709 641 605 584

Civil 462 441 536 480 441 440

Criminal

Felony 138 155 148 128 123 107

Supervised

Release

Hearings 35 32 25 33 40 38

Pending Cases 2 1,328 1,341 1,179 971 520 473

Weighted Filings 2 584 593 649 594 564 542

Terminations 606 614 875 851 1,053 629

Trials Completed 20 18 13 17 15 14

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.2 7.3 7.8 10.1 9.6 9.1

Civil 2 7.0 7.6 13.7 16.7 55.1 6.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 26.2 17.6 27.4 26.8 23.6 27.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

8,385

60.0

8,772

62.8

7,038

60.2

5,053

54.0

433

10.4

430

11.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 49.6 58.4 49.2 46.4 38.6 48.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 36.0 49.6 37.0 37.5 48.1 50.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

74 7

23 6

25 4

21 4

37 3

45 8

25 7

13 4

51 7

14 3

19 2

10 4

50 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 5,279 79 54 1,651 19 138 173 834 621 308 622 3 777

Criminal 1 1,279 73 507 130 246 120 29 67 1 37 14 32 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."

2023 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.

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TEXAS EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,020 4,051 4,301 4,421 4,260 4,222

Terminations 3,879 3,908 3,885 3,940 3,936 3,995

Pending 5,145 5,080 5,510 6,001 6,325 6,568

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 5.0 4.2 -1.8 -4.5 -0.9

Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 42.2 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 503 506 538 553 533 528

Civil 388 375 387 398 386 413

Criminal

Felony 114 130 149 154 146 115

Supervised

Release

Hearings 1 1 2 0 1 0

Pending Cases 2 643 635 689 750 791 821

Weighted Filings 2 581 569 630 666 663 676

Terminations 485 489 486 493 492 499

Trials Completed 12 11 12 14 16 13

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.9 10.2 12.6 13.8 18.0 22.0

Civil 2 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.0 9.0 8.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 19.0 17.8 17.5 23.0 19.0 21.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

239

6.7

260

7.7

254

7.7

280

8.6

259

7.9

279

8.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 45.5 42.9 50.9 44.7 48.6 57.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 38.0 31.1 37.4 43.7 44.8 47.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

65 6

31 7

27 5

20 3

93 9

16 2

12 5

32 6

55 8

84 9

38 5

3 1

35 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,301 64 34 861 12 83 79 358 311 776 315 3 405

Criminal 1 918 28 393 66 191 118 30 24 2 12 4 4 46

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."

2023 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.

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TEXAS SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 15,628 19,046 15,637 15,652 15,151 14,140

Terminations 14,354 17,858 15,384 16,639 14,817 14,458

Pending 13,588 14,951 15,288 14,501 14,876 14,599

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -9.5 -25.8 -9.6 -9.7 -6.7

Number of Judgeships 19 19 19 19 19 19

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 26.1 34.2 5.0 0.0 12.0 26.2

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 823 1,002 823 824 797 744

Civil 353 362 325 313 324 341

Criminal

Felony 375 542 433 418 381 314

Supervised

Release

Hearings 95 98 66 93 92 90

Pending Cases 2 715 787 805 763 783 768

Weighted Filings 2 620 710 603 608 612 567

Terminations 755 940 810 876 780 761

Trials Completed 24 25 15 22 25 20

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.9

Civil 2 7.6 7.6 8.2 9.0 8.5 7.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 20.8 22.9 22.6 22.4 31.4 25.5

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

362

6.1

333

5.6

329

5.8

330

6.1

345

6.1

348

5.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 46.5 50.6 45.3 39.0 43.6 41.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.4 39.4 39.4 29.3 35.3 35.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

81 8

13 2

39 7

3 2

8 1

18 4

22 6

7 2

25 3

3 1

37 4

8 3

20 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 6,476 117 79 1,073 23 282 308 1,401 1,026 329 754 4 1,080

Criminal 1 5,959 15 694 4,345 315 223 75 83 1 19 28 112 49

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."

2023 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.

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TEXAS WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 14,453 16,099 12,315 12,584 13,178 13,175

Terminations 13,615 15,225 12,011 11,197 12,018 13,379

Pending 7,524 8,322 8,593 9,909 10,947 10,672

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -8.8 -18.2 7.0 4.7

Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 24.3 6.9 0.0 10.1 13.0 18.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 1,112 1,238 947 968 1,014 1,013

Civil 268 322 354 344 365 356

Criminal

Felony 735 805 512 518 553 569

Supervised

Release

Hearings 109 112 82 106 96 88

Pending Cases 2 579 640 661 762 842 821

Weighted Filings 2 755 873 820 850 847 773

Terminations 1,047 1,171 924 861 924 1,029

Trials Completed 20 22 18 26 25 18

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.6 5.7 6.9

Civil 2 8.1 6.5 6.7 8.2 7.9 7.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 20.4 27.9 18.5 25.5 29.5 28.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

115

4.1

155

4.9

189

5.1

227

5.6

247

6.1

337

8.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 67.8 46.9 62.3 48.4 51.2 51.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 43.4 39.3 46.5 40.0 49.7 43.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

61 5

6 1

36 6

1 1

9 2

16 2

6 1

3 1

32 4

7 2

26 3

12 5

37 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 4,628 88 41 910 29 154 212 614 508 775 505 2 790

Criminal 1 7,399 51 740 5,828 300 220 49 85 2 10 33 45 36

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."

2023 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.

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KENTUCKY EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,254 2,306 2,038 1,667 1,719 1,664

Terminations 2,115 2,373 1,956 1,813 2,086 1,710

Pending 2,277 2,222 2,316 2,178 1,802 1,757

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -26.2 -27.8 -18.4 -0.2 -3.2

Number of Judgeships 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 410 419 371 303 313 303

Civil 282 254 251 176 191 196

Criminal

Felony 87 120 82 87 89 75

Supervised

Release

Hearings 41 45 37 39 33 32

Pending Cases 2 414 404 421 396 328 319

Weighted Filings 2 321 373 314 284 292 275

Terminations 385 431 356 330 379 311

Trials Completed 18 19 14 12 16 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.8 8.3 10.9 12.1 10.3 10.8

Civil 2 8.5 12.4 9.3 11.7 15.5 9.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.0 - - - 44.1 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

125

8.0

126

8.7

140

9.0

303

22.1

163

16.0

151

15.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 52.5 48.5 50.8 50.0 48.4 55.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 36.7 36.7 31.7 24.9 28.6 32.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

72 7

80 8

76 9

38 4

50 5

81 9

80 8

81 8

63 6

28 2

57 5

- -

67 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,078 97 46 404 7 14 40 98 141 11 130 - 90

Criminal 1 412 1 210 25 67 29 8 37 - 4 6 14 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."

2023 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.

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KENTUCKY WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,857 1,927 1,800 1,719 1,680 1,676

Terminations 1,701 1,793 1,893 1,766 1,745 1,761

Pending 2,040 2,168 2,078 2,045 1,975 1,871

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -9.7 -13.0 -6.9 -2.5 -0.2

Number of Judgeships 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 3.2 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 413 428 400 382 373 372

Civil 317 318 338 284 273 264

Criminal

Felony 78 86 48 75 76 84

Supervised

Release

Hearings 18 24 14 22 24 24

Pending Cases 2 453 482 462 454 439 416

Weighted Filings 2 379 385 348 363 351 360

Terminations 378 398 421 392 388 391

Trials Completed 17 19 9 11 12 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.3 12.0 14.3 16.1 14.0 15.1

Civil 2 9.3 8.9 8.7 10.5 11.5 9.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 29.0 46.8 - - 55.1 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

115

7.6

134

8.5

135

8.3

150

9.8

154

11.1

145

11.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 48.3 50.2 57.3 46.4 55.2 69.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 30.5 33.2 31.0 33.7 39.5 50.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

63 5

66 4

61 4

30 2

63 8

57 5

61 4

64 5

70 8

55 6

66 7

- -

51 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,190 126 32 292 6 17 48 128 168 12 205 - 156

Criminal 1 376 11 165 24 79 25 20 31 1 3 1 3 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."

2023 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.

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MICHIGAN EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 5,383 4,982 4,139 4,080 4,149 4,250

Terminations 5,582 5,300 3,990 4,122 4,531 4,247

Pending 5,512 5,202 5,361 5,356 5,002 5,000

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -21.0 -14.7 2.7 4.2 2.4

Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 5.1 12.0 0.0 14.5 27.2 20.7

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 359 332 276 272 277 283

Civil 275 255 227 202 212 221

Criminal

Felony 62 58 37 51 44 41

Supervised

Release

Hearings 22 19 12 19 21 21

Pending Cases 2 367 347 357 357 333 333

Weighted Filings 2 328 317 259 272 263 275

Terminations 372 353 266 275 302 283

Trials Completed 13 12 5 8 11 13

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.0 10.2 10.2 17.8 15.4 15.9

Civil 2 8.6 8.6 9.6 9.7 9.5 7.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 27.4 31.1 30.9 - 47.0 50.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

330

7.7

382

9.5

350

8.7

421

10.9

435

12.0

397

10.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 63.6 57.8 52.2 56.6 67.8 56.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 47.5 53.5 43.7 41.9 53.5 49.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

50 4

84 9

67 6

74 8

66 9

78 8

80 8

83 9

55 5

61 7

36 2

51 4

49 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,320 119 28 650 27 49 210 419 298 165 756 20 579

Criminal 1 614 - 99 62 199 126 22 51 - 5 7 25 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."

2023 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.

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MICHIGAN WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,360 1,951 2,012 1,899 1,951 2,067

Terminations 2,138 2,025 2,091 2,077 1,995 1,931

Pending 1,703 1,611 1,533 1,356 1,340 1,494

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -12.4 5.9 2.7 8.8 5.9

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 8.3 9.5 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 590 488 503 475 488 517

Civil 432 354 399 359 397 413

Criminal

Felony 108 96 68 78 61 64

Supervised

Release

Hearings 51 39 36 38 31 41

Pending Cases 2 426 403 383 339 335 374

Weighted Filings 2 528 415 403 412 421 476

Terminations 535 506 523 519 499 483

Trials Completed 21 17 10 18 17 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 6.5 7.0 8.1 8.1 8.7 9.0

Civil 2 7.4 8.0 8.2 8.0 6.2 6.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 30.4 27.7 - 46.0 37.0 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

49

3.5

43

3.2

65

5.0

48

4.3

44

3.8

32

2.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 34.0 40.5 47.6 36.4 47.4 37.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.4 41.6 46.3 44.7 46.3 39.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

40 2

34 2

27 2

49 7

34 4

67 6

33 2

35 1

63 6

12 1

15 1

- -

2 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,651 103 8 637 6 15 83 131 82 67 392 2 125

Criminal 1 254 - 70 1 67 38 10 34 - 9 8 5 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."

2023 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.

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OHIO NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 5,926 5,925 4,721 4,205 3,921 4,041

Terminations 4,524 5,386 4,241 4,447 4,365 4,412

Pending 6,509 7,050 7,551 7,298 6,842 6,482

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -31.8 -31.8 -14.4 -3.9 3.1

Number of Judgeships 11 11 11 11 11 11

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 11.3 24.0 44.4 15.0 4.4

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 539 539 429 382 356 367

Civil 408 388 293 231 221 230

Criminal

Felony 85 96 102 98 80 73

Supervised

Release

Hearings 46 54 34 53 56 64

Pending Cases 2 592 641 686 663 622 589

Weighted Filings 2 396 451 391 357 309 317

Terminations 411 490 386 404 397 401

Trials Completed 13 12 9 13 14 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.6 9.0 10.6 11.1 13.3 14.0

Civil 2 8.8 10.4 9.8 9.4 9.5 8.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 21.4 22.0 - 24.4 - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,241

21.9

805

13.3

566

9.1

1,831

31.4

2,943

52.1

3,158

58.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 51.0 48.7 47.9 52.4 46.4 43.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 43.8 39.3 31.5 39.9 40.8 27.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

47 3

67 5

66 5

40 5

17 1

26 2

74 7

59 4

45 4

43 4

45 3

- -

92 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,531 414 100 529 8 46 218 217 198 209 378 - 214

Criminal 1 800 13 323 38 214 95 25 50 4 7 5 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."

2023 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.

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OHIO SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,023 8,006 8,734 7,830 6,388 6,207

Terminations 6,700 3,284 3,160 3,325 3,457 3,249

Pending 4,618 9,354 14,855 19,355 22,280 25,230

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 54.3 -22.5 -28.9 -20.7 -2.8

Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 31.0 38.8 9.7 0.0 7.4 5.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 503 1,001 1,092 979 799 776

Civil 386 881 1,006 883 705 681

Criminal

Felony 90 91 66 74 65 67

Supervised

Release

Hearings 27 28 20 22 29 28

Pending Cases 2 577 1,169 1,857 2,419 2,785 3,154

Weighted Filings 2 453 814 851 779 640 651

Terminations 838 411 395 416 432 406

Trials Completed 31 36 23 28 32 33

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.2 11.1 12.4 12.5 15.2 15.9

Civil 2 41.6 9.9 9.6 11.1 12.5 9.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 32.0 35.1 - 50.2 40.8 47.5

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

268

7.4

463

5.6

602

4.4

1,171

6.4

5,584

26.3

10,695

44.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 62.7 54.6 63.4 58.8 47.2 13.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 52.8 46.4 51.4 58.5 54.1 62.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

70 6

10 1

9 1

45 6

55 6

3 1

15 1

58 3

8 1

61 7

59 6

44 3

86 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 5,450 305 3,029 292 7 82 245 272 190 294 478 3 253

Criminal 1 531 3 165 17 162 78 9 41 6 21 7 5 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."

2023 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.

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TENNESSEE EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,235 2,350 1,779 1,775 1,772 1,645

Terminations 2,045 2,360 1,821 1,874 2,102 1,805

Pending 2,549 2,538 2,491 2,386 2,013 1,853

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -26.4 -30.0 -7.5 -7.3 -7.2

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 6.0 6.5 13.4 12.0 12.0 8.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 447 470 356 355 354 329

Civil 228 241 241 197 201 200

Criminal

Felony 194 201 103 145 133 101

Supervised

Release

Hearings 25 29 12 13 20 27

Pending Cases 2 510 508 498 477 403 371

Weighted Filings 2 480 529 378 406 402 352

Terminations 409 472 364 375 420 361

Trials Completed 10 10 4 9 8 8

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.5 10.6 13.4 18.4 15.0 14.1

Civil 2 12.0 11.7 11.1 11.4 12.0 11.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 28.5 23.5 - 33.3 33.5 31.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

81

5.3

72

5.3

70

4.8

91

7.4

98

9.3

80

7.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 41.0 39.8 40.4 47.8 37.0 40.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 42.2 38.0 16.3 38.1 30.0 16.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

83 8

75 7

75 8

24 1

58 7

69 7

64 5

70 6

81 9

45 5

78 9

21 2

34 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,002 53 17 227 5 9 53 112 156 21 264 - 85

Criminal 1 506 1 244 11 140 43 8 35 2 1 12 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."

2023 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.

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TENNESSEE MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,342 2,076 1,616 1,686 1,840 1,976

Terminations 2,339 1,953 1,681 1,753 1,648 1,931

Pending 1,909 2,035 1,981 1,933 2,125 2,179

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -15.6 -4.8 22.3 17.2 7.4

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 586 519 404 422 460 494

Civil 412 359 332 283 311 402

Criminal

Felony 100 95 32 93 115 41

Supervised

Release

Hearings 74 65 40 46 35 51

Pending Cases 2 477 509 495 483 531 545

Weighted Filings 2 513 474 367 417 480 449

Terminations 585 488 420 438 412 483

Trials Completed 26 27 14 22 19 20

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.0 14.9 18.2 21.9 19.1 18.5

Civil 2 11.5 10.4 10.6 10.8 10.7 8.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - 27.4 - 40.7 32.6 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

49

3.5

66

4.5

94

6.3

85

6.3

104

7.8

87

5.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.2 62.7 81.6 40.0 65.2 57.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 13.8 44.5 61.6 32.4 50.7 29.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

38 1

35 3

29 3

74 8

30 3

33 3

38 3

35 1

25 3

72 9

47 4

- -

19 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,609 27 45 369 6 21 125 159 190 57 405 42 163

Criminal 1 160 3 23 5 68 17 7 11 3 1 4 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."

2023 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.

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TENNESSEE WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,193 2,186 1,882 1,808 1,920 1,766

Terminations 2,079 2,385 1,802 1,858 1,996 1,787

Pending 2,866 2,681 2,782 2,753 2,698 2,680

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -19.5 -19.2 -6.2 -2.3 -8.0

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 439 437 376 362 384 353

Civil 232 242 252 208 235 220

Criminal

Felony 136 124 73 92 84 77

Supervised

Release

Hearings 71 71 52 62 65 56

Pending Cases 2 573 536 556 551 540 536

Weighted Filings 2 402 399 328 335 346 323

Terminations 416 477 360 372 399 357

Trials Completed 31 30 26 23 28 26

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.2 11.8 13.3 17.9 14.1 13.8

Civil 2 8.9 9.4 8.7 10.2 10.1 10.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 22.7 18.4 - 24.4 28.9 27.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

179

11.1

199

13.6

164

10.8

174

12.0

170

11.8

190

12.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 49.8 28.3 61.7 59.6 44.9 68.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 45.9 49.1 51.4 53.5 48.2 55.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

85 9

72 6

68 7

34 3

23 2

34 4

69 6

72 7

15 2

42 3

70 8

9 1

56 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,098 43 14 341 9 11 79 123 152 38 231 - 57

Criminal 1 386 1 110 1 150 41 31 23 1 7 16 1 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."

2023 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.

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ILLINOIS NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 10,328 10,093 9,578 8,316 8,545 18,273

Terminations 10,834 10,930 12,510 8,826 8,872 9,072

Pending 16,705 15,874 12,910 12,341 12,018 21,229

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 76.9 81.0 90.8 119.7 113.8

Number of Judgeships 22 22 22 22 22 22

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 42.0 45.0 18.4 14.8 6.7 29.1

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 469 459 435 378 388 831

Civil 419 409 388 335 355 798

Criminal

Felony 41 39 38 31 23 23

Supervised

Release

Hearings 9 11 10 12 11 10

Pending Cases 2 759 722 587 561 546 965

Weighted Filings 2 446 432 424 378 386 729

Terminations 492 497 569 401 403 412

Trials Completed 9 10 4 8 8 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 18.2 15.4 20.7 22.6 24.4 29.2

Civil 2 7.5 8.4 21.3 7.4 6.9 5.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 38.3 39.0 35.2 53.1 53.5 56.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

4,289

29.1

5,067

36.9

1,570

14.9

1,749

17.6

2,194

22.2

2,489

13.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 45.3 49.6 53.3 107.1 102.6 77.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 36.7 43.3 41.8 70.5 69.6 54.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

5 1

9 2

6 2

93 7

85 6

13 3

7 2

57 7

63 6

92 7

10 1

55 7

59 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 17,548 437 8,348 1,022 2 58 706 910 1,337 1,606 1,530 27 1,565

Criminal 1 514 9 157 21 114 68 65 16 3 8 13 3 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."

2023 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.

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,884 1,808 2,015 1,711 1,700 1,762

Terminations 1,885 1,823 1,638 1,855 1,804 1,889

Pending 1,995 1,970 2,346 2,196 2,105 1,982

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -6.5 -2.5 -12.6 3.0 3.6

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 471 452 504 428 425 441

Civil 346 343 377 319 321 353

Criminal

Felony 75 72 89 57 54 51

Supervised

Release

Hearings 51 37 38 53 51 37

Pending Cases 2 499 493 587 549 526 496

Weighted Filings 2 393 370 427 337 325 359

Terminations 471 456 410 464 451 472

Trials Completed 29 28 19 20 30 26

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.6 12.7 14.2 14.4 18.4 17.9

Civil 2 9.1 10.0 10.4 10.2 11.9 9.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 45.0 37.2 - 39.0 45.1 50.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

91

5.6

77

5.0

125

6.9

164

9.8

185

11.2

191

12.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 27.9 25.2 52.3 28.3 33.9 32.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 35.9 44.3 33.8 41.5 44.8 42.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

45 5

51 6

37 6

65 6

39 1

41 5

62 7

41 5

15 1

69 5

62 5

48 5

54 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,410 103 13 784 3 14 51 58 76 9 236 - 63

Criminal 1 204 5 50 3 55 45 7 26 - 1 6 - 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."

2023 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.

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ILLINOIS SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,802 1,953 1,851 2,267 3,468 4,453

Terminations 2,852 1,946 2,004 1,834 1,707 2,048

Pending 2,450 2,454 2,296 2,726 4,489 6,888

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 58.9 128.0 140.6 96.4 28.4

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 21.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 701 488 463 567 867 1,113

Civil 558 353 353 449 787 1,020

Criminal

Felony 76 85 73 76 50 59

Supervised

Release

Hearings 67 51 37 42 31 35

Pending Cases 2 613 614 574 682 1,122 1,722

Weighted Filings 2 579 395 370 449 637 819

Terminations 713 487 501 459 427 512

Trials Completed 18 19 10 28 20 19

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.0 9.0 11.0 13.6 16.1 16.9

Civil 2 9.7 9.2 14.3 7.8 11.8 9.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 41.3 38.6 - 42.0 43.6 48.8

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

229

10.6

285

13.5

226

11.9

246

10.8

245

6.0

206

3.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 28.5 22.7 69.0 36.2 48.9 39.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 26.2 25.5 18.8 21.5 37.7 29.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

11 2

4 1

4 1

61 4

42 2

5 2

5 1

31 4

30 2

67 4

64 6

46 4

4 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 4,078 78 3,014 534 7 18 54 64 139 3 127 2 38

Criminal 1 234 16 78 9 55 32 5 19 1 3 1 9 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."

2023 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.

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INDIANA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,639 2,864 2,557 2,340 2,328 2,600

Terminations 2,712 2,720 2,645 2,603 2,673 2,568

Pending 2,974 3,120 3,025 2,765 2,416 2,464

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -1.5 -9.2 1.7 11.1 11.7

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 19.0 0.0 0.0 11.2 12.0 3.3

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 528 573 511 468 466 520

Civil 422 477 428 385 402 447

Criminal

Felony 89 80 70 65 48 56

Supervised

Release

Hearings 17 16 14 18 16 17

Pending Cases 2 595 624 605 553 483 493

Weighted Filings 2 469 498 434 411 396 461

Terminations 542 544 529 521 535 514

Trials Completed 14 14 14 19 18 17

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 11.3 13.5 13.0 13.7 15.4 15.3

Civil 2 13.5 13.2 11.7 12.6 12.2 8.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 38.8 - - 38.7 50.6 47.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

194

8.2

156

6.2

129

5.4

176

8.0

147

7.6

128

6.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 29.8 33.4 47.6 38.8 33.3 34.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 32.9 29.2 38.3 37.3 35.8 31.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

29 3

33 5

24 5

62 5

74 5

42 6

36 5

30 3

35 3

57 3

51 4

43 3

30 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,235 307 9 865 10 9 51 242 202 20 413 - 107

Criminal 1 278 - 78 4 113 40 10 25 - 2 2 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."

2023 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.

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INDIANA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 5,844 6,932 5,370 4,902 4,071 3,791

Terminations 4,129 5,204 4,177 4,672 4,467 3,861

Pending 8,679 10,410 11,591 11,815 11,412 11,339

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -35.1 -45.3 -29.4 -22.7 -6.9

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 1,169 1,386 1,074 980 814 758

Civil 1,035 1,260 969 872 746 691

Criminal

Felony 126 124 101 105 63 61

Supervised

Release

Hearings 8 3 4 4 6 6

Pending Cases 2 1,736 2,082 2,318 2,363 2,282 2,268

Weighted Filings 2 991 1,144 850 820 645 618

Terminations 826 1,041 835 934 893 772

Trials Completed 16 18 10 17 11 13

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 11.4 13.6 15.6 15.4 17.0 19.2

Civil 2 8.2 8.0 8.0 12.2 12.6 10.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 25.9 35.9 39.6 39.9 42.2 51.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

227

2.9

1,129

11.8

2,985

27.7

3,810

34.6

5,135

47.4

5,666

52.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.0 41.1 30.0 37.7 34.3 48.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 43.5 30.9 29.3 24.8 33.3 38.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

82 7

12 3

8 3

56 3

89 7

4 1

17 3

6 1

55 5

73 6

73 7

52 6

88 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,457 288 304 1,360 32 9 130 164 258 31 500 1 380

Criminal 1 305 21 101 9 78 24 21 24 1 6 1 15 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."

2023 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.

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WISCONSIN EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,669 2,531 2,492 2,012 2,084 2,147

Terminations 2,485 2,415 2,327 2,167 2,217 2,164

Pending 2,240 2,347 2,507 2,331 2,191 2,182

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -19.6 -15.2 -13.8 6.7 3.0

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 17.2 12.0 12.0 1.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 534 506 498 402 417 429

Civil 419 394 398 310 323 334

Criminal

Felony 60 68 73 64 67 62

Supervised

Release

Hearings 55 44 27 28 27 34

Pending Cases 2 448 469 501 466 438 436

Weighted Filings 2 419 404 412 350 368 391

Terminations 497 483 465 433 443 433

Trials Completed 7 6 4 6 6 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.2 10.4 12.2 12.7 15.9 14.1

Civil 2 6.1 7.0 7.5 9.9 9.4 7.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 22.4 27.2 - 47.7 41.4 40.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

96

5.5

110

6.1

110

5.8

109

6.4

97

6.1

97

6.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.6 34.5 43.6 32.5 28.7 29.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 37.6 29.9 43.3 25.5 26.0 27.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

48 6

54 7

42 7

51 2

45 3

53 7

51 6

53 6

88 7

45 2

26 2

34 1

21 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,669 121 6 680 16 9 138 107 58 98 291 4 141

Criminal 1 306 2 88 4 104 44 13 22 - 7 2 3 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."

2023 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.

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WISCONSIN WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,381 1,353 1,388 1,072 997 1,101

Terminations 1,203 1,327 1,292 1,228 1,191 1,150

Pending 1,362 1,390 1,492 1,345 1,157 1,110

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -20.3 -18.6 -20.7 2.7 10.4

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 691 677 694 536 499 551

Civil 551 551 586 426 387 466

Criminal

Felony 101 93 73 73 78 66

Supervised

Release

Hearings 40 33 36 38 34 19

Pending Cases 2 681 695 746 673 579 555

Weighted Filings 2 583 573 571 457 452 509

Terminations 602 664 646 614 596 575

Trials Completed 18 27 12 20 15 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.2 7.6 7.9 9.2 9.4 9.7

Civil 2 7.6 7.8 7.0 9.4 9.3 8.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 20.5 24.3 - - 22.4 40.5

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

42

3.8

37

3.3

68

5.6

124

11.6

119

13.7

51

6.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 22.5 13.9 48.3 24.7 23.4 25.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 9.7 12.9 19.7 17.3 20.2 21.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

32 4

26 4

21 4

46 1

70 4

32 4

30 4

19 2

45 4

17 1

42 3

36 2

24 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 932 80 12 338 3 13 43 63 60 24 201 1 94

Criminal 1 130 2 49 14 28 11 1 9 1 - 1 1 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."

2023 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.

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ARKANSAS EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,627 2,749 2,852 2,380 2,655 2,427

Terminations 2,485 2,324 2,564 2,514 2,542 2,851

Pending 2,478 2,902 3,206 3,085 3,202 2,781

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -7.6 -11.7 -14.9 2.0 -8.6

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 6.4 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 525 550 570 476 531 485

Civil 368 404 447 343 382 350

Criminal

Felony 133 134 104 99 117 102

Supervised

Release

Hearings 24 12 20 34 32 34

Pending Cases 2 496 580 641 617 640 556

Weighted Filings 2 476 503 482 419 475 443

Terminations 497 465 513 503 508 570

Trials Completed 15 17 12 17 16 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 15.6 17.1 20.3 23.6 27.5 24.3

Civil 2 10.0 10.2 10.9 11.7 12.2 12.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 25.0 24.4 26.8 38.7 28.9 36.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

36

2.5

31

1.9

49

2.6

68

3.8

75

4.0

88

5.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 46.8 41.8 48.5 52.6 35.3 44.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 45.9 40.1 38.5 50.6 45.1 36.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

87 10

38 2

38 2

22 7

45 9

31 2

40 4

20 1

38 6

90 10

89 10

26 2

18 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,750 114 33 979 2 11 52 104 127 16 260 - 52

Criminal 1 505 55 143 9 200 15 12 28 2 16 5 1 19

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."

2023 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.

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ARKANSAS WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,300 1,287 1,175 1,101 1,164 1,075

Terminations 1,369 1,330 1,124 1,128 1,198 1,103

Pending 1,174 1,127 1,169 1,138 1,109 1,078

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -17.3 -16.5 -8.5 -2.4 -7.6

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 6.3

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 433 429 392 367 388 358

Civil 326 294 307 292 287 278

Criminal

Felony 87 113 74 65 82 61

Supervised

Release

Hearings 21 21 11 10 20 20

Pending Cases 2 391 376 390 379 370 359

Weighted Filings 2 360 383 332 309 344 318

Terminations 456 443 375 376 399 368

Trials Completed 10 11 4 7 12 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.4 7.9 9.1 9.5 9.8 10.6

Civil 2 11.1 11.1 10.1 10.1 11.7 10.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

19

2.4

17

2.5

15

2.0

25

3.4

22

3.2

31

4.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 54.7 50.4 53.0 52.0 50.8 46.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 43.7 43.7 30.2 45.1 46.8 41.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

84 9

70 10

55 4

56 10

67 10

71 7

72 10

69 10

70 9

25 4

73 7

- -

11 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 834 137 17 362 7 8 40 78 68 3 93 - 21

Criminal 1 181 - 90 1 36 14 4 23 - 3 2 3 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."

2023 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.

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IOWA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,125 1,130 984 1,023 999 944

Terminations 1,013 1,095 987 1,098 1,026 950

Pending 729 780 774 701 679 678

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -16.1 -16.5 -4.1 -7.7 -5.5

Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 20.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 563 565 492 512 500 472

Civil 239 216 210 211 207 202

Criminal

Felony 212 220 184 165 171 149

Supervised

Release

Hearings 112 129 99 136 122 122

Pending Cases 2 365 390 387 351 340 339

Weighted Filings 2 472 492 430 418 421 368

Terminations 507 548 494 549 513 475

Trials Completed 71 80 51 71 65 63

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.3 8.3 9.7 9.9 10.4 10.4

Civil 2 6.1 9.7 9.2 8.2 8.8 7.6

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

7

1.8

3

.7

5

1.2

9

2.4

13

3.6

18

5.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.3 42.5 41.0 50.6 44.0 50.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 30.6 35.8 33.4 39.8 29.7 47.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

79 8

43 4

74 8

13 3

3 2

77 9

58 9

39 4

1 1

24 3

33 6

- -

15 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 404 66 5 180 5 4 6 27 29 5 41 - 36

Criminal 1 297 3 83 17 121 32 4 18 - 3 10 2 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."

2023 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.

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IOWA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,396 1,369 1,201 1,175 1,154 1,269

Terminations 1,369 1,317 1,144 1,291 1,177 1,298

Pending 902 952 1,000 888 873 844

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -9.1 -7.3 5.7 8.0 10.0

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 465 456 400 392 385 423

Civil 209 182 182 177 179 216

Criminal

Felony 181 195 155 135 136 123

Supervised

Release

Hearings 76 79 63 80 70 84

Pending Cases 2 301 317 333 296 291 281

Weighted Filings 2 428 449 398 367 361 384

Terminations 456 439 381 430 392 433

Trials Completed 45 39 44 51 41 52

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.0 9.4 10.6 11.3 11.4 10.3

Civil 2 9.2 9.5 7.4 10.4 11.0 7.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

19

4.3

14

3.3

22

4.8

21

4.6

27

5.7

18

3.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 37.0 39.8 43.1 40.0 38.3 39.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 22.1 24.5 17.4 19.4 18.9 17.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

34 3

55 8

70 7

19 6

11 3

88 10

53 8

53 7

2 2

22 1

28 5

- -

6 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 647 35 11 271 10 11 18 61 48 7 119 - 56

Criminal 1 369 - 151 6 110 10 5 52 - 3 12 2 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."

2023 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.

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MINNESOTA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,262 3,939 3,475 8,850 4,078 4,730

Terminations 4,368 9,419 3,880 4,116 3,983 3,805

Pending 9,191 3,707 3,299 8,041 8,123 9,056

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 11.0 20.1 36.1 -46.6 16.0

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 28.0 2.5 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 609 563 496 1,264 583 676

Civil 496 449 384 1,147 458 557

Criminal

Felony 52 59 57 41 60 66

Supervised

Release

Hearings 60 55 56 76 65 52

Pending Cases 2 1,313 530 471 1,149 1,160 1,294

Weighted Filings 2 479 473 411 404 468 558

Terminations 624 1,346 554 588 569 544

Trials Completed 9 9 4 8 9 8

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.9 10.2 11.6 14.0 15.3 10.3

Civil 2 13.5 21.8 11.4 7.3 5.5 7.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 30.9 27.2 - 34.1 41.2 38.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

1,336

15.2

1,316

40.0

530

19.0

294

3.9

243

3.2

218

2.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 56.5 58.9 59.2 58.6 56.7 54.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 36.4 43.1 34.1 43.5 47.9 37.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

22 1

19 1

18 1

46 9

28 8

8 1

24 1

24 2

81 10

22 1

24 4

32 3

3 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,901 202 1,346 381 11 26 471 234 171 137 424 27 471

Criminal 1 461 - 190 3 144 40 36 25 - 2 3 1 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."

2023 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.

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MISSOURI EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,285 5,433 3,680 3,183 3,078 3,516

Terminations 3,707 5,188 3,689 3,576 3,455 3,325

Pending 3,577 3,736 3,707 3,345 2,957 3,122

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -17.9 -35.3 -4.5 10.5 14.2

Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 536 679 460 398 385 440

Civil 317 465 281 221 206 251

Criminal

Felony 176 174 146 125 122 127

Supervised

Release

Hearings 42 40 34 52 57 62

Pending Cases 2 447 467 463 418 370 390

Weighted Filings 2 512 658 443 377 373 419

Terminations 463 649 461 447 432 416

Trials Completed 24 25 14 21 20 20

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.9 10.3 12.8 15.0 15.6 15.0

Civil 2 6.0 2.2 5.6 9.2 10.3 6.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 23.8 34.2 - 24.4 39.3 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

66

3.1

61

2.7

87

4.2

124

6.7

125

8.2

92

5.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 36.6 35.0 23.3 35.9 39.6 46.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 22.4 15.8 28.6 23.6 43.4 22.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

24 2

52 7

63 6

17 5

18 5

63 6

44 6

56 8

25 5

54 7

22 3

- -

17 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,005 187 119 467 5 13 89 227 277 40 362 - 219

Criminal 1 1,013 - 291 4 440 91 28 100 2 13 17 10 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."

2023 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.

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MISSOURI WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,144 3,281 3,102 3,072 2,849 2,868

Terminations 3,116 3,165 2,770 3,093 3,004 3,196

Pending 2,704 2,824 3,140 3,161 3,024 2,683

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -8.8 -12.6 -7.5 -6.6 0.7

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 524 547 517 512 475 478

Civil 337 336 337 334 300 315

Criminal

Felony 137 153 131 119 120 102

Supervised

Release

Hearings 50 58 49 60 55 61

Pending Cases 2 451 471 523 527 504 447

Weighted Filings 2 485 507 467 488 411 425

Terminations 519 528 462 516 501 533

Trials Completed 31 31 21 19 18 13

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 17.4 14.8 17.3 19.3 21.0 22.3

Civil 2 7.4 7.0 7.2 6.9 8.2 6.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 23.8 25.0 - 27.1 27.3 29.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

83

5.6

117

8.3

130

8.2

125

8.2

112

7.5

140

9.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.5 44.7 38.0 52.9 37.3 38.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 17.6 18.7 23.4 36.0 26.4 25.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

58 6

39 3

47 3

22 7

21 7

49 5

42 5

26 3

55 8

87 9

14 1

14 1

45 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,891 248 44 418 15 7 105 201 268 37 338 3 207

Criminal 1 614 1 185 10 237 54 15 68 1 17 10 4 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."

2023 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.

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NEBRASKA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,674 1,569 1,432 1,589 1,394 1,409

Terminations 1,594 1,538 1,371 1,504 1,375 1,412

Pending 1,210 1,224 1,286 1,370 1,382 1,373

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -15.8 -10.2 -1.6 -11.3 1.1

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 13.0 18.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 558 523 477 530 465 470

Civil 254 234 235 274 237 273

Criminal

Felony 195 197 171 188 169 134

Supervised

Release

Hearings 110 92 71 68 59 62

Pending Cases 2 403 408 429 457 461 458

Weighted Filings 2 516 481 464 498 453 464

Terminations 531 513 457 501 458 471

Trials Completed 18 20 12 19 12 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.9 9.0 10.6 12.4 13.5 14.6

Civil 2 7.4 8.8 7.9 5.0 6.8 6.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - 22.2 - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

28

4.4

37

5.8

38

5.7

37

6.1

41

6.6

48

6.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 32.3 33.3 36.2 34.5 35.7 35.7

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 9.8 20.1 19.5 16.7 23.9 35.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

56 5

44 5

57 5

16 4

18 5

48 4

35 2

43 5

45 7

51 6

20 2

- -

24 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 820 27 9 187 2 6 25 100 91 20 218 2 133

Criminal 1 402 12 177 35 45 32 13 61 2 3 8 9 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."

2023 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.

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NORTH DAKOTA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 740 773 760 803 793 767

Terminations 805 776 688 697 768 800

Pending 804 781 848 946 965 937

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 3.6 -0.8 0.9 -4.5 -3.3

Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 370 387 380 402 397 384

Civil 137 145 123 116 111 124

Criminal

Felony 156 170 181 215 205 195

Supervised

Release

Hearings 78 73 77 71 82 66

Pending Cases 2 402 391 424 473 483 469

Weighted Filings 2 367 393 406 451 422 408

Terminations 403 388 344 349 384 400

Trials Completed 20 16 17 28 27 33

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.1 13.3 14.3 15.0 14.9 16.5

Civil 2 13.0 11.0 11.5 11.9 13.5 12.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

46

13.2

58

16.8

48

15.2

44

14.8

55

19.0

47

15.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 16.4 44.1 32.2 40.3 40.7 37.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 25.7 31.5 21.8 33.8 29.1 15.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

73 7

63 9

87 9

7 2

16 4

46 3

48 7

60 9

8 4

65 8

88 9

- -

69 10

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 247 19 6 68 2 10 6 31 31 3 33 - 38

Criminal 1 388 - 193 30 42 8 43 47 - - 8 1 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."

2023 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.

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SOUTH DAKOTA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,380 1,414 1,252 1,321 1,289 1,339

Terminations 1,311 1,438 1,168 1,171 1,369 1,350

Pending 1,034 986 1,039 1,155 1,062 1,042

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -3.0 -5.3 6.9 1.4 3.9

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 460 471 417 440 430 446

Civil 105 114 118 125 108 121

Criminal

Felony 201 190 188 205 184 196

Supervised

Release

Hearings 153 168 111 110 138 130

Pending Cases 2 345 329 346 385 354 347

Weighted Filings 2 416 410 415 446 420 447

Terminations 437 479 389 390 456 450

Trials Completed 42 50 38 40 48 41

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.7 9.7 9.9 11.0 11.5 10.9

Civil 2 11.8 11.7 11.0 14.0 10.4 11.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

53

13.0

61

15.1

62

14.6

60

13.4

58

14.5

56

12.8

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.6 44.3 45.1 41.8 45.0 44.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 19.6 20.1 23.7 24.7 23.0 24.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

44 4

49 6

88 10

6 1

2 1

76 8

39 3

50 6

5 3

29 5

79 8

- -

57 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 362 9 6 118 2 6 3 72 59 5 64 - 18

Criminal 1 588 - 140 31 104 11 86 152 1 8 21 18 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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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ALASKA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 680 627 517 571 582 558

Terminations 678 662 403 594 656 519

Pending 712 672 774 760 691 719

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -17.9 -11.0 7.9 -2.3 -4.1

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 227 209 172 190 194 186

Civil 131 137 127 118 156 114

Criminal

Felony 79 70 45 71 38 72

Supervised

Release

Hearings 17 2 0 1 0 0

Pending Cases 2 237 224 258 253 230 240

Weighted Filings 2 238 231 182 212 214 218

Terminations 226 221 134 198 219 173

Trials Completed 11 8 5 11 6 9

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.5 13.2 14.6 16.0 18.6 20.4

Civil 2 9.4 7.6 8.5 9.8 4.8 8.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

53

13.3

44

12.4

51

11.7

59

15.1

65

17.6

79

20.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 64.3 61.0 89.3 41.3 71.0 52.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 31.3 32.8 61.6 23.5 31.4 42.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

76 10

91 13

89 13

43 7

93 15

91 13

86 12

91 13

76 9

78 11

45 9

- -

77 12

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 342 32 6 95 4 9 6 37 55 3 50 - 45

Criminal 1 216 1 97 3 46 23 10 17 - 1 - 8 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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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ARIZONA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 12,718 14,122 8,834 9,930 9,631 11,377

Terminations 9,729 15,167 12,103 11,046 9,593 9,800

Pending 12,021 10,777 7,402 6,231 6,134 6,921

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -10.5 -19.4 28.8 14.6 18.1

Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 37.8 28.8 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 978 1,086 680 764 741 875

Civil 464 536 268 255 240 309

Criminal

Felony 399 427 307 375 385 455

Supervised

Release

Hearings 115 123 104 133 116 111

Pending Cases 2 925 829 569 479 472 532

Weighted Filings 2 703 736 432 504 483 567

Terminations 748 1,167 931 850 738 754

Trials Completed 12 11 7 10 11 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 4.9 4.6 4.0 3.5 4.7 5.0

Civil 2 7.4 11.7 13.9 20.4 9.0 8.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 29.3 36.7 36.3 34.0 39.1 38.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

212

2.4

945

12.2

836

18.1

156

5.1

133

4.7

159

5.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 57.0 57.5 48.8 39.3 42.6 56.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 29.2 29.3 34.8 36.4 31.9 44.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

18 1

8 2

49 7

2 1

5 2

36 5

22 3

9 2

63 6

4 2

38 7

31 3

15 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 4,023 281 132 1,735 27 22 279 312 229 118 471 5 412

Criminal 1 5,913 5 551 4,755 214 49 126 66 - 13 23 60 51

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."

2023 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.

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CALIFORNIA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 9,077 9,645 10,313 10,990 10,090 7,569

Terminations 7,910 7,990 9,238 10,987 8,936 7,606

Pending 10,344 11,961 13,036 13,012 14,246 14,237

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -16.6 -21.5 -26.6 -31.1 -25.0

Number of Judgeships 14 14 14 14 14 14

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.7 55.5 17.8

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 648 689 737 785 721 541

Civil 558 591 670 708 648 466

Criminal

Felony 43 53 28 36 24 30

Supervised

Release

Hearings 48 45 38 41 49 45

Pending Cases 2 739 854 931 929 1,018 1,017

Weighted Filings 2 637 592 662 816 620 486

Terminations 565 571 660 785 638 543

Trials Completed 11 9 5 8 9 8

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 15.8 12.4 13.3 16.1 18.9 20.7

Civil 2 7.6 8.5 11.3 8.9 8.4 6.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 29.2 22.3 37.6 30.9 32.9 48.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

834

9.1

1,689

15.9

1,039

8.7

1,050

8.9

1,445

11.0

2,859

21.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 65.1 78.6 88.9 60.0 66.3 59.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 31.1 55.5 60.2 42.2 45.8 36.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

93 15

29 6

21 3

85 13

33 8

12 2

31 5

25 5

81 11

82 13

22 5

47 6

80 13

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 6,521 205 631 993 7 128 437 592 662 591 761 40 1,474

Criminal 1 418 5 187 2 68 84 21 14 - 13 4 9 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."

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CALIFORNIA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 5,861 5,128 4,859 4,820 4,557 5,301

Terminations 5,768 5,195 4,544 4,488 4,726 5,344

Pending 7,448 7,403 7,704 8,030 7,845 7,801

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -9.6 3.4 9.1 10.0 16.3

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.5 22.9 24.0 20.5 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 977 855 810 803 760 884

Civil 820 713 711 695 639 781

Criminal

Felony 94 95 64 68 69 51

Supervised

Release

Hearings 63 47 36 41 52 52

Pending Cases 2 1,241 1,234 1,284 1,338 1,308 1,300

Weighted Filings 2 822 745 700 695 673 723

Terminations 961 866 757 748 788 891

Trials Completed 15 13 6 8 18 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 19.4 19.2 20.8 24.1 32.7 30.3

Civil 2 7.8 10.0 9.5 10.0 11.3 10.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 45.8 32.2 - - 57.2 68.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

738

13.1

741

13.3

874

14.9

987

16.3

1,088

18.7

1,096

18.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 41.3 41.1 52.0 62.8 56.9 41.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 34.5 36.7 45.8 40.0 49.2 39.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

20 3

7 1

7 1

65 8

28 6

7 1

8 1

4 1

38 2

93 15

70 11

57 8

74 11

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 4,684 459 57 2,130 12 61 175 304 226 145 679 6 430

Criminal 1 305 - 126 8 61 33 26 21 1 7 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."

2023 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.

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CALIFORNIA CENTRAL

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 18,102 18,125 18,207 15,853 15,495 17,436

Terminations 16,232 17,648 17,388 17,255 15,881 17,358

Pending 14,273 14,695 15,310 13,879 13,491 13,547

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -3.7 -3.8 -4.2 10.0 12.5

Number of Judgeships 28 28 28 28 28 28

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 73.9 101.9 108.3 92.9 79.5 28.7

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 647 647 650 566 553 623

Civil 557 564 594 505 495 563

Criminal

Felony 58 53 36 37 35 32

Supervised

Release

Hearings 31 30 19 24 24 27

Pending Cases 2 510 525 547 496 482 484

Weighted Filings 2 650 692 716 607 562 616

Terminations 580 630 621 616 567 620

Trials Completed 12 10 4 8 9 11

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.3 13.8 16.7 19.0 20.2 21.3

Civil 2 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 21.5 22.3 20.0 24.2 22.9 29.7

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

564

5.2

597

5.3

667

5.6

903

8.6

975

9.4

984

9.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 44.3 56.7 58.4 58.1 64.2 59.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 45.4 54.0 59.6 54.6 58.0 60.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

28 4

21 3

17 2

82 12

58 12

44 7

18 2

15 3

63 6

83 14

3 1

15 1

42 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 15,767 919 249 1,162 12 455 671 1,664 1,104 1,319 3,960 8 4,244

Criminal 1 890 1 272 12 161 211 55 42 4 30 10 19 73

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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 10,366 9,437 7,969 7,854 7,314 7,133

Terminations 8,839 8,580 7,188 7,856 7,513 7,516

Pending 5,962 6,376 6,789 6,366 5,763 5,069

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -31.2 -24.4 -10.5 -9.2 -2.5

Number of Judgeships 13 13 13 13 13 13

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 36.8 58.5 57.0 73.2 43.8 15.6

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 797 726 613 604 563 549

Civil 240 211 212 177 171 192

Criminal

Felony 464 412 312 324 271 247

Supervised

Release

Hearings 93 103 89 103 120 110

Pending Cases 2 459 490 522 490 443 390

Weighted Filings 2 651 615 598 585 474 454

Terminations 680 660 553 604 578 578

Trials Completed 17 13 5 8 10 9

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 4.5 4.4 6.0 8.0 7.4 6.5

Civil 2 6.4 6.2 6.2 7.8 8.2 5.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 34.4 27.2 37.0 29.4 45.4 40.2

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

525

17.8

682

24.8

755

25.0

575

24.0

427

18.8

315

15.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 51.7 51.8 57.7 68.3 58.2 51.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 42.8 40.2 50.7 52.8 41.4 39.5

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

69 9

27 5

78 11

5 2

6 3

63 10

37 7

17 4

76 9

6 3

12 2

35 4

66 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,491 156 67 422 3 37 99 341 235 162 382 3 584

Criminal 1 3,207 4 1,372 1,519 40 89 27 40 2 12 28 35 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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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HAWAII

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 845 1,096 942 850 821 901

Terminations 871 1,013 875 964 865 807

Pending 883 962 1,021 906 861 952

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 6.6 -17.8 -4.4 6.0 9.7

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 211 274 236 213 205 225

Civil 133 178 156 134 146 165

Criminal

Felony 44 55 43 47 33 29

Supervised

Release

Hearings 35 41 36 32 27 32

Pending Cases 2 221 241 255 227 215 238

Weighted Filings 2 201 251 222 216 202 211

Terminations 218 253 219 241 216 202

Trials Completed 14 13 7 9 11 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 11.6 10.6 9.7 11.7 16.6 16.6

Civil 2 9.9 7.6 7.3 9.3 9.0 6.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.6 - - - 37.8 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

31

5.9

41

7.1

48

8.0

49

9.6

51

10.6

53

9.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 80.0 100.6 69.4 53.1 54.5 56.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 37.5 59.8 35.2 46.5 42.4 46.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

35 6

88 12

83 12

87 14

50 11

92 14

88 13

89 12

88 13

66 8

13 3

- -

42 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 660 37 4 72 3 93 24 58 87 59 148 1 74

Criminal 1 114 - 64 - 11 9 5 10 1 - 3 2 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."

2023 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.

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IDAHO

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,139 1,076 1,011 1,014 948 1,113

Terminations 1,053 1,102 1,013 956 1,015 1,043

Pending 1,141 1,110 1,099 1,159 1,090 1,162

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -2.3 3.4 10.1 9.8 17.4

Number of Judgeships 2 2 2 2 2 2

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 12.0 4.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 570 538 506 507 474 557

Civil 296 269 304 267 270 302

Criminal

Felony 225 212 134 172 135 179

Supervised

Release

Hearings 49 58 68 69 70 76

Pending Cases 2 571 555 550 580 545 581

Weighted Filings 2 561 524 464 491 438 539

Terminations 527 551 507 478 508 522

Trials Completed 15 16 16 15 22 14

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.6 9.1 10.4 12.1 11.8 11.5

Civil 2 10.1 10.3 12.1 14.3 11.3 11.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

66

9.3

68

10.4

77

11.2

90

13.3

93

13.7

92

13.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 37.6 37.0 46.6 60.3 44.5 43.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 26.6 26.4 39.9 23.1 36.8 26.9

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

19 2

25 4

51 8

8 3

14 4

27 4

26 4

28 7

51 4

33 5

82 12

- -

60 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 603 48 14 220 1 3 21 55 48 13 118 1 61

Criminal 1 358 - 193 42 33 18 10 44 1 5 2 5 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."

2023 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.

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MONTANA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,377 1,283 1,257 1,237 1,268 1,143

Terminations 1,405 1,251 1,156 1,305 1,227 1,057

Pending 1,012 1,048 1,152 1,080 1,113 1,221

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -17.0 -10.9 -9.1 -7.6 -9.9

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 459 428 419 412 423 381

Civil 240 199 218 202 211 196

Criminal

Felony 143 133 116 116 129 135

Supervised

Release

Hearings 76 95 85 94 82 49

Pending Cases 2 337 349 384 360 371 407

Weighted Filings 2 412 388 393 371 405 396

Terminations 468 417 385 435 409 352

Trials Completed 33 57 48 44 57 46

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.7 7.7 9.2 8.8 8.4 8.5

Civil 2 11.1 9.9 9.6 10.9 10.9 11.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - 19.3 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

56

9.2

62

9.8

69

9.7

73

11.0

84

12.6

83

12.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 42.2 42.7 38.0 40.5 37.1 41.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 28.2 29.1 32.3 37.0 30.8 32.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

90 13

64 11

76 10

15 4

32 7

59 9

49 10

75 11

3 1

10 4

85 13

- -

55 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 589 28 17 238 4 21 13 94 60 2 64 - 48

Criminal 1 406 2 171 4 108 23 49 31 - 5 1 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."

2023 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.

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NEVADA

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,831 3,692 3,688 3,435 3,294 3,290

Terminations 4,182 4,284 3,745 3,878 3,564 3,352

Pending 5,754 5,167 5,129 4,697 4,400 4,372

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -14.1 -10.9 -10.8 -4.2 -0.1

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 18.1 24.0 24.0 24.0 14.7 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 547 527 527 491 471 470

Civil 425 428 442 402 395 399

Criminal

Felony 79 59 54 52 45 35

Supervised

Release

Hearings 43 41 31 37 30 37

Pending Cases 2 822 738 733 671 629 625

Weighted Filings 2 497 470 473 455 432 416

Terminations 597 612 535 554 509 479

Trials Completed 14 18 11 14 11 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 12.5 14.1 17.5 19.0 19.5 20.5

Civil 2 9.9 11.8 10.4 8.2 8.3 9.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 42.1 44.8 40.2 47.9 52.0 59.8

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

592

13.0

694

17.0

616

15.5

577

16.2

622

18.3

610

17.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 51.9 61.8 36.9 51.7 52.8 31.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 28.9 26.1 39.2 29.1 38.7 51.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

62 7

44 9

30 5

81 11

39 9

24 3

45 8

38 9

70 8

79 12

57 10

56 7

71 10

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 2,792 105 28 851 5 55 78 353 368 58 529 1 361

Criminal 1 241 - 60 56 53 23 18 19 1 5 2 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."

2023 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.

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OREGON

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,419 3,271 3,157 2,919 2,969 2,835

Terminations 3,053 3,167 2,840 2,892 3,335 2,951

Pending 3,301 3,351 3,627 3,633 3,289 3,162

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -17.1 -13.3 -10.2 -2.9 -4.5

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 12.0 1.5

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 570 545 526 487 495 473

Civil 375 351 380 320 336 332

Criminal

Felony 104 109 80 91 86 74

Supervised

Release

Hearings 91 85 67 76 74 67

Pending Cases 2 550 559 605 606 548 527

Weighted Filings 2 463 447 434 429 435 412

Terminations 509 528 473 482 556 492

Trials Completed 8 10 5 8 11 8

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 13.4 12.2 13.8 17.1 19.9 19.7

Civil 2 11.0 11.7 11.9 12.1 13.4 11.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 25.0 34.9 - - 44.3 43.3

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

177

7.0

204

8.1

198

7.1

289

10.6

264

11.1

238

10.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 36.8 37.9 41.1 43.3 36.2 35.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 24.4 32.2 33.7 30.4 24.9 13.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

77 11

42 8

43 6

39 5

15 5

37 6

46 9

34 8

81 11

75 10

85 13

40 5

47 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,989 298 28 507 21 28 70 209 152 23 453 1 199

Criminal 1 446 4 230 16 74 45 22 31 3 3 4 5 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."

2023 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.

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WASHINGTON EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,043 2,271 1,977 1,857 1,946 1,636

Terminations 1,998 2,274 1,860 1,954 1,877 1,812

Pending 1,260 1,259 1,359 1,251 1,319 1,133

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -19.9 -28.0 -17.2 -11.9 -15.9

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.6 8.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 511 568 494 464 487 409

Civil 252 317 313 241 229 205

Criminal

Felony 102 95 72 70 89 73

Supervised

Release

Hearings 157 156 110 154 169 132

Pending Cases 2 315 315 340 313 330 283

Weighted Filings 2 298 299 281 243 275 268

Terminations 500 569 465 489 469 453

Trials Completed 11 17 9 12 13 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.8 11.0 12.7 17.3 16.0 15.8

Civil 2 9.9 8.6 7.6 8.8 9.3 7.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

49

6.0

42

5.0

42

4.6

49

6.3

50

6.6

47

7.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 61.0 41.5 31.5 36.4 58.7 40.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 47.1 21.2 34.9 17.6 30.7 21.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

92 14

59 10

72 9

40 6

1 1

87 12

83 11

49 10

38 2

60 7

34 6

- -

32 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 819 290 12 165 5 14 9 74 44 8 93 1 104

Criminal 1 290 - 134 22 46 14 24 26 2 2 16 - 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."

2023 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.

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WASHINGTON WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,853 3,972 3,575 3,162 3,323 3,667

Terminations 3,755 3,765 3,139 3,758 3,213 3,660

Pending 2,971 3,135 3,541 2,943 3,059 3,060

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -4.8 -7.7 2.6 16.0 10.4

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 36.0 46.0 60.0 54.0 22.3 10.8

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 550 567 511 452 475 524

Civil 431 474 439 379 402 450

Criminal

Felony 73 49 48 40 34 38

Supervised

Release

Hearings 47 44 24 33 38 35

Pending Cases 2 424 448 506 420 437 437

Weighted Filings 2 485 469 445 421 425 481

Terminations 536 538 448 537 459 523

Trials Completed 14 13 7 12 13 12

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.3 9.7 11.9 15.8 17.1 18.4

Civil 2 7.4 7.1 7.4 8.7 7.0 6.2

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 19.4 19.2 23.1 26.9 30.1 30.8

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

85

3.7

73

2.9

108

3.9

137

6.1

154

6.4

148

6.1

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 39.6 36.2 37.8 58.0 41.4 37.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 31.6 27.7 30.3 38.2 29.5 26.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

32 5

32 7

23 4

78 10

42 10

52 8

32 6

27 6

59 5

70 9

15 4

18 2

24 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,152 543 40 397 4 47 203 442 282 187 525 13 469

Criminal 1 268 2 100 6 37 48 8 37 - 3 8 7 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."

2023 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.

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GUAM

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 84 234 120 116 101 100

Terminations 104 123 117 137 108 78

Pending 263 386 393 371 356 373

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 19.0 -57.3 -16.7 -13.8 -1.0

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 84 234 120 116 101 100

Civil 46 153 50 29 31 27

Criminal

Felony 38 57 33 37 32 47

Supervised

Release

Hearings 0 24 37 50 38 26

Pending Cases 2 263 386 393 371 356 373

Weighted Filings 2 - - - - - -

Terminations 104 123 117 137 108 78

Trials Completed 6 12 14 10 4 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 17.6 14.5 14.0 18.4 15.2 13.6

Civil 2 17.1 15.8 12.6 9.6 13.6 8.1

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

17

9.2

16

5.3

119

37.4

136

45.6

247

85.8

255

88.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 376.8 58.0 0 234.4 655.0 100.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 76.9 54.0 100.0 71.3 82.0 70.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

66 8

93 14

93 14

71 9

61 13

68 11

- -

93 14

88 13

40 6

42 8

- -

94 15

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 27 - - 2 - 1 - 1 6 - 14 1 2

Criminal 1 47 - 21 1 5 3 1 3 - 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."

2023 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.

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NORTHERN MARIANAS

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 57 49 58 57 61 56

Terminations 62 48 35 58 42 71

Pending 75 79 102 101 121 105

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -1.8 14.3 -3.4 -1.8 -8.2

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

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 57 49 58 57 61 56

Civil 30 26 37 38 20 18

Criminal

Felony 19 19 18 17 33 28

Supervised

Release

Hearings 8 4 3 2 8 10

Pending Cases 2 75 79 102 101 121 105

Weighted Filings 2 - - - - - -

Terminations 62 48 35 58 42 71

Trials Completed 5 5 9 6 12 6

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.6 8.0 16.1 6.9 10.2 3.4

Civil 2 19.5 12.5 6.1 7.0 12.7 22.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

17

43.6

15

41.7

15

27.8

18

30.5

19

33.3

16

31.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.0 2.4 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 0 45.0 105.3 61.0 130.5 58.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 0 8.9 61.1 9.8 55.6 12.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

86 12

94 15

94 15

90 15

85 14

94 15

- -

94 15

88 13

1 1

93 15

- -

84 14

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 18 - - 4 - - 3 6 2 - - - 3

Criminal 1 28 - 4 14 - 5 - 1 - - - - 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."

2023 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.

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COLORADO

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 4,078 4,441 4,371 4,073 3,904 4,073

Terminations 3,943 4,133 4,072 4,137 4,064 3,990

Pending 3,352 3,660 3,947 3,841 3,655 3,744

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -0.1 -8.3 -6.8 4.3

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 3.3 13.1 12.0 15.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 583 634 624 582 558 582

Civil 477 530 547 495 480 495

Criminal

Felony 85 82 59 60 54 62

Supervised

Release

Hearings 21 22 18 26 23 25

Pending Cases 2 479 523 564 549 522 535

Weighted Filings 2 583 660 641 599 564 598

Terminations 563 590 582 591 581 570

Trials Completed 20 17 10 16 17 15

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.0 10.6 11.8 16.3 14.7 14.2

Civil 2 8.1 7.4 7.6 8.5 8.6 8.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 29.9 32.2 41.6 33.1 35.9 28.9

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

88

3.3

105

3.5

120

3.7

173

5.5

179

6.0

223

7.2

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 40.3 35.7 49.4 35.6 39.6 37.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 40.6 26.5 44.0 37.5 34.4 40.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

42 2

24 1

20 1

51 6

62 8

35 2

20 1

20 1

45 5

47 6

47 2

13 1

32 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 3,468 161 32 833 28 30 153 649 279 278 711 6 308

Criminal 1 433 7 150 31 115 31 55 12 1 5 7 2 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."

2023 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.

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KANSAS

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,305 2,335 2,026 1,967 1,810 1,837

Terminations 2,199 2,989 2,109 2,237 2,093 1,863

Pending 2,869 2,195 2,102 1,832 1,578 1,561

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -20.3 -21.3 -9.3 -6.6 1.5

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 24.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 24.0 20.9

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 384 389 338 328 302 306

Civil 255 256 245 218 205 208

Criminal

Felony 85 89 58 66 60 62

Supervised

Release

Hearings 45 44 35 44 37 36

Pending Cases 2 478 366 350 305 263 260

Weighted Filings 2 348 354 303 301 282 291

Terminations 367 498 352 373 349 311

Trials Completed 21 22 13 13 13 17

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 11.0 11.4 15.6 17.9 15.8 13.6

Civil 2 7.5 22.0 8.4 8.1 8.3 7.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 24.5 26.9 26.7 37.5 25.9 37.6

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

826

37.7

85

5.6

63

4.6

98

8.5

113

12.2

57

6.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 44.1 41.3 30.5 41.8 44.0 32.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 38.0 33.1 40.0 51.6 35.3 27.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

52 5

79 7

71 4

51 6

41 5

89 8

78 7

81 7

35 3

40 5

30 1

29 2

28 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,248 83 19 295 25 21 61 152 195 16 285 - 96

Criminal 1 371 5 133 15 85 33 25 27 3 8 20 5 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."

2023 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.

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NEW MEXICO

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 6,100 6,572 4,128 3,770 3,711 3,769

Terminations 5,983 6,205 4,149 3,545 4,251 3,898

Pending 3,026 3,368 3,248 3,464 2,880 2,769

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -38.2 -42.7 -8.7 1.6

Number of Judgeships 7 7 7 7 7 7

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 15.9 30.0 24.0 24.0 12.0 1.4

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 871 939 590 539 530 538

Civil 179 176 197 177 141 168

Criminal

Felony 599 673 307 266 280 251

Supervised

Release

Hearings 94 89 86 95 109 119

Pending Cases 2 432 481 464 495 411 396

Weighted Filings 2 536 586 431 398 361 361

Terminations 855 886 593 506 607 557

Trials Completed 16 16 9 13 12 12

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 1.0 1.2 2.7 5.3 4.4 4.0

Civil 2 10.7 9.5 9.1 10.0 11.6 9.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - 29.6 - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

75

5.8

99

7.4

118

8.2

138

9.6

129

10.7

143

11.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 60.7 53.4 63.5 67.8 59.0 70.1

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 27.1 30.6 29.5 36.1 25.7 30.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

51 4

30 2

82 6

4 1

4 1

61 4

60 5

22 2

59 6

2 1

66 6

- -

53 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,174 136 19 306 18 23 47 161 157 7 211 - 89

Criminal 1 1,759 1 198 1,252 114 8 99 40 - 2 13 16 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."

2023 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.

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OKLAHOMA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,132 1,284 1,254 1,406 1,265 1,243

Terminations 1,030 1,161 979 1,235 1,288 1,290

Pending 918 1,040 1,293 1,425 1,377 1,322

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 9.8 -3.2 -0.9 -11.6 -1.7

Number of Judgeships 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 15.0 17.8

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 323 367 358 402 361 355

Civil 197 211 202 165 167 165

Criminal

Felony 86 103 127 198 151 152

Supervised

Release

Hearings 40 53 29 39 43 39

Pending Cases 2 262 297 369 407 393 378

Weighted Filings 2 299 344 375 504 378 367

Terminations 294 332 280 353 368 369

Trials Completed 9 13 6 15 21 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 5.8 6.0 7.5 7.3 10.3 14.6

Civil 2 9.4 9.7 11.5 11.8 13.0 8.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

45

6.3

38

4.9

48

5.8

59

7.6

75

11.1

94

14.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 41.4 41.0 44.5 49.3 55.6 47.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 34.2 24.8 21.3 32.5 34.0 28.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

67 7

71 5

83 7

12 4

35 4

66 5

59 4

68 5

38 4

51 7

51 3

- -

64 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 576 94 8 126 6 11 15 97 59 10 95 - 55

Criminal 1 530 1 140 83 86 60 79 49 - 15 5 9 3

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."

2023 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.

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OKLAHOMA EASTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 568 618 723 848 614 735

Terminations 627 563 523 639 708 780

Pending 560 611 805 1,013 915 864

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 29.4 18.9 1.7 -13.3 19.7

Number of Judgeships 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 12.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 379 412 482 565 409 490

Civil 280 296 335 267 260 299

Criminal

Felony 83 98 129 272 119 158

Supervised

Release

Hearings 16 18 17 26 31 33

Pending Cases 2 373 407 537 675 610 576

Weighted Filings 2 345 384 499 842 409 535

Terminations 418 375 349 426 472 520

Trials Completed 16 13 7 47 55 41

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 6.7 8.7 9.1 7.7 15.3 20.6

Civil 2 11.2 11.8 13.5 12.7 15.5 11.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

13

2.8

27

5.6

16

2.8

22

4.0

35

6.8

45

9.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 23.1 35.6 40.6 39.6 51.0 53.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 7.9 28.3 35.0 22.1 34.3 33.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

16 1

37 3

52 2

9 2

49 6

28 1

27 2

29 3

5 1

81 8

81 8

- -

42 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 448 125 8 113 1 8 4 55 42 1 61 - 30

Criminal 1 237 7 50 1 67 4 56 41 - 2 2 2 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."

2023 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.

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OKLAHOMA WESTERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,861 1,913 1,858 1,837 1,903 1,969

Terminations 1,898 1,845 1,701 1,883 1,802 1,996

Pending 1,522 1,592 1,752 1,708 1,813 1,790

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 5.8 2.9 6.0 7.2 3.5

Number of Judgeships 6 6 6 6 6 6

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 25.8 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 310 319 310 306 317 328

Civil 216 207 225 206 187 204

Criminal

Felony 69 79 56 70 99 95

Supervised

Release

Hearings 25 33 29 31 31 29

Pending Cases 2 254 265 292 285 302 298

Weighted Filings 2 291 291 283 291 313 319

Terminations 316 308 284 314 300 333

Trials Completed 25 22 16 21 20 27

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 8.5 9.0 10.4 12.6 13.1 11.9

Civil 2 8.6 8.5 8.3 10.0 10.0 8.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 23.0 - - 26.3 26.9 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

50

4.7

51

5.0

58

4.8

55

4.9

57

5.5

71

6.4

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 42.0 41.7 32.6 41.1 42.4 38.2

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 34.5 39.0 24.1 32.4 35.6 24.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

46 3

76 6

73 5

25 5

54 7

84 7

71 6

77 6

12 2

37 4

51 3

- -

28 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,225 136 18 277 5 16 27 244 135 12 209 - 146

Criminal 1 570 15 158 94 163 32 29 40 4 12 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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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UTAH

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,364 2,388 2,212 2,193 2,226 2,259

Terminations 2,394 2,157 2,019 2,239 2,299 2,304

Pending 2,346 2,553 2,721 2,651 2,576 2,501

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -4.4 -5.4 2.1 3.0 1.5

Number of Judgeships 5 5 5 5 5 5

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 14.7 0.0 0.0 9.0 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 473 478 442 439 445 452

Civil 247 254 246 213 216 235

Criminal

Felony 169 170 157 167 164 155

Supervised

Release

Hearings 57 54 40 59 64 62

Pending Cases 2 469 511 544 530 515 500

Weighted Filings 2 488 488 438 455 443 466

Terminations 479 431 404 448 460 461

Trials Completed 13 9 7 7 10 9

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.1 7.6 8.0 9.5 11.2 11.8

Civil 2 9.7 9.9 11.5 12.4 11.5 9.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 45.4 - - - 60.7 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

155

9.8

210

12.4

219

12.2

226

14.1

241

16.3

228

15.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.6 49.1 85.5 44.0 51.9 49.9

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 23.6 26.2 36.3 26.3 27.9 31.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

52 5

47 4

64 3

11 3

18 2

40 3

34 3

46 4

76 8

35 3

64 5

- -

68 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,174 139 14 97 5 7 143 200 79 82 261 - 147

Criminal 1 775 1 304 111 164 48 38 50 5 12 5 6 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."

2023 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.

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WYOMING

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 567 626 628 560 677 596

Terminations 566 572 557 578 581 577

Pending 639 691 764 749 991 1,067

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 5.1 -4.8 -5.1 6.4 -12.0

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 12.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 189 209 209 187 226 199

Civil 77 93 86 79 104 84

Criminal

Felony 63 70 73 52 73 61

Supervised

Release

Hearings 49 46 51 56 49 54

Pending Cases 2 213 230 255 250 330 356

Weighted Filings 2 165 190 183 161 222 181

Terminations 189 191 186 193 194 192

Trials Completed 7 7 7 14 12 10

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 5.1 5.2 6.2 7.1 6.4 6.0

Civil 2 9.8 8.8 10.1 11.9 11.3 10.7

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

9

4.1

20

8.4

21

8.0

23

9.0

20

5.3

36

8.5

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 31.4 43.8 32.2 41.5 32.8 38.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 33.2 30.6 31.7 25.1 32.0 39.7

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

91 8

90 8

91 8

56 8

26 3

72 6

91 8

90 8

70 7

5 2

75 7

- -

37 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 251 5 8 48 - 6 1 49 45 15 42 - 32

Criminal 1 183 5 61 7 45 2 21 28 1 1 3 4 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."

2023 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.

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ALABAMA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 2,962 3,049 2,715 2,369 2,380 2,649

Terminations 2,960 2,977 2,694 2,868 2,564 2,576

Pending 3,276 3,356 3,368 2,869 2,695 2,782

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -10.6 -13.1 -2.4 11.8 11.3

Number of Judgeships 8 8 8 8 8 8

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 25.2 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 370 381 339 296 298 331

Civil 271 276 268 224 210 232

Criminal

Felony 77 80 49 48 56 61

Supervised

Release

Hearings 23 25 22 24 32 39

Pending Cases 2 410 420 421 359 337 348

Weighted Filings 2 363 364 307 276 290 310

Terminations 370 372 337 359 321 322

Trials Completed 17 21 15 18 20 23

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.0 7.5 9.7 11.9 10.6 9.7

Civil 2 10.7 10.8 11.4 10.7 11.1 8.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 38.1 27.3 41.8 38.6 32.8 37.2

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

375

14.7

382

15.0

342

13.0

351

15.9

366

18.1

360

17.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 37.6 37.9 35.2 31.5 33.3 34.4

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 34.2 36.7 32.5 28.2 33.1 37.0

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

30 4

74 9

65 8

56 8

35 3

74 7

76 9

79 9

22 5

17 3

51 5

28 7

72 7

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,855 120 83 440 3 22 88 178 191 18 489 2 221

Criminal 1 483 5 125 13 195 81 6 15 1 13 2 6 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."

2023 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.

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ALABAMA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,434 1,389 1,259 1,162 1,040 1,095

Terminations 1,430 1,309 1,141 1,111 1,307 1,285

Pending 1,554 1,621 1,734 1,787 1,514 1,324

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -23.6 -21.2 -13.0 -5.8 5.3

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 19.0 14.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 478 463 420 387 347 365

Civil 368 377 366 292 254 270

Criminal

Felony 88 65 43 80 78 81

Supervised

Release

Hearings 22 21 11 16 14 14

Pending Cases 2 518 540 578 596 505 441

Weighted Filings 2 432 396 362 369 342 346

Terminations 477 436 380 370 436 428

Trials Completed 25 24 13 20 23 27

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.6 9.6 10.1 12.2 12.2 11.8

Civil 2 10.0 10.4 10.6 12.8 13.2 11.6

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - 36.5 -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

139

12.2

174

13.5

185

13.1

170

12.5

176

16.6

182

20.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.2

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 48.9 45.5 40.9 38.6 38.3 46.8

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 32.0 31.2 27.6 22.0 30.1 32.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

41 6

69 7

58 7

31 2

82 9

50 4

66 7

55 7

12 2

35 7

84 8

- -

78 8

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 810 44 18 333 6 4 19 74 70 8 182 - 52

Criminal 1 242 10 57 - 112 26 4 13 9 4 - 2 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."

2023 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.

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ALABAMA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,150 1,731 1,065 1,149 1,077 1,011

Terminations 1,002 1,202 1,542 1,153 1,160 1,056

Pending 1,016 1,535 1,036 1,042 969 932

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -12.1 -41.6 -5.1 -12.0 -6.1

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 383 577 355 383 359 337

Civil 186 383 211 189 174 164

Criminal

Felony 142 122 84 97 102 95

Supervised

Release

Hearings 56 72 60 97 83 78

Pending Cases 2 339 512 345 347 323 311

Weighted Filings 2 369 536 317 331 332 318

Terminations 334 401 514 384 387 352

Trials Completed 24 33 33 38 39 44

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 5.9 6.5 9.0 10.7 9.6 8.9

Civil 2 8.6 7.7 4.8 9.4 12.0 9.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - 24.4

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

24

4.3

27

2.5

30

4.8

31

5.1

29

5.4

33

6.3

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 22.9 43.8 41.2 42.9 44.1 35.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 28.4 23.0 35.1 30.9 33.7 17.3

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

80 8

73 8

85 9

25 1

13 1

82 8

72 8

75 8

4 1

11 2

66 7

6 4

27 3

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 492 17 19 95 2 11 17 96 75 5 116 - 39

Criminal 1 286 - 88 9 86 77 8 4 - 5 2 - 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."

2023 Civil Case and Criminal Felony Defendant Filings by Nature of Suit and Offense

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FLORIDA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 3,906 7,105 228,039 75,064 29,076 66,588

Terminations 2,355 3,374 14,836 8,380 68,616 41,900

Pending 3,968 7,713 220,931 287,657 248,151 272,861

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 1,604.8 837.2 -70.8 -11.3 129.0

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 20.1 17.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 977 1,776 57,010 18,766 7,269 16,647

Civil 871 1,629 56,919 18,680 7,176 16,553

Criminal

Felony 69 113 65 56 57 63

Supervised

Release

Hearings 37 35 26 30 36 32

Pending Cases 2 992 1,928 55,233 71,914 62,038 68,215

Weighted Filings 2 764 1,255 39,411 12,990 4,589 11,472

Terminations 589 844 3,709 2,095 17,154 10,475

Trials Completed 32 25 21 30 35 24

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.0 6.5 8.6 12.6 12.2 10.6

Civil 2 7.0 5.6 5.0 9.6 22.4 18.3

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 33.5 35.8 16.6 22.4 25.8 18.5

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

67

1.9

124

1.7

55

.0

65

.0

2,415

1.0

151,505

55.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 34.4 36.4 44.2 35.7 35.3 43.3

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 17.4 14.6 28.1 19.1 17.0 26.4

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

2 1

1 1

1 1

50 7

50 4

1 1

1 1

1 1

19 3

25 5

91 9

1 1

90 9

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 66,210 27 64,523 706 2 22 80 167 211 19 356 - 97

Criminal 1 250 - 110 12 56 18 6 31 2 5 4 2 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."

2023 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.

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FLORIDA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 10,777 11,034 10,324 9,972 10,113 10,785

Terminations 10,951 10,675 10,008 10,357 10,679 10,638

Pending 8,155 8,573 8,939 8,599 8,150 8,375

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 0.1 -2.3 4.5 8.2 6.6

Number of Judgeships 15 15 15 15 15 15

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 36.0 29.3 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 718 736 688 665 674 719

Civil 572 596 593 569 574 614

Criminal

Felony 113 109 72 66 72 78

Supervised

Release

Hearings 34 30 24 30 28 27

Pending Cases 2 544 572 596 573 543 558

Weighted Filings 2 637 661 590 566 602 668

Terminations 730 712 667 690 712 709

Trials Completed 18 17 13 15 15 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 6.8 7.0 8.3 10.8 10.5 9.9

Civil 2 6.0 5.7 6.2 6.3 6.5 5.4

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 22.7 22.7 25.7 28.7 33.4 30.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

371

5.9

393

5.9

445

6.2

461

6.7

454

7.1

447

6.9

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 45.1 40.2 49.1 43.5 43.1 48.6

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 37.4 27.8 46.4 35.3 30.9 35.2

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

39 5

15 3

13 4

33 4

58 6

30 2

13 3

12 4

38 8

19 4

8 2

16 5

31 4

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 9,216 581 149 2,084 9 70 637 1,468 956 430 1,400 6 1,426

Criminal 1 1,165 - 439 166 191 143 24 113 5 28 9 15 32

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."

2023 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.

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FLORIDA SOUTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 13,126 12,729 10,973 11,450 10,461 23,275

Terminations 12,673 13,104 11,223 11,366 11,434 23,716

Pending 6,936 6,590 6,351 6,557 5,831 5,581

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year 77.3 82.9 112.1 103.3 122.5

Number of Judgeships 18 18 18 18 18 18

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 60.0 43.0 17.5 20.0 29.5 38.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 729 707 610 636 581 1,293

Civil 572 559 554 512 462 1,189

Criminal

Felony 128 116 36 98 87 76

Supervised

Release

Hearings 30 31 20 26 32 28

Pending Cases 2 385 366 353 364 324 310

Weighted Filings 2 764 730 568 647 592 1,085

Terminations 704 728 624 631 635 1,318

Trials Completed 24 23 14 21 32 24

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 5.1 5.2 7.2 8.5 9.5 8.2

Civil 2 3.6 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.6 0.0

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 17.9 15.8 16.3 24.5 22.4 23.1

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

92

1.8

113

2.4

121

2.5

137

3.1

128

3.3

137

3.6

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 44.2 43.2 43.8 35.2 43.6 43.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 20.6 13.4 21.5 14.8 16.2 13.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

3 2

3 2

3 2

36 6

55 5

83 9

3 2

2 2

19 3

9 1

1 1

5 3

7 1

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 21,409 138 12,795 897 12 182 840 1,140 1,426 706 2,051 8 1,214

Criminal 1 1,366 18 295 312 158 289 82 74 3 19 10 39 67

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."

2023 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.

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GEORGIA NORTHERN

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 7,773 7,693 7,109 7,115 6,797 7,711

Terminations 6,911 6,579 6,116 6,740 9,488 8,559

Pending 7,000 8,060 9,046 9,398 6,663 5,795

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -0.8 0.2 8.5 8.4 13.4

Number of Judgeships 11 11 11 11 11 11

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 31.0 13.6 0.0 16.7 5.5 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 707 699 646 647 618 701

Civil 618 612 567 563 548 632

Criminal

Felony 72 66 64 66 50 50

Supervised

Release

Hearings 16 22 16 17 20 19

Pending Cases 2 636 733 822 854 606 527

Weighted Filings 2 635 619 591 562 538 637

Terminations 628 598 556 613 863 778

Trials Completed 19 16 11 17 22 20

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 9.6 9.0 11.0 10.9 14.8 15.9

Civil 2 6.5 6.4 6.0 5.6 10.8 6.8

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 27.0 30.3 31.8 37.0 36.0 31.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

96

1.7

134

2.0

506

6.7

1,739

22.2

1,091

20.5

272

6.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 39.6 42.1 19.4 37.6 51.5 41.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 39.9 36.2 33.6 25.4 41.3 36.8

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

25 3

16 4

12 3

67 9

70 7

37 3

16 4

5 3

25 7

61 9

20 3

19 6

21 2

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 6,955 244 1,024 876 26 447 237 569 804 283 1,234 6 1,205

Criminal 1 550 1 231 49 95 64 8 32 1 12 8 21 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."

2023 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.

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GEORGIA MIDDLE

Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,876 1,860 1,941 1,687 1,663 1,616

Terminations 1,946 1,841 1,664 1,910 1,734 1,755

Pending 1,674 1,723 2,006 1,789 1,714 1,593

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -13.9 -13.1 -16.7 -4.2 -2.8

Number of Judgeships 4 4 4 4 4 4

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 469 465 485 422 416 404

Civil 338 335 379 311 294 312

Criminal

Felony 116 118 95 100 106 77

Supervised

Release

Hearings 16 12 12 11 17 16

Pending Cases 2 419 431 502 447 429 398

Weighted Filings 2 426 440 427 398 395 370

Terminations 487 460 416 478 434 439

Trials Completed 15 16 8 16 15 16

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 10.1 9.9 13.1 14.7 15.3 15.2

Civil 2 8.5 7.4 7.3 9.1 8.4 8.9

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) 30.0 28.0 - - 33.0 22.0

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

56

5.0

43

4.0

67

5.2

72

6.7

89

8.9

87

8.7

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 45.3 18.7 87.0 16.6 9.0 54.5

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 40.0 46.6 52.9 34.2 43.8 55.6

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

70 7

60 6

48 6

34 5

78 8

60 6

56 6

52 6

38 8

56 8

55 6

4 2

40 5

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,247 69 22 571 6 14 30 95 121 7 187 - 125

Criminal 1 307 20 82 20 112 33 4 21 2 3 4 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."

2023 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.

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Dec 31

2018

Dec 31

2019

Dec 31

2020

Dec 31

2021

Dec 31

2022

Dec 31

2023

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Filings 1 1,633 1,763 1,651 1,510 1,564 1,429

Terminations 1,466 1,609 1,517 1,560 1,784 1,634

Pending 1,519 1,674 1,801 1,748 1,527 1,322

Percent Change in Total 

Filings Current Year 

Over Earlier Year -12.5 -18.9 -13.4 -5.4 -8.6

Number of Judgeships 3 3 3 3 3 3

Vacant Judgeship Months 2 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Actions 

per Judgeship

Filings

Total 544 588 550 503 521 476

Civil 340 366 342 323 327 339

Criminal

Felony 167 174 174 140 144 81

Supervised

Release

Hearings 38 48 34 40 50 56

Pending Cases 2 506 558 600 583 509 441

Weighted Filings 2 510 546 534 487 496 410

Terminations 489 536 506 520 595 545

Trials Completed 16 25 13 18 17 21

Median 

Time (Months)

From Filing to

Disposition

Criminal

Felony 7.8 8.1 9.9 11.7 12.2 11.0

Civil 2 8.0 9.4 9.0 8.8 9.6 7.5

From Filing to Trial 2

(Civil Only) - - - - - -

Other

Number (and %) 

of Civil Cases 

Over 3 Years Old 2

68

7.1

85

7.9

94

8.7

92

8.6

91

10.7

80

10.0

Average Number

of Felony Defendants 

Filed per Case 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5

Jurors

Avg. Present for 

Jury Selection 43.1 47.7 44.0 55.4 66.4 44.0

Percent Not

Selected or 

Challenged 36.7 38.8 27.3 48.1 43.6 33.1

Numerical

Standing

Within

U.S. Circuit

87 9

40 5

40 5

31 2

23 2

50 4

47 5

23 5

24 6

30 6

30 4

- -

46 6

Type of Total A B C D E F G H I J K L

Civil 1,017 43 9 450 5 10 31 83 108 11 169 - 98

Criminal 1 243 - 97 3 79 23 7 16 1 5 5 1 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."

2023 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.

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