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Total 1,084 1,127 3,585 2,373 3,647 5,499 3,355 2,588 2,809 7,813 1,751 4,265

Prisoner 81 140 520 577 1,008 1,128 747 932 688 1,542 454 1,105

Other 446 597 1,691 1,157 1,269 2,088 1,456 1,008 1,084 3,112 714 1,954

Criminal 220 286 643 448 1,090 1,935 917 559 915 910 466 1,021

Administrative 337 104 731 191 280 348 235 89 122 2,249 117 185

Percent

Change 

in Total

Filings 

Current

Year

Over Last Year 9.4 9.3 -9.6 -7.6 -4.7 -4.9 4.0 9.6 7.2 -5.5 6.3 -6.9

Over 2018

1.9 -4.3 -11.0 -19.0 -16.4 -26.9 -19.4 -8.0 0.2 -25.6 -2.1 -25.4

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Total 803 987 3,488 2,510 3,858 5,868 3,451 2,529 2,847 8,429 1,735 4,331

Overall

Caseload

Statistics

Consolidations

& Cross Appeals 2 129 38 198 109 150 532 165 71 123 233 32 87

Procedural 282 282 1,408 823 1,018 1,887 1,142 1,259 733 3,153 582 1,893

On

The

Merits

Total 392 667 1,882 1,578 2,690 3,449 2,144 1,199 1,991 5,043 1,121 2,351

Prisoner 24 100 301 438 637 552 464 299 500 1,053 257 513

Other 255 312 928 685 943 1,092 851 573 632 1,944 467 1,063

Criminal 41 196 374 326 930 1,547 675 289 787 530 324 683

Administrative 72 59 279 129 180 258 154 38 72 1,516 73 92

Percent by

Active Judges 83.6 47.6 60.8 78.0 78.7 81.2 68.5 79.4 95.0 60.5 80.3 85.5

Pending Appeals 1,528 1,467 3,801 1,879 2,800 3,292 2,537 1,851 1,504 7,070 1,139 3,172

Termination on the Merits 125 226 270 273 504 581 272 284 548 328 252 512

Procedural Terminations 17 6 29 40 44 67 30 56 58 44 34 51

Actions

per

Active

Judge 1

Written

Decisions

Total 34 72 126 86 160 160 91 96 172 107 84 163

Signed 11 19 123 58 36 21 46 26 37 7 65 17

Unsigned 23 51 2 21 124 139 46 70 47 100 19 140

Without 

Comment - 3 - 7 - - - - 88 - - 6

U.S. Court of Appeals Summary -- 12 -Month Period Ending December 31, 2023

1 Includes only judges active during the entire 12-month period.

2 Prior to December 2011, cases disposed of by consolidation and cross appeals were counted separately.

 From December 2011 forward, they are counted as a subset of procedural and merit terminations to reflect

 the manner in which the appeal was disposed.
DC 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH 10TH 11TH

Number of Judgeships/

Number of Panels 11 / 3.7 6 / 2.0 13 / 4.3 14 / 4.7 15 / 5.0 17 / 5.7 16 / 5.3 11 / 3.7 11 / 3.7 29 / 9.7 12 / 4.0 12 / 4.0

Number of Sitting

Senior Judges 6 6 15 10 4 8 13 4 3 22 7 10

Number of Vacant 

Judgeship Months 2 4.4 5.6 0.0 3.1 14.9 12.0 8.7 5.9 0.0 5.4 0.0 4.5

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Total 296 564 827 509 729 970 629 706 766 808 438 1,066

Prisoner 22 70 120 124 202 199 140 254 188 160 114 276

All Other Civil 122 299 390 248 254 368 273 275 296 322 179 489

Criminal 60 143 148 96 218 341 172 152 250 94 117 255

Administrative 92 52 169 41 56 61 44 24 33 233 29 46

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Total 219 494 805 538 772 1,036 647 690 776 872 434 1,083

Actions 

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Panel 1

Consolidations 

& Cross Appeals 3 35 19 46 23 30 94 31 19 34 24 8 22

Procedural 77 141 325 176 204 333 214 343 200 326 146 473

On

The

Merits

Total 107 334 434 338 538 609 402 327 543 522 280 588

Prisoner 7 50 69 94 127 97 87 82 136 109 64 128

Other 70 156 214 147 189 193 160 156 172 201 117 266

Criminal 11 98 86 70 186 273 127 79 215 55 81 171

Administrative 20 30 64 28 36 46 29 10 20 157 18 23

Pending Appeals 417 734 877 403 560 581 476 505 410 731 285 793

Median 

Time

Median Time From

Filing Notice of Appeal

to Disposition 11.1 13.3 13.6 8.2 8.8 8.0 8.8 9.2 5.1 13.6 9.5 9.5

Other

Caseload

per

Judgeship

Applications for

Interlocutory Appeals - 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2

Petitions for Rehearing 16 42 32 65 58 36 43 23 86 41 31 58

U.S. Court of Appeals Summary -- 12 -Month Period Ending December 31, 2023

1 See "Explanation of the Judicial Caseload Profiles."

2 See "Explanation of Selected Terms."

3 Prior to December 2011, cases disposed of by consolidation and cross appeals were counted separately.

 From December 2011 forward, they are counted as a subset of procedural and merit terminations to reflect 

 the manner in which the appeal was disposed.