On a national basis, the Ninth Circuit received 58.7 % of all new petitions for review of decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Nonetheless, with our innovative case management techniques, we still made significant progress in reducing our pending caseload.
A dip in new filings helped to reduce the pending caseload in United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, while a concerted effort to close long-running cases led to an increase in median processing times. The court continues to be the nation’s busiest appellate venue.
Median time intervals measure how long it takes for cases decided on the merits to proceed through the appellate process. In the Ninth Circuit in FY 2016, the median time interval from filing of a notice of appeal to final disposition was 15.2 months, up from 14.1 months in the prior fiscal year. The increase is largely attributable to court efforts to clear older cases that have languished as a result of delays and time extensions sought by the parties. The court had reduced its median time interval significantly between 2010-2014.
In FY 2016, the median time interval for panel decisions was 1.1 months for a case in which oral argument was held and about 6 days for cases submitted on briefs.
Other tidbits:
The Circuit decided 7,056 cases on the merits, of which 1,556 had oral argument (about 22%) and 516 had published opinions (7%) and 783 were reversals (about 10%).
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