9th Cir. 2022 Annual Report

The 2022 9th Circuit Annual Report is now available here.

• Our court of appeals continued to be the nation’s busiest federal appellate court, accounting for 20.5% of all new appeals nationally, with 8,559 appeals, down 9.8% from fiscal year 2021.
• Despite the continued challenges presented by the ongoing restrictions imposed by the pandemic; I am pleased to report that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit continued to account for over 20% of the entire federal appellate caseload in the nation.
• the steady pace of judicial appointments continued through December. We extend a warm welcome to new judges appointed in 2022—Circuit Judges Gabriel P. Sanchez, Holly A. Thomas, Roopali H. Desai and Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
• The Ninth Circuit’s Fairness Committee resumed their efforts to increase law clerk and magistrate judge diversity.
• The Appellate Lawyer Representatives conducted several meetings throughout the year and provided the opportunity for circuit judges to learn about key practice-related issues.