Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Fed stats are out!

Judiciary Releases Annual Report and Judicial Business Data
  • The Judiciary today released its Annual Report providing detailed information about mission critical initiatives that advanced over the course of 2023, including efforts to enhance the court system’s physical and information technology security and modernize its IT systems.
  • As in past years, the Judiciary also released an accompanying Judicial Business of the United States report, which provides statistical tables about federal caseloads by circuit, district, and offense, among other topics. It compares data for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023, with data for prior years.

U.S. Courts of Appeals

  • Filings in the regional courts of appeals dropped 4 percent to 39,987 in fiscal year 2023.
  • Filings by pro se litigants, which accounted for 46 percent of new cases, decreased 4 percent to 18,517.
  • Civil appeals fell 2 percent to 21,756.
  • Criminal appeals declined 3 percent to 9,64