Date: April 5, 2006 (Rev. May 3, 2006)

To: Court of Appeals Judges, Director of State Courts, Staff Counsel, Clerk’s Office Staff

From: Cornelia G. Clark, Clerk

Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT - MARCH

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Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through March 31, 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL
Cases Carried Over
from December 31	714	442	363	482	2001
Civil	297	257	223	293	1070
Criminal	417	185	140	189	931
Cases Filed	207	175	172	174	728
Civil	113	94	94	108	409
Criminal	94	81	78	66	319
Cases Docketed	921	617	535	656	2729
Civil	410	351	317	401	1479
Criminal	511	266	218	255	1250
Cases Reinstated	6	1	2	5	14
Civil	3	1	1	5	10
Criminal	3	0	1	0	4
Cases Terminated*	200	194	168	228	790
Opinion-Civil	45	53	32	66	196
Opinion-Criminal	49	30	25	20	124
Sub-Total	94	83	82	86	320
Sum.Disp.-Civil	5	15	17	20	57
Sum.Disp.-Criminal	35	43	35	43	156
Sub-Total	40	58	52	63	213
Memo Opinion-Civil	28	30	36	51	145
Memo Opinion-Criminal	21	6	11	20	58
Sub-Total	49	36	47	71	203
Other-Civil	13	11	10	7	41
Other-Criminal	4	6	2	1	13
Sub-Total	17	17	12	8	54
Correction for Error	0	0	0	0	0
Civil	+1	0	0	0	+1
Criminal	-1	0	0	0	-1
CASES PENDING	695	435	369	454	1953
CIVIL	319	244	218	270	1051
CRIMINAL	376	191	151	184	902

*Terminations are adjusted to reflect dispositions by panels assigned to cases filed in other districts and cover the “number of cases” terminated.

Page 2 CASE ACTIVITY DURING MONTH OF MARCH:

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL
Cases Filed	70	64	70	58	262
Appeals-Civil	43	37	37	33	150
Appeals- Criminal	27	27	33	25	112
Cases Terminated	72	81	65	90	308
Opinion-Civil	17	26	11	32	1-1/4, 5-3/4 86
Opinion-Criminal	11	11	2-1/2 7	2-1/3 13	1-1/4 42
Sum.Disp.-Civil	4	7	7	5	23
Sum.Disp.-Criminal	12	15	2-1/2 17	2-1/3 13	6-1/4 57
Memo Opinion-Civil	14	14	13	20	61
Memo Opinion-Crim.	7	2	1-4/2 5	5	19
Other-Civil	5	5	3	2	15
Other-Criminal	2	1	2	0	5
Cases Reopened	3	1	2	4	10
Civil	2	1	1	4	8
Criminal	1	0	1	0	2
Correction for Error	0	0	0	0	0
Civil	0	0	0	0	0
Criminal	0	0	0	0	0
Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL
One-Judge Appeals:	17	12	17	12	58
Civil	15	9	10	5	39
Criminal	2	3	7	7	19
Three-Judge Appeals:	42	47	40	37	166
Civil	17	24	16	21	78
Criminal	25	23	24	16	88
Sup. Writs Filed:	6	3	5	3	17
Sup. Writs Terminated:	6	3	3	2	14
Granted	0	0	0	0	0
Denied, Dism'd, Other	6	3	3	2	14
Sup. Writs Pending:	17	16	4	9	46
Leave to Appeal Filed:	5	2	8	7	22
Leave to Appeal Term'd:	4	3	5	0	12
Granted	0	0	1	0	1
Denied, Dism'd, Other	4	3	4	0	11
Leave to Appeal Pending:	10	4	10	7	31

Page 3 ADDITIONAL MATTERS DURING MONTH OF MARCH:

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL
Motions Filed:
Numbered Cases	104	95	75	111	385
Extensions of Time	44	45	34	47	170
Unnumbered Cases	78	49	51	48	226
Sua Sponte Matters	26	18	28	33	105
TOTAL MOTIONS FILED	252	207	188	239	886
Motions Terminated:
Numbered Cases	125	80	70	127	402
Extensions of Time	46	45	42	53	186
Unnumbered Cases	70	56	47	51	224
Sua Sponte Matters	28	14	33	38	113
TOTAL MOTIONS TERM'D	269	195	192	269	925
Motions Pending:
Numbered Cases	59	51	50	64	224
Extensions of Time	6	6	1	5	18
Unnumbered Cases	17	4	7	5	33
Sua Sponte Matters	10	11	5	6	32
TOTAL MOTIONS PENDING	92	72	63	80	307
Opins. Circulating	22	16	0	8	46
Opins. Approved but not
Released	2	6	0	0	8
I II III IV TOTAL
Pet. for Bypass Filed	0	1	0	1	2
Civil	0	0	0	1	1
Criminal	0	1	0	0	1
Certifications Filed	0	1	0	1	2
Civil	0	1	0	1	2
Criminal	0	0	0	0	0
Pet. for Review Filed	24	21	23	31	99
Civil	12	11	15	13	51
Criminal	12	10	8	18	48

Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Explanation of Termination Categories

OPINIONS

Includes three-judge and one-judge authored opinions and per curiam opinions. All per curiam opinions are assigned to a supervising judge who has the responsibility for approval of the final draft of the opinion after circulation to the panel.

SUMMARY DISPOSITIONS

Includes opinions issued in the form of a court order after the court has reviewed the briefs and record, and following a screening and decision conference(s). All dispositions in this category are assigned to a supervising judge who is responsible for approval of the final draft of the opinion after circulation to the panel.

MEMO OPINIONS

Includes opinions issued in the form of a court order prior to a screening and decision conference(s). Examples of memo opinions are: jurisdictional terminations; petitions for writs denied or granted if the order terminates the action; petitions for leave to appeal that are denied; summary disposition of unscreened cases – usually upon a motion; motions to dismiss on the merits that are granted; transfers to circuit court; any other miscellaneous termination of an appeal in which judicial time is expended and a full explication of reasoning is set forth.

OTHER

Includes miscellaneous orders terminating cases that are issued by the Clerk’s Office. Examples of miscellaneous orders are: voluntary dismissals; stipulations to dismiss; failure of an appellant to submit filing fee information.

Please Note: Case filings are counted according to the district of origin and tracked through the appellate process in the filing district. Terminations, however, are counted in the district that issued the opinion. For example, a case filed in District IV, but transferred to District III, will be counted as a pending case in District IV until the opinion is issued when adjustments will be made to reflect the termination by District III. In this example, the District III termination will result in one less case pending in District IV.

Page 2 of the Monthly Statistical Report reflects how many cases terminated by a particular district are transfer cases. Page 4 of the report reflects the current status of transfer cases.