Date: August 7, 2006
To: Court of Appeals Judges,
Director of State Courts, Staff Counsel, Clerk'sOffice Staff
From: Cornelia G. Clark, Clerk
Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY
STATISTICAL REPORT - JULY, 2006
Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through July 31, 2006
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 533 438 388 413 1772
Civil 285 230 212 252 978
Criminal 249 208 176 161 794
Cases Docketed 1247 880 751 895 3773
Civil 581 487 435 545 2048
Criminal 666 393 316 350 1725
Cases Reopened 8 8 6 11 33
Civil0 5 4 5 11 25
Criminal 3 4 1 0 8
Cases Terminated * 445 457 385 496 1783
Opinion-Civil 103 111 93 130 437
Opinion-Criminal 98 58 43 47 246
Sub-Total 201 169 136 177 683
Sum.
Disp.-Civil 25 34 35 40 134
Sum.
Disp.-Criminal 76 107 77 115 375
Sub-Total 101 141 112 155 509
Memo
Opinion-Civil 73 75 77 104 329
Memo
Opinion-Criminal 40 38 36 39 153
Sub-Total 113 113 113 143 482
Other-Civil 24 25 21 18 88
Other-Criminal 6 9 3 3 21
Sub-Total 30 34 24 21 109
Correction
for Error 0 0 0 0 0
Civil
+1 0 0 -1 0
Criminal
-1 0 0
+1 0
Cases Pending 733 450 370 470 2023
Civil 355 247 207 276 1085
Criminal 378 203 163 194 938
* Terminations are adjusted to reflect
dispositions by panels assigned to cases filed in other districts and cover the
"number of cases" terminated.
Cases
Activity During Month of July, 2006
Page
2
APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL
Cases Filed 96 52 45 54 247
Civil 44 25 20 36 125
Criminal 52 27 25 18 122
Cases Terminated 44 62 54 51 211
Opinion
- Civil 12 11 17 13 1-1/4, 2-3/4 53
Opinion - Criminal 8 5 7 4 1-1/4 24
Sum. Disp. - Civil 2 4 1 3 10
Sum.
Disp. - Criminal 2 19
1/1/2 7 1-1/3 12 8-1/4 40
Memo
Opinion - Civil 7 11 7 13 38
Memo
Opinion – Criminal 10 3 12 5 30
Other - Civil 2 7 2 1 12
Other - Criminal 1 2 1 0 4
Cases Reopened 1 1 0 4 6
Civil 1 1 0 4 6
Criminal 0 0 0 0 0
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Correction
for Error 0 0 0 0 0
Civil
0 0 0 -1 -1
Criminal
0 0
0 +1 +1
Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL
One-Judge
Appeals 12 9 6 17 44
Civil 7 4 1 6 18
Criminal 5 5 5 11 26
Three-Judge
Appeals 70 33 33 29 165
Civil 24 15 15 23 77
Criminal 46 18 18 6 88
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Sup. Writs Filed 8 0 1 4 13
Sup. Writs Terminated 3 4 0 4 11
Granted 1 0 0 0 1
Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 4 0 4 10
Sup. Writs Pending 22 9 4 13 48
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Leave to Appeal Filed 7 10 6 5 28
Leave to Appeal Terminated 5 8 4 4 21
Granted 1 1 1 1 4
Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 7 3 3 17
Leave to Appeal Pending 27 7 8 6 48
Additional
Matters During Month of July, 2006
Page
3
APPELLATE
DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL
Motions
Filed
Numbered Cases 119 72 73 85 349
Extensions of Time 70 46 50 43 209
Unnumbered Cases 69 54 36 43 202
Sua Sponte Matters 25 11 24 21 81
Total Motions Filed 283 183 183 192 841
Motions
Terminated
Numbered
Cases 118 83 71 93 365
Extensions of Time 47 45 45 47 184
Unnumbered Cases 63 52 39 42 196
Sua Sponte Matters 20 12 24 26 82
Total Motions Terminated 248 192 179 208 827
Motions
Pending
Numbered
Cases 92 46 39 61 238
Extensions of Time 33 6 10 7 56
Unnumbered Cases 19 3 5 9 36
Sua Sponte Matters 17 8 6 6 37
Total
Motions Pending 161 63 60 83 367
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Opinions
Circulating: 33 13 0 27 73
Opinions
Approved but not Released: 4
15 13 1 33
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Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 1 1 0 2
Civil 0 1 1 0 2
Criminal 0 0 0 0 0
Certifications Filed 0 0 0 0 0
Civil 0 0 0 0 0
Criminal 0 0 0 0 0
Petitions for Review Filed 20 16 11 29 76
Civil 15 9 6 14 44
Criminal 5 7 5 15 32
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.