Date: November 17, 2006 (rev. 1/17/07)

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 – OCTOBER 2006

Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through October 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 771 628 581 613 2593

Civil 399 342 307 369 1417

Criminal 372 286 274 244 1176

Cases Docketed 1485 1070 944 1095 4594

Civil 696 599 530 662 2487

Criminal 789 471 414 433 2107

Cases Reopened 9 9 7 12 37

Civil 6 5 6 12 29

Criminal 3 4 1 0 8

Cases Terminated * 675 648 567 737 2627

Opinion-Civil 176 153 133 196 658

Opinion-Criminal 123 83 73 90 369

Sub-Total 299 236 206 286 1027

Sum. Disp.-Civil 33 54 50 62 199

Sum. Disp.-Criminal 102 144 123 162 531

Sub-Total 135 198 173 224 730

Memo Opinion-Civil 128 112 101 139 480

Memo Opinion-Criminal 64 53 57 56 230

Sub-Total 192 165 158 195 710

Other-Civil 41 37 26 28 132

Other-Criminal 8 12 4 4 28

Sub-Total 49 49 30 32 160

Correction for Error 0 +9 -3 +8 +14

Civil +2 +11 -3 +12 +22

Criminal -2 -2 0 -4 -8

Cases Pending 704 464 373 477 2018

Civil 316 260 212 281 1069

Criminal 388 204 161 196 949

* 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 the Month of October 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 96 70 58 70 294

Civil 44 42 26 42 154

Criminal 52 28 32 28 140

Cases Terminated 75 67 69 89 300

Opinion - Civil 26 10 23 23 1 – I/IV 82

Opinion - Criminal 5 8 1 – I/II 14 16 2 – I/IV , 4 – III/IV 43

Sum. Disp. - Civil 3 10 7 8 28

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 9 10 1 – I/II 16 18 4 – I/IV 53

Memo Opinion - Civil 15 16 3 12 46

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 6 4 5 1 – I/IV 22

Other - Civil 9 7 2 6 24

Other - Criminal 1 0 0 1 2

Cases Reopened 0 1 0 1 2

Civil 0 1 0 1 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Correction for Error +2 +1 0 +2 +5

Civil +2 +1 -2 +4 +5

Criminal 0 0 +2 -2 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 20 10 12 15 57

Civil 14 6 7 11 38

Criminal 6 4 5 4 19

Three-Judge Appeals 71 52 39 43 205

Civil 26 32 13 25 96

Criminal 45 20 26 18 109

Sup. Writs Filed 2 3 3 2 10

Sup. Writs Terminated 4 3 0 3 10

Granted 0 1 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 2 0 2 8

Sup. Writs Pending 14 8 7 13 42

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 6 4 12 26

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 4 2 4 13

Granted 1 0 1 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 4 1 4 11

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 6 6 14 46

Additional Matters During the Month of October 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 118 87 74 150 429

Extensions of Time 80 51 34 63 228

Unnumbered Cases 116 45 36 54 251

Sua Sponte Matters 27 16 48 32 123

Total Motions Filed 341 199 192 299 1031

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 119 84 100 129 432

Extensions of Time 82 46 33 62 223

Unnumbered Cases 135 45 34 55 269

Sua Sponte Matters 23 16 51 26 116

Total Motions Terminated 359 191 218 272 1040

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 77 37 43 85 242

Extensions of Time 12 10 6 10 38

Unnumbered Cases 11 8 5 11 35

Sua Sponte Matters 16 3 16 8 43

Total Motions Pending 116 58 70 114 358

Opinions Circulating: 25 18 1 3 47

Opinions Approved but not Released: 0 17 1 2 20

Petitions for Bypass Filed 3 0 1 0 4

Civil 2 0 1 0 3

Criminal 1 0 0 0 1

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 1 2

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 1 1

Petitions for Review Filed 19 15 7 22 63

Civil 14 6 5 10 35

Criminal 5 9 2 12 28

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 3 of the report reflects the current status of transfer cases.