Date: May 1, 2007

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

From: David R. Schanker, Clerk

Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT - JANUARY

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through January 31, 2007

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Carried Over from December 31 702 453 376 476 2007

Civil 309 255 213 294 1071

Criminal 393 198 163 182 936

Cases Filed 64 54 58 70 246

Civil 32 33 35 33 133

Criminal 32 21 23 37 113

Cases Docketed 766 507 434 546 2253

Civil 341 288 248 327 1204

Criminal 425 219 186 219 1049

Cases Reopened 0 0 0 2 2

Civil 0 0 0 2 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Cases Terminated* 49 54 77 47 227

Opinion - Civil 8 15 8 14 45

Opinion - Criminal 11 2 9 5 27

Subtotal 19 17 17 19 72

Sum. Disp. - Civil 4 9 4 6 23

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 13 16 21 7 57

Subtotal 17 25 25 13 80

Memo Opinion - Civil 9 7 28 9 53

Memo Opinion - Criminal 1 4 6 2 13

Subtotal 10 11 34 11 66

Other - Civil 1 1 1 3 6

Other - Criminal 2 0 0 1 3

Subtotal 3 1 1 4 9

Cases Pending 717 453 357 501 2028

Civil 319 256 207 297 1079

Criminal 398 197 150 204 949

* 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 January 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 64 54 58 70 246

Civil 32 33 35 33 133

Criminal 32 21 23 37 113

Cases Terminated 49 54 77 47 227

Opinion - Civil 8 15 8 14 45

Opinion - Criminal 11 2 9 5 1 – I/IV 27

Sum. Disp. - Civil 4 9 4 6 23

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 13 16 21 7 2 – I/IV 57

Memo Opinion - Civil 9 7 28 9 53

Memo Opinion - Criminal 1 4 6 2 13

Other - Civil 1 1 1 3 2 - I/IV 6

Other - Criminal 2 0 0 1 3

Cases Reopened 0 0 0 2 2

Civil 0 0 0 2 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 6 8 9 11 34

Civil 5 6 7 7 25

Criminal 1 2 2 4 9

Three-Judge Appeals 53 40 44 49 186

Civil 24 21 24 20 89

Criminal 29 19 20 29 97

Sup. Writs Filed 3 4 1 2 10

Sup. Writs Terminated 4 2 5 3 14

Granted 0 0 0 1 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 2 5 2 13

Sup. Writs Pending 15 9 2 10 36

Leave to Appeal Filed 3 3 3 7 16

Leave to Appeal Terminated 1 3 7 6 17

Granted 1 0 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 3 7 5 15

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 4 6 10 40

Additional Matters During the Month of January 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 106 119 61 117 403

Extensions of Time 71 48 44 53 216

Unnumbered Cases 93 53 35 41 222

Sua Sponte Matters 28 14 39 16 97

Total Motions Filed 298 234 179 227 938

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 99 90 69 96 354

Extensions of Time 60 57 49 52 218

Unnumbered Cases 80 58 31 36 205

Sua Sponte Matters 18 13 37 15 83

Total Motions Terminated 257 218 186 199 860

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 102 67 24 92 285

Extensions of Time 19 2 2 13 36

Unnumbered Cases 32 11 3 11 57

Sua Sponte Matters 23 3 9 9 44

Total Motions Pending 176 83 38 125 422

Opinions Circulating: 33 15 3 7 58

Opinions Approved but not Released: 3 2 3 0 8

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 0 0 0

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 25 21 11 27 84

Civil 15 9 4 18 46

Criminal 10 12 7 9 38

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.