Date: May 7, 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 - APRIL

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through April 30, 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 265 210 199 256 930

Civil 134 111 112 145 502

Criminal 131 99 87 111 428

Cases Docketed 967 663 575 732 2937

Civil 443 366 325 439 1573

Criminal 524 297 250 293 1364

Cases Reopened 2 2 1 7 12

Civil 2 2 1 5 10

Criminal 0 0 0 2 2

Cases Terminated* 229 211 254 247 941

Opinion - Civil 56 55 54 60 225

Opinion - Criminal 55 14 37 28 134

Subtotal 111 69 91 88 359

Sum. Disp. – Civil 18 21 18 14 71

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 32 59 51 38 180

Subtotal 50 80 69 51 251

Memo Opinion - Civil 35 36 59 48 178

Memo Opinion - Criminal 22 18 25 37 102

Subtotal 57 54 84 85 280

Other - Civil 6 6 8 15 35

Other - Criminal 5 2 2 7 16

Subtotal 11 8 10 22 51

Cases Pending 740 454 322 492 2008

Civil 330 250 187 307 1074

Criminal 410 204 135 185 934

* 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 April 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 66 51 50 65 232

Civil 33 21 33 39 126

Criminal 33 30 17 26 106

Cases Terminated 48 43 46 51 188

Opinion - Civil 12 7 12 10 41

Opinion - Criminal 9 4 8 4 1 – I/IV 25

Sum. Disp. - Civil 0 4 2 2 8

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 7 11 4 – I/II 7 4 2 – I/IV 29

1 – III/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 10 8 11 12 41

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 3 4 12 26

Other - Civil 3 5 2 5 15

Other - Criminal 0 1 0 2 3

Cases Reopened 0 1 1 2 4

Civil 0 1 1 2 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 9 9 13 11 42

Civil 9 3 11 7 30

Criminal 0 6 2 4 12

Three-Judge Appeals 51 39 34 41 165

Civil 18 17 19 24 78

Criminal 33 22 15 17 87

Sup. Writs Filed 4 1 2 2 9

Sup. Writs Terminated 5 1 1 3 10

Granted 1 0 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 1 1 3 9

Sup. Writs Pending 18 5 3 12 38

Leave to Appeal Filed 3 3 3 11 20

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 2 8 6 19

Granted 3 0 0 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 2 8 6 16

Leave to Appeal Pending 22 6 11 6 45

Additional Matters During the Month of April 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 100 102 70 121 393

Extensions of Time 44 42 32 48 166

Unnumbered Cases 61 59 49 43 212

Sua Sponte Matters 30 22 26 26 104

Total Motions Filed 235 225 177 238 875

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 101 91 62 135 389

Extensions of Time 60 46 30 48 184

Unnumbered Cases 120 57 48 60 285

Sua Sponte Matters 29 20 22 36 107

Total Motions Terminated 310 214 162 279 965

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 122 85 28 80 315

Extensions of Time 14 5 3 14 36

Unnumbered Cases 14 9 9 9 41

Sua Sponte Matters 14 9 8 18 49

Total Motions Pending 164 108 48 121 441

Opinions Circulating: 39 13 4 14 70

Opinions Approved but not Released: 6 14 9 0 29

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 0 0 0

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 1 1

Petitions for Review Filed 24 12 15 17 68

Civil 9 8 8 10 35

Criminal 15 4 7 7 33

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.