Date: December 5, 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 - NOVEMBER

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through November 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 731 630 566 684 2611

Civil 318 304 325 410 1357

Criminal 413 326 241 274 1254

Cases Docketed 1433 1083 942 1160 4618

Civil 627 559 538 704 2428

Criminal 806 524 404 456 2190

Cases Reopened 9 19 6 15 49

Civil 9 15 5 13 42

Criminal 0 4 1 2 7

Cases Terminated* 713 668 618 773 2772

Opinion - Civil 203 141 127 194 665

Opinion - Criminal 147 88 70 105 410

Subtotal 350 229 197 299 1075

Sum. Disp. – Civil 33 86 44 61 224

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 106 142 133 133 514

Subtotal 139 228 177 194 738

Memo Opinion - Civil 128 109 145 145 527

Memo Opinion - Criminal 68 60 56 74 258

Subtotal 196 169 201 219 785

Other - Civil 18 24 36 49 127

Other - Criminal 10 18 7 12 47

Subtotal 28 42 43 61 174

Cases Pending 729 434 330 402 1895

Civil 254 214 191 268 927

Criminal 475 220 139 134 968

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

Case Activity During the Month of November 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 66 58 48 38 210

Civil 19 30 33 20 102

Criminal 47 28 15 18 108

Cases Terminated 57 64 49 114 284

Opinion - Civil 8 17 4 39 3 – III/IV 68

Opinion - Criminal 10 11 4 17 2 – I/IV 42

3 – III/IV

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 7 1 8 1 – I/IV 17

1 – III/IV

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 21 9 22 17 5 – I/IV 69

Memo Opinion - Civil 5 11 12 18 46

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 6 4 8 25

Other - Civil 1 2 2 4 9

Other - Criminal 4 1 0 3 8

Cases Reopened 0 9 1 0 10

Civil 0 9 1 0 10

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 7 13 7 6 33

Civil 5 8 3 3 19

Criminal 2 5 4 3 14

Three-Judge Appeals 51 40 37 26 154

Civil 7 19 27 13 66

Criminal 44 21 10 13 88

Sup. Writs Filed 2 1 2 2 7

Sup. Writs Terminated 0 0 3 10 13

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 0 3 10 13

Sup. Writs Pending 17 4 3 7 31

Leave to Appeal Filed 8 1 2 2 7

Leave to Appeal Terminated 5 2 5 4 16

Granted 0 0 2 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 2 3 4 14

Leave to Appeal Pending 25 3 2 8 38

Additional Matters During the Month of November 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 82 76 67 104 329

Extensions of Time 59 55 31 56 201

Unnumbered Cases 97 57 54 45 253

Sua Sponte Matters 18 14 16 35 83

Total Motions Filed 256 202 168 240 866

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 82 62 64 114 322

Extensions of Time 51 53 37 55 196

Unnumbered Cases 80 51 59 40 230

Sua Sponte Matters 24 11 21 37 93

Total Motions Terminated 237 177 181 246 841

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 120 47 26 59 252

Extensions of Time 18 6 1 11 36

Unnumbered Cases 38 9 2 9 58

Sua Sponte Matters 18 8 4 19 49

Total Motions Pending 194 70 33 98 395

Opinions Circulating: 30 17 6 17 70

Opinions Approved but not Released: 11 6 8 0 25

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 19 12 15 15 61

Civil 11 6 4 10 31

Criminal 8 6 11 5 30

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.