Date: January 4, 2008

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 – DECEMBER 2007

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through December 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 794 687 619 741 2841

Civil 336 328 344 446 1454

Criminal 458 359 275 295 1387

Cases Docketed 1496 1140 995 1217 4848

Civil 645 583 557 740 2525

Criminal 851 557 438 477 2323

Cases Reopened 10 20 6 15 51

Civil 10 16 5 13 44

Criminal 0 4 1 2 7

Cases Terminated* 777 725 674 853 3029

Opinion - Civil 223 153 142 215 733

Opinion - Criminal 161 96 77 115 449

Subtotal 364 249 219 330 1182

Sum. Disp. – Civil 34 93 53 75 255

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 125 158 144 139 566

Subtotal 159 251 197 214 821

Memo Opinion - Civil 133 118 151 166 568

Memo Opinion - Criminal 69 61 62 80 272

Subtotal 202 179 213 246 840

Other - Civil 22 27 38 51 138

Other - Criminal 10 19 7 12 48

Subtotal 32 46 45 63 186

Cases Pending 729 435 327 379 1870

Civil 243 208 178 246 875

Criminal 486 227 149 133 995

* 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 December 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 63 57 53 57 230

Civil 18 24 19 36 97

Criminal 45 33 34 21 133

Cases Terminated 64 57 56 80 257

Opinion - Civil 20 12 15 21 2 – III/IV 68

Opinion - Criminal 14 8 7 10 1 – I/IV 42

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 7 9 14 4 – I/IV 17

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 19 16 2 – I/II 11 6 1 – I/IV 69

Memo Opinion - Civil 5 9 6 21 46

Memo Opinion - Criminal 1 1 6 6 25

Other - Civil 4 3 2 2 9

Other - Criminal 0 1 0 0 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 11 7 15 11 44

Civil 3 5 4 8 20

Criminal 8 2 11 3 24

Three-Judge Appeals 47 44 35 38 164

Civil 10 17 13 20 60

Criminal 37 27 22 18 104

Sup. Writs Filed 3 1 1 3 8

Sup. Writs Terminated 2 2 2 2 8

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 2 2 2 8

Sup. Writs Pending 19 3 2 8 32

Leave to Appeal Filed 3 6 3 5 17

Leave to Appeal Terminated 7 3 6 3 19

Granted 1 0 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 6 3 6 3 18

Leave to Appeal Pending 21 6 1 11 39

Additional Matters During the Month of December 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 76 73 48 91 288

Extensions of Time 67 56 36 36 195

Unnumbered Cases 76 67 33 47 223

Sua Sponte Matters 8 14 19 23 64

Total Motions Filed 227 210 136 197 770

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 82 62 53 92 289

Extensions of Time 66 54 37 44 201

Unnumbered Cases 96 66 33 51 246

Sua Sponte Matters 10 12 19 24 65

Total Motions Terminated 254 194 142 211 801

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 116 54 20 59 249

Extensions of Time 19 8 2 4 33

Unnumbered Cases 24 8 1 6 59

Sua Sponte Matters 16 7 5 18 46

Total Motions Pending 175 77 28 87 367

Opinions Circulating: 42 18 1 16 77

Opinions Approved but not Released: 2 0 0 0 2

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 12 13 4 40 69

Civil 5 6 2 25 38

Criminal 7 7 2 15 31

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.