Date: February 5, 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 – January 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through January 31, 2008

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Carried Over from Dec. 31, 2007 654 459 313 480 1906

Civil 240 223 172 279 914

Criminal 414 236 141 201 992

Cases Filed 68 58 38 75 239

Civil 32 35 19 44 130

Criminal 36 23 19 31 109

Cases Docketed 722 517 351 555 2145

Civil 272 258 191 323 1044

Criminal 450 259 160 232 1101

Cases Reopened 1 0 0 3 4

Civil 1 0 0 3 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Cases Terminated* 72 58 54 103 287

Opinion - Civil 22 10 12 25 69

Opinion - Criminal 6 7 12 10 35

Subtotal 28 17 24 35 104

Sum. Disp. – Civil 5 4 3 9 21

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 21 15 12 32 80

Subtotal 26 19 15 41 101

Memo Opinion - Civil 9 8 9 21 47

Memo Opinion - Criminal 4 10 3 2 19

Subtotal 13 18 12 23 66

Other - Civil 2 3 3 3 11

Other - Criminal 3 1 0 1 5

Subtotal 5 4 12 4 16

Cases Pending 651 459 297 455 1862

Civil 235 233 164 268 900

Criminal 416 226 133 187 962

* 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 January 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 68 58 38 75 239

Civil 32 35 19 44 130

Criminal 36 23 19 31 109

Cases Terminated 72 58 54 103 287

Opinion - Civil 22 10 1 – I/II 12 25 3 – III/IV 69

Opinion - Criminal 6 7 12 10 4 – I/IV 35

Sum. Disp. - Civil 5 4 3 9 1 – III/IV 21

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 21 15 1 – I/II 12 32 8 – I/IV 80

1 – III/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 9 8 9 21 47

Memo Opinion - Criminal 4 10 3 2 19

Other - Civil 2 3 3 3 11

Other - Criminal 3 1 0 1 5

Cases Reopened 1 0 0 3 4

Civil 1 0 0 3 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 12 8 12 17 49

Civil 9 7 6 8 30

Criminal 3 1 6 9 19

Three-Judge Appeals 50 43 25 48 166

Civil 19 22 13 28 82

Criminal 31 21 12 20 84

Sup. Writs Filed 4 2 0 8 14

Sup. Writs Terminated 1 1 2 6 10

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 1 2 6 10

Sup. Writs Pending 20 4 0 10 34

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 7 1 3 15

Leave to Appeal Terminated 1 6 1 9 17

Granted 0 1 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 5 1 8 15

Leave to Appeal Pending 24 7 2 5 38

Additional Matters During the Month of January 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 95 80 57 136 368

Extensions of Time 74 55 25 65 219

Unnumbered Cases 128 69 63 74 334

Sua Sponte Matters 22 18 18 20 78

Total Motions Filed 319 222 163 295 999

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 98 81 52 99 330

Extensions of Time 84 57 30 55 226

Unnumbered Cases 135 73 64 69 341

Sua Sponte Matters 13 21 19 26 79

Total Motions Terminated 330 232 165 249 976

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 120 52 27 99 298

Extensions of Time 9 6 0 14 29

Unnumbered Cases 26 4 4 10 44

Sua Sponte Matters 26 7 4 10 47

Total Motions Pending 181 69 35 133 418

Opinions Circulating: 40 12 0 14 66

Opinions Approved but not Released: 4 7 2 0 13

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 1 1 2

Civil 0 0 1 1 2

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 18 17 14 19 68

Civil 10 9 12 14 45

Criminal 8 8 2 5 23

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.