Date: March 7, 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 – February 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through February 29, 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 140 135 83 132 490

Civil 60 70 39 76 245

Criminal 80 65 44 56 245

Cases Docketed 794 594 396 612 2396

Civil 300 293 211 355 1159

Criminal 494 301 185 257 1237

Cases Reopened 1 2 0 3 6

Civil 1 2 0 3 6

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Cases Terminated* 132 119 101 171 523

Opinion - Civil 40 25 28 49 142

Opinion - Criminal 14 14 17 20 65

Subtotal 54 39 45 69 207

Sum. Disp. – Civil 5 7 9 12 33

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 38 25 21 46 130

Subtotal 43 32 30 58 163

Memo Opinion - Civil 16 17 17 29 79

Memo Opinion - Criminal 9 23 4 9 45

Subtotal 25 40 21 38 124

Other - Civil 6 7 5 5 23

Other - Criminal 4 1 0 1 6

Subtotal 10 8 5 6 29

Cases Pending 663 477 295 444 1879

Civil 234 239 152 263 888

Criminal 429 238 143 181 991

* 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 February 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 72 77 45 57 251

Civil 28 35 20 32 115

Criminal 44 42 25 25 135

Cases Terminated 60 61 47 68 236

Opinion - Civil 18 15 16 24 2 – III/IV 73

Opinion - Criminal 8 7 5 10 1 – I/IV 30

Sum. Disp. - Civil 0 3 6 3 12

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 17 10 1 – I/II 19 14 3 – I/IV 50

1 – III/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 7 9 1 – IV/II 8 8 32

Memo Opinion - Criminal 5 13 1 7 26

Other - Civil 4 4 2 2 12

Other - Criminal 1 0 0 0 1

Cases Reopened 0 2 0 0 2

Civil 0 2 0 0 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 10 15 6 15 46

Civil 6 7 2 10 25

Criminal 4 8 4 5 21

Three-Judge Appeals 54 48 32 37 171

Civil 14 21 13 17 65

Criminal 40 27 19 20 106

Sup. Writs Filed 4 4 3 4 15

Sup. Writs Terminated 2 2 2 2 8

Granted 0 1 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 1 2 2 7

Sup. Writs Pending 23 6 1 12 42

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 14 6 1 25

Leave to Appeal Terminated 4 7 0 4 15

Granted 1 0 0 2 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 3 7 0 2 12

Leave to Appeal Pending 23 14 8 2 47

Additional Matters During the Month of February 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 101 102 47 97 347

Extensions of Time 69 49 35 35 188

Unnumbered Cases 90 58 40 57 245

Sua Sponte Matters 18 23 12 19 72

Total Motions Filed 278 232 134 208 852

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 107 93 54 133 387

Extensions of Time 78 49 34 45 206

Unnumbered Cases 107 56 41 65 269

Sua Sponte Matters 22 15 15 21 73

Total Motions Terminated 314 213 144 264 935

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 117 59 19 73 268

Extensions of Time 1 6 1 6 14

Unnumbered Cases 12 8 3 7 30

Sua Sponte Matters 23 15 3 9 50

Total Motions Pending 153 88 26 95 362

Opinions Circulating: 32 10 2 22 66

Opinions Approved but not Released: 0 7 1 0 8

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 1 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 0 0

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 14 13 6 28 61

Civil 7 6 5 22 40

Criminal 7 7 1 6 21

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.