Date: April 4, 2008
To: Members
of the Court, Dir. of State Courts, Executive Asst. to the Chief Justice,
Commissioners
From: David R. Schanker,
Clerk
Re: SUPREME COURT MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT – March 2008
Cumulative: January 1,
2008 through March 31, 2008
|
*Carried over 144 Civil
121 Criminal 23 Actions Filed 24 Discp., Jud., Bar Adm. 16 Supervisory Writ 7 Orig. Action 0 Misc-Civil 1 -Criminal 0 Petitions for Review *Carried over
186 Civil 97 Criminal 89 Filed 209 Civil 127 Criminal 82 Petitions for Bypass *Carried over 0 Civil 0 Criminal 0 Filed 4 Civil 2 Criminal 2 Certifications *Carried over 2 Civil
1 Criminal
1 Filed 2 Civil 1 Criminal 1 TOTAL MATTERS DOCKETED 571 Civil 373 Criminal 198 |
Cases Terminated 25 Opinion-Civil 11 Opinion-Criminal 1 Order-Civil 12 Order-Criminal 1 Reviews Terminated 192 Granted-Civil 4 Granted-Criminal 2 Denied-Civil 100 Denied-Criminal 86 Bypasses Terminated 2 Granted-Civil 0 Granted-Criminal 0 Denied-Civil 1 Denied-Criminal 1 Certifications Term'd. 2 Granted-Civil 0 Granted-Criminal 2 Denied-Civil 0 Denied-Criminal 0 TOTAL MATTERS TERMINATED 221 Civil 128 Criminal 93 |
Cases Pending 151 Civil 126 Criminal 25 (Reviews, bypasses & certifications granted have
been added to cases pending.) Reviews Pending 203 Civil 120 Criminal 83 Bypasses Pending 2 Civil 1 Criminal 1 Certifications Pending 2 Civil 2 Criminal 0 TOTAL PENDING 358 Civil 249 Criminal 109 |
*Carried over from 12/31/2007. Note: Statistics
state the "number of cases" covered by the filing and/or termination
of a Review, Bypass or Certification.
CASE
ACTIVITY DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2008
Actions
filed 7
Disciplinary, Jud., Bar Adm. 6
Supervisory Writ 1
Original Action 0
Miscellaneous-CV 0
-CR 0
Petitions
for Review filed 64
Civil 39
Criminal 25
Petitions
for Bypass filed 1
Civil 0
Criminal 1
Certifications
filed 0
Civil 0
Criminal 0
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Cases
Terminated 13
Opinion - Civil 8
Opinion - Criminal 1
Order - Civil 3
Order - Criminal 1
Petitions
for Review Terminated 47 Granted 3 Denied 44
Civil 26 2 24
Criminal 21 1 20
Petitions
for Bypass Terminated 1 Granted 0 Denied 1
Civil 0 0 0
Criminal 1 0 1
Certifications
Terminated 1 Granted 1 Denied 0
Civil 0 0 0
Criminal 1 1 0
STATUS OF PENDING CASES – MARCH 2008
Disciplinary / Bar Admissions Matters 45
Civil 45
Criminal 0
First Brief Due 6
Civil 4
Criminal 2
Second Brief Due 2
Civil 2
Criminal 0
Reply Brief Due 0
Civil 0
Criminal 0
Cases with Motions Pending 15
Civil 15
Criminal 0
Cases with Petitions Pending 3
Civil 3
Criminal 0
Cases Ready to be Calendared 0
Civil 0
Criminal 0
Cases Assigned for Argument
5
Civil 3
Criminal 2
Cases Assigned for Submission on Briefs 0
Civil 0
Criminal 0
Cases Under Submission 61
Civil 41
Criminal 20
Other Brief Due 1
Civil 1
Criminal 0
Cases On Hold 1
Civil 1
Criminal 0
Miscellaneous 0
Civil 0
Criminal 0
TOTAL CASES PENDING 139
Civil 115
Criminal 24
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
MARCH
2008
Motions Filed 55
Motions for
Reconsideration Filed 1
Petitions for
Supervisory Writ Filed 1
Sua Sponte Motions Filed 5
Motions
Terminated 57
Motions for
Reconsideration Terminated 2
Petitions
for Supervisory Writ Terminated: 3
Granted - 0 Denied - 2
Transferred - 1
Sua Sponte Motions Terminated 6
Motions
Pending 37
Motions
Under Submission 23
Motions for
Reconsideration Pending 0
Motions
for Reconsideration Under Submission 0
Petitions for
Supervisory Writ Pending 3
Petitions for
Supervisory Writ Under Submission 3
Sua Sponte Motions Pending 12
Sua Sponte
Motions Under Submission 12