NCJ Number
127777
Date Published
1990
Length
167 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on workloads, cases, and actions by U.S. courts of appeals and U.S. district courts for 1990.
Abstract
Overall judicial workload profiles for pending appeals cover the number of appeals filed and the number terminated for each court and for the Nation as a whole. Statistics are presented for the total number of cases and by case type (inmate lawsuits, all other civil cases, criminal cases, and administrative cases). The overall profiles also address actions per active judge in terms of statistics on termination on the merits, procedural terminations, and written decisions (total, signed, unsigned, and without comment). Judicial workload profiles according to actions per panel for U.S. courts of appeals also cover appeals filed and terminated for pending cases by case type. Other statistics include the number of judgeships/number of panels, number of sitting senior judges, and number of vacant judgeship months. Median time from filing notice of appeal to disposition is also indicated. Other workload statistics per judgeship address applications for interlocutory appeals, pro se mandamus petitions, and petitions for rehearing. Profiles for U.S. district courts cover filings, termination, pending cases, number of judgeships, vacant judgeship months, actions per judgeship, median times (filing to disposition), and the nature of the suit (civil) and offense categories (criminal). Other data include the number and percentage of civil cases three years old, number and percentage of triable defendants in pending felony cases, the average number of prospective jurors present for jury selection, and the percentage not selected or challenged.