Date: September 6, 2006 (Rev. 9/26/06)

To: Court of Appeals Judges, Director of State Courts, Staff Counsel, Clerk'sOffice Staff

From: Cornelia G. Clark, Clerk

Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT - AUGUST

Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through August 31, 2006

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Carried Over from December 31 714 442 363 482 2001

Civil 297 257 223 293 1070

Criminal 417 185 140 189 931

Cases Filed 616 503 455 483 2057

Civil 324 267 238 290 1119

Criminal 292 236 217 193 938

Cases Docketed 1330 945 818 965 4058

Civil 621 524 461 583 2189

Criminal 709 421 357 382 1869

Cases Reopened 9 8 6 11 34

Civil 6 4 5 11 26

Criminal 3 4 1 0 8

Cases Terminated * 535 519 465 579 2098

Opinion-Civil 130 130 103 150 513

Opinion-Criminal 112 67 54 63 296

Sub-Total 242 197 157 213 809

Sum. Disp.-Civil 29 38 41 49 157

Sum. Disp.-Criminal 87 118 103 131 439

Sub-Total 116 156 144 180 596

Memo Opinion-Civil 94 83 91 120 388

Memo Opinion-Criminal 50 43 46 43 182

Sub-Total 144 126 137 163 570

Other-Civil 27 29 23 20 99

Other-Criminal 6 11 4 3 24

Sub-Total 33 40 27 23 123

Correction for Error -2 +8 -3 +6 +9

Civil 0 +11 -2 +9 +18

Criminal -2 -3 -1 -3 -9

Cases Pending 710 462 353 478 2003

Civil 339 259 196 282 1076

Criminal 371 203 157 196 927

* Terminations are adjusted to reflect dispositions by panels assigned to cases filed in other districts and cover the "number of cases" terminated.

Cases Activity During Month of August 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 83 65 67 70 285

Civil 40 37 26 38 141

Criminal 43 28 41 32 144

Cases Terminated 90 62 80 83 315

Opinion - Civil 27 19 10 20 4-III/IV 76

Opinion - Criminal 14 9 1-I/II 11 2-IV/III 16 6-I/IV 50

Sum. Disp. - Civil 4 4 6 9 2-I/IV 23

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 11 11 1-I/II 26 16 6-I/IV 64

Memo Opinion - Civil 21 8 14 1-IV/III 16 1-II/IV 59

Memo Opinion - Criminal 10 5 10 4 29

Other - Civil 3 4 2 2 11

Other - Criminal 0 2 1 0 3

Cases Reopened 1 0 0 0 1

Civil 1 0 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Correction for Error -2 +8 -3 +6 +9

Civil -1 +11 -2 +10 +18

Criminal -1 -3 -1 -4 -9

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 9 21 16 11 57

Civil 6 18 10 8 42

Criminal 3 3 6 3 15

Three-Judge Appeals 64 42 46 49 201

Civil 24 17 11 23 75

Criminal 40 25 35 26 126

Sup. Writs Filed 9 3 2 2 16

Sup. Writs Terminated 9 2 3 6 20

Granted 1 0 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 8 2 3 5 18

Sup. Writs Pending 21 10 3 10 44

Leave to Appeal Filed 1 1 3 8 13

Leave to Appeal Terminated 6 5 7 8 26

Granted 1 1 0 3 5

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 4 7 5 21

Leave to Appeal Pending 22 1 4 8 35

Additional Matters During Month of August 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 126 96 80 98 400

Extensions of Time 64 50 49 48 211

Unnumbered Cases 103 61 41 30 235

Sua Sponte Matters 19 10 24 17 70

Total Motions Filed 312 217 194 193 916

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 137 87 67 86 377

Extensions of Time 90 55 55 42 242

Unnumbered Cases 122 64 43 36 265

Sua Sponte Matters 24 15 23 17 79

Total Motions Terminated 373 221 188 181 963

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 84 53 51 67 255

Extensions of Time 7 1 4 14 26

Unnumbered Cases 14 2 5 6 27

Sua Sponte Matters 13 3 5 6 27

Total Motions Pending 118 59 65 93 335

Opinions Circulating: 21 9 0 27 57

Opinions Approved but not Released: 5 7 4 0 16

Petitions for Bypass Filed 1 0 3 0 4

Civil 1 0 1 0 2

Criminal 0 0 2 0 2

Certifications Filed 0 3 1 0 4

Civil 0 2 1 0 3

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Petitions for Review Filed 15 14 16 20 65

Civil 9 10 11 12 42

Criminal 6 4 5 8 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 4 of the report reflects the current status of transfer cases.