Date: October 19, 2006 (Rev. 1/12/07)

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 – SEPTEMBER, 2006

Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through September 30, 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 675 558 523 543 2299

Civil 355 300 281 327 1263

Criminal 320 258 242 216 1036

Cases Docketed 1389 1000 886 1025 4300

Civil 652 557 504 620 2333

Criminal 737 443 382 405 1967

Cases Reopened 9 8 7 11 35

Civil 6 4 6 11 27

Criminal 3 4 1 0 8

Cases Terminated * 600 581 498 648 2327

Opinion-Civil 150 143 110 173 576

Opinion-Criminal 118 75 59 74 326

Sub-Total 268 218 169 247 902

Sum. Disp.-Civil 30 44 43 54 171

Sum. Disp.-Criminal 93 134 107 144 478

Sub-Total 123 178 150 198 649

Memo Opinion-Civil 113 96 98 127 434

Memo Opinion-Criminal 57 47 53 51 208

Sub-Total 170 143 151 178 642

Other-Civil 32 30 24 22 108

Other-Criminal 7 12 4 3 26

Sub-Total 39 42 28 25 134

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

Civil 0 +10 -1 +8 +17

Criminal -2 -2 -2 -2 -8

Cases Pending 691 457 388 481 2017

Civil 324 259 223 282 1088

Criminal 367 198 165 199 929

* 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 September 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 59 55 68 60 242

Civil 31 33 43 37 144

Criminal 28 22 25 23 98

Cases Terminated 65 62 33 69 229

Opinion - Civil 20 13 1 – IV/II 7 23 1 – III/IV 63

Opinion - Criminal 6 8 5 11 5 – I/IV 30

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 6 2 5 1 – I/IV 14

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 6 16 1 – I/II 4 13 6 – I/IV 39

Memo Opinion - Civil 19 13 7 7 46

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 4 7 8 26

Other - Civil 5 1 1 2 9

Other - Criminal 1 1 0 0 2

Cases Reopened 0 0 1 0 1

Civil 0 0 1 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Correction for Error 0 0 0 0 0

Civil 0 -1 +1 -1 -1

Criminal 0 +1 -1 +1 +1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 9 11 11 13 44

Civil 6 7 8 8 29

Criminal 3 4 3 5 15

Three-Judge Appeals 46 38 52 42 178

Civil 21 22 31 25 99

Criminal 25 16 21 17 79

Sup. Writs Filed 2 2 2 4 10

Sup. Writs Terminated 6 4 1 0 11

Granted 0 1 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 6 3 1 0 10

Sup. Writs Pending 17 8 4 14 43

Leave to Appeal Filed 2 4 3 3 12

Leave to Appeal Terminated 5 1 3 5 14

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 1 3 5 14

Leave to Appeal Pending 19 4 4 6 33

Additional Matters During the Month of September 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 118 86 90 118 412

Extensions of Time 58 54 36 53 201

Unnumbered Cases 63 43 25 34 165

Sua Sponte Matters 20 6 36 18 80

Total Motions Filed 259 189 187 223 858

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 124 105 72 116 417

Extensions of Time 52 50 35 57 194

Unnumbered Cases 50 35 25 28 138

Sua Sponte Matters 18 6 22 21 67

Total Motions Terminated 244 196 154 222 816

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 83 34 72 71 260

Extensions of Time 14 5 5 10 34

Unnumbered Cases 26 9 4 10 49

Sua Sponte Matters 13 3 19 3 38

Total Motions Pending 136 51 100 94 381

Opinions Circulating: 19 11 8 25 63

Opinions Approved but not Released: 4 4 14 0 22

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 3 0 0 3

Civil 0 2 0 0 2

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 1 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 22 14 16 26 78

Civil 17 7 5 18 47

Criminal 5 7 11 8 31

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.