Date: December 20, 2006 (rev. 1/17/07)

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

From: Cornelia G. Clark, Clerk

Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT - NOVEMBER

Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through November 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 836 696 638 679 2849

Civil 426 381 333 410 1550

Criminal 410 315 305 269 1299

Cases Docketed 1550 1138 1001 1161 4850

Civil 723 638 556 703 2620

Criminal 827 500 445 458 2230

Cases Reopened 11 9 8 14 42

Civil 7 5 6 14 32

Criminal 4 4 2 0 10

Cases Terminated * 734 719 608 807 2868

Opinion-Civil 199 169 146 216 730

Opinion-Criminal 130 89 79 98 396

Sub-Total 329 258 225 314 1126

Sum. Disp.-Civil 35 64 53 64 216

Sum. Disp.-Criminal 112 165 134 178 589

Sub-Total 147 229 187 242 803

Memo Opinion-Civil 137 121 106 150 514

Memo Opinion-Criminal 71 60 59 64 254

Sub-Total 208 181 165 214 768

Other-Civil 42 39 27 32 140

Other-Criminal 8 12 4 5 29

Sub-Total 50 51 31 37 169

Correction for Error + 1 +12 -1 +8 +20

Civil +2 +14 -1 +10 +25

Criminal -1 -2 0 -2 -5

Cases Pending 709 461 391 483 2044

Civil 307 262 217 291 1077

Criminal 402 199 174 192 967

* 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 the Month of November 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 65 68 57 66 256

Civil 27 39 26 41 133

Criminal 38 29 31 25 123

Cases Terminated 59 71 41 70 1-I/IV 240

Opinion - Civil 23 16 13 20 3–II/IV, 1–III/IV 72

Opinion - Criminal 7 6 6 8 2 – I/IV 27

Sum. Disp. - Civil 2 10 3 2 17

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 10 5 – IV/I 21 11 16 5 – I/IV 58

Memo Opinion - Civil 9 9 5 11 34

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 7 2 8 24

Other - Civil 1 2 1 4 8

Other - Criminal 0 0 0 1 1

Cases Reopened 2 0 1 2 5

Civil 1 0 0 2 3

Criminal 1 0 1 0 2

Correction for Error +1 +3 +2 0 +6

Civil 0 +3 +2 -2 +3

Criminal +1 0 0 +2 +3

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 8 9 16 14 47

Civil 5 7 11 7 29

Criminal 3 2 7 8 18

Three-Judge Appeals 53 55 38 49 195

Civil 19 30 13 32 94

Criminal 34 25 25 17 101

Sup. Writs Filed 3 4 1 2 10

Sup. Writs Terminated 2 6 2 4 14

Granted 1 1 0 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 5 2 4 12

Sup. Writs Pending 15 7 6 11 39

Leave to Appeal Filed 2 4 2 1 9

Leave to Appeal Terminated 5 2 0 6 13

Granted 0 2 0 1 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 0 0 5 10

Leave to Appeal Pending 17 8 8 9 42

Additional Matters During the Month of November 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 106 86 62 110 364

Extensions of Time 62 54 49 66 231

Unnumbered Cases 117 55 52 43 267

Sua Sponte Matters 18 14 24 23 79

Total Motions Filed 303 209 187 242 941

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 93 88 80 129 390

Extensions of Time 64 59 47 71 241

Unnumbered Cases 94 59 48 51 252

Sua Sponte Matters 22 14 31 22 89

Total Motions Terminated 273 220 206 273 972

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 92 35 28 63 218

Extensions of Time 10 3 8 6 27

Unnumbered Cases 33 5 7 3 48

Sua Sponte Matters 15 3 9 9 36

Total Motions Pending 150 46 52 81 329

Opinions Circulating: 18 20 0 14 52

Opinions Approved but not Released: 13 1 2 0 16

Petitions for Bypass Filed 1 0 0 0 1

Civil 1 0 0 0 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 23 13 17 29 82

Civil 18 8 11 14 51

Criminal 5 5 6 15 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.