Date: January 18, 2007

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 - DECEMBER

Cumulative: January 1, 2006 through December 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 919 748 678 733 3078

Civil 463 403 355 447 1668

Criminal 456 345 323 286 1410

Cases Docketed 1633 1190 1041 1215 5079

Civil 759 660 576 740 2735

Criminal 874 530 465 475 2344

Cases Reopened 11 10 8 14 43

Civil 7 6 6 14 33

Criminal 4 4 2 0 10

Cases Terminated * 809 782 662 879 3132

Opinion-Civil 222 178 159 237 796

Opinion-Criminal 159 100 86 110 455

Sub-Total 381 278 245 347 1251

Sum. Disp.-Civil 35 72 59 67 233

Sum. Disp.-Criminal 117 181 151 198 647

Sub-Total 152 253 187 265 880

Memo Opinion-Civil 147 129 112 157 545

Memo Opinion-Criminal 77 64 62 69 272

Sub-Total 224 193 174 226 817

Other-Civil 43 44 28 36 151

Other-Criminal 9 14 5 5 33

Sub-Total 52 58 31 41 184

Correction for Error 0 +12 -2 +7 +17

Civil +2 +14 -1 +10 +25

Criminal -2 -2 -1 -4 -8

Cases Pending 702 453 376 476 2007

Civil 309 255 213 294 1071

Criminal 393 198 163 182 936

* 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 December 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 83 52 40 54 229

Civil 37 22 22 37 118

Criminal 46 30 18 17 111

Cases Terminated 75 63 54 72 264

Opinion - Civil 23 9 13 1-IV/III 21 1–III/IV 66

Opinion - Criminal 29 11 1-I/II 7 12 5 – I/IV 59

Sum. Disp. - Civil 0 8 6 3 1-I/IV 17

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 5 16 1-I/II 17 20 6 – I/IV 58

Memo Opinion - Civil 10 8 6 7 31

Memo Opinion - Criminal 6 4 3 5 18

Other - Civil 1 5 1 4 11

Other - Criminal 1 2 1 0 4

Cases Reopened 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Correction for Error -1 0 -1 -1 -3

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal -1 0 -1 -1 -3

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 13 9 5 14 41

Civil 12 6 3 6 27

Criminal 1 3 2 8 14

Three-Judge Appeals 64 40 28 33 165

Civil 19 13 13 24 69

Criminal 45 27 15 9 96

Sup. Writs Filed 3 1 4 1 9

Sup. Writs Terminated 3 1 3 0 7

Granted 1 0 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 1 3 0 6

Sup. Writs Pending 15 7 7 11 40

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 2 3 7 16

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 6 1 7 17

Granted 1 1 0 1 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 5 1 6 14

Leave to Appeal Pending 18 4 10 9 41

Additional Matters During the Month of December 2006

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 113 77 69 116 375

Extensions of Time 60 55 49 57 221

Unnumbered Cases 91 58 48 43 240

Sua Sponte Matters 17 21 35 18 91

Total Motions Filed 281 211 201 234 927

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 114 71 65 112 362

Extensions of Time 65 50 50 55 220

Unnumbered Cases 99 52 54 39 244

Sua Sponte Matters 19 23 38 18 98

Total Motions Terminated 297 196 207 224 924

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 91 41 34 67 233

Extensions of Time 8 11 7 9 35

Unnumbered Cases 29 15 3 9 56

Sua Sponte Matters 14 2 7 10 33

Total Motions Pending 142 69 51 95 357

Opinions Circulating: 31 13 1 1 57

Opinions Approved but not Released: 1 7 0 0 8

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 2 0 1 3

Civil 0 2 0 1 3

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 1 1 0 0 2

Civil 1 0 0 0 1

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Petitions for Review Filed 19 13 8 17 57

Civil 8 11 2 10 31

Criminal 11 2 6 7 26

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.