Date: May 1, 2007

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

From: David R. Schanker, Clerk

Re: COURT OF APPEALS MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT - FEBRUARY

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through February 28, 2007

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Carried Over from December 31 702 453 376 476 2007

Civil 309 255 213 294 1071

Criminal 393 198 163 182 936

Cases Filed 137 97 92 133 459

Civil 72 58 46 66 242

Criminal 65 39 46 67 217

Cases Docketed 839 550 468 609 2466

Civil 381 313 259 360 1313

Criminal 458 237 209 249 1153

Cases Reopened 2 0 0 2 4

Civil 2 0 0 2 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Cases Terminated* 114 112 134 97 457

Opinion - Civil 22 27 23 22 94

Opinion - Criminal 31 7 14 6 58

Subtotal 53 34 37 28 152

Sum. Disp. – Civil 16 14 9 8 47

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 17 33 29 19 98

Subtotal 33 47 38 27 145

Memo Opinion - Civil 17 17 38 23 95

Memo Opinion - Criminal 6 13 16 13 48

Subtotal 23 30 54 36 143

Other - Civil 1 1 4 5 11

Other - Criminal 4 0 1 1 6

Subtotal 5 1 5 6 17

Cases Pending 727 438 334 514 2013

Civil 327 254 185 304 1070

Criminal 400 184 149 210 943

* 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 February 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 73 43 34 63 213

Civil 40 25 11 33 109

Criminal 33 18 23 30 104

Cases Terminated 63 58 57 50 228

Opinion - Civil 14 12 1 – IV/II 15 8 49

Opinion - Criminal 20 5 5 1 1 – I/IV 31

Sum. Disp. - Civil 12 5 5 2 24

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 4 17 1 – I/II 8 12 7 – I/IV 41

Memo Opinion - Civil 8 10 10 14 42

Memo Opinion - Criminal 5 9 10 11 35

Other - Civil 0 0 3 2 5

Other - Criminal 2 0 1 0 1

Cases Reopened 2 0 0 0 2

Civil 2 0 0 0 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 7 9 3 8 27

Civil 6 6 0 3 15

Criminal 1 3 3 5 12

Three-Judge Appeals 55 33 24 50 162

Civil 24 18 27 26 75

Criminal 31 15 17 24 87

Sup. Writs Filed 5 1 1 4 11

Sup. Writs Terminated 2 3 1 3 9

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 3 1 3 9

Sup. Writs Pending 18 7 3 12 40

Leave to Appeal Filed 5 1 5 2 13

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 1 5 8 17

Granted 0 0 0 1 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 3 1 5 7 16

Leave to Appeal Pending 24 4 6 4 38

Additional Matters During the Month of February 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 102 101 56 105 364

Extensions of Time 74 43 41 45 203

Unnumbered Cases 117 42 55 28 242

Sua Sponte Matters 21 5 16 33 75

Total Motions Filed 314 191 168 211 884

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 107 102 57 122 388

Extensions of Time 95 43 40 52 230

Unnumbered Cases 142 48 58 29 277

Sua Sponte Matters 29 6 22 34 91

Total Motions Terminated 373 199 177 237 986

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 96 63 20 74 253

Extensions of Time 4 3 3 6 16

Unnumbered Cases 21 6 5 9 41

Sua Sponte Matters 13 2 3 10 28

Total Motions Pending 134 74 31 99 338

Opinions Circulating: 30 15 1 22 68

Opinions Approved but not Released: 2 2 0 1 5

Petitions for Bypass Filed 2 1 0 1 4

Civil 2 1 0 1 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 8 14 11 18 51

Civil 6 3 5 12 26

Criminal 2 11 6 6 25

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.