Date: May 7, 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 - MARCH

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through March 31, 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 199 159 149 191 698

Civil 101 90 79 106 376

Criminal 98 69 70 85 322

Cases Docketed 901 612 525 667 2705

Civil 410 345 292 400 1447

Criminal 491 267 233 267 1258

Cases Reopened 2 1 0 5 8

Civil 2 1 0 3 6

Criminal 0 0 0 2 2

Cases Terminated* 181 168 208 196 753

Opinion - Civil 44 48 42 50 184

Opinion - Criminal 46 10 29 24 109

Subtotal 90 58 71 74 293

Sum. Disp. – Civil 18 17 16 12 63

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 25 48 44 34 151

Subtotal 43 65 60 46 214

Memo Opinion - Civil 25 28 48 36 137

Memo Opinion - Criminal 15 15 21 25 76

Subtotal 40 43 69 61 213

Other - Civil 3 1 6 10 20

Other - Criminal 5 1 2 5 13

Subtotal 8 2 8 15 33

Cases Pending 722 445 317 476 1960

Civil 322 252 180 295 1049

Criminal 400 193 137 181 911

* 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 March 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 62 62 57 58 239

Civil 29 32 33 40 134

Criminal 33 30 24 18 105

Cases Terminated 67 56 74 99 296

Opinion - Civil 22 21 19 28 1 – I/IV 90

Opinion - Criminal 15 3 15 18 3 – I/IV 51

Sum. Disp. - Civil 2 3 7 4 16

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 8 15 15 15 4 – I/IV 53

Memo Opinion - Civil 8 11 10 13 42

Memo Opinion - Criminal 9 2 5 12 1 – I/IV 28

Other - Civil 2 0 2 5 9

Other - Criminal 1 1 1 4 7

Cases Reopened 0 1 0 3 4

Civil 0 1 0 1 2

Criminal 0 0 0 2 2

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 15 17 11 8 51

Civil 13 12 6 5 36

Criminal 2 5 5 3 15

Three-Judge Appeals 45 43 39 42 169

Civil 14 17 20 28 79

Criminal 31 26 19 14 90

Sup. Writs Filed 1 1 2 5 9

Sup. Writs Terminated 1 3 2 4 10

Granted 0 1 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 2 2 3 8

Sup. Writs Pending 18 5 3 12 38

Leave to Appeal Filed 1 4 6 4 15

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 2 1 2 8

Granted 2 1 0 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 1 1 2 5

Leave to Appeal Pending 22 6 11 6 45

Additional Matters During the Month of March 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 127 97 52 120 396

Extensions of Time 57 41 42 63 203

Unnumbered Cases 72 67 48 66 253

Sua Sponte Matters 35 24 34 44 137

Total Motions Filed 291 229 176 293 989

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 114 104 49 117 384

Extensions of Time 45 41 44 57 187

Unnumbered Cases 76 72 46 50 244

Sua Sponte Matters 35 19 33 27 114

Total Motions Terminated 270 236 172 251 929

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 109 57 22 79 267

Extensions of Time 18 4 1 12 35

Unnumbered Cases 11 4 6 19 40

Sua Sponte Matters 10 8 4 27 49

Total Motions Pending 148 73 33 137 391

Opinions Circulating: 20 11 1 5 37

Opinions Approved but not Released: 9 6 1 2 18

Petitions for Bypass Filed 2 0 0 4 6

Civil 2 0 0 4 6

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 1 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 23 12 23 21 79

Civil 11 4 16 9 40

Criminal 12 8 7 12 39

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.