Date: June 5, 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 - MAY

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through May 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 347 267 253 309 1176

Civil 174 130 143 176 623

Criminal 173 137 110 133 553

Cases Docketed 1049 720 629 785 3183

Civil 483 385 356 470 1694

Criminal 566 335 273 315 1489

Cases Reopened 4 3 2 9 18

Civil 4 3 1 7 15

Criminal 0 0 1 2 3

Cases Terminated* 318 284 322 317 1241

Opinion - Civil 84 67 76 79 306

Opinion - Criminal 76 27 44 39 186

Subtotal 160 94 120 118 492

Sum. Disp. – Civil 22 34 24 23 103

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 39 74 61 46 220

Subtotal 61 108 85 69 323

Memo Opinion - Civil 47 45 73 63 228

Memo Opinion - Criminal 35 23 30 40 128

Subtotal 82 68 103 103 356

Other - Civil 10 11 12 20 54

Other - Criminal 5 3 2 7 18

Subtotal 15 14 14 27 72

Cases Pending 735 439 309 477 1960

Civil 324 231 172 292 1019

Criminal 411 208 137 185 941

* 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 May 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 82 57 54 53 246

Civil 40 19 31 31 121

Criminal 42 38 23 22 125

Cases Terminated 89 73 68 70 300

Opinion - Civil 28 12 22 19 81

Opinion - Criminal 21 13 7 11 2 – I/IV 52

3 – III/IV

Sum. Disp. - Civil 4 13 6 9 32

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 7 15 10 8 4 – I/IV 40

Memo Opinion - Civil 12 9 14 15 50

Memo Opinion - Criminal 13 5 2 – I/II 5 3 26

Other - Civil 4 5 4 5 18

Other - Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Cases Reopened 2 1 1 2 6

Civil 2 1 0 2 5

Criminal 0 0 1 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 4 9 5 12 30

Civil 4 4 4 8 20

Criminal 0 5 1 4 10

Three-Judge Appeals 64 39 45 36 184

Civil 24 10 24 19 77

Criminal 40 29 21 17 107

Sup. Writs Filed 7 2 2 5 16

Sup. Writs Terminated 3 1 2 5 11

Granted 0 0 1 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 3 1 1 4 9

Sup. Writs Pending 21 6 3 11 41

Leave to Appeal Filed 6 5 3 2 16

Leave to Appeal Terminated 6 4 4 6 20

Granted 1 0 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 4 4 5 18

Leave to Appeal Pending 22 8 5 7 42

Additional Matters During the Month of May 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 97 74 51 97 319

Extensions of Time 57 61 41 39 198

Unnumbered Cases 91 78 41 43 253

Sua Sponte Matters 34 12 22 18 86

Total Motions Filed 279 225 155 197 856

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 112 122 56 114 404

Extensions of Time 73 65 43 46 227

Unnumbered Cases 135 89 44 39 307

Sua Sponte Matters 39 15 24 21 99

Total Motions Terminated 359 291 167 220 1037

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 110 44 24 63 241

Extensions of Time 9 3 2 9 23

Unnumbered Cases 25 4 5 12 46

Sua Sponte Matters 11 3 6 14 34

Total Motions Pending 155 54 37 98 344

Opinions Circulating: 15 13 4 12 44

Opinions Approved but not Released: 7 7 0 0 14

Petitions for Bypass Filed 3 0 0 0 3

Civil 3 0 0 0 3

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 19 16 7 12 54

Civil 10 8 2 9 29

Criminal 9 8 5 3 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.