Date: August 3, 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 - JULY

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through July 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 464 396 374 440 1674

Civil 225 192 206 260 883

Criminal 239 204 168 180 791

Cases Docketed 1166 849 750 916 3681

Civil 534 447 419 554 1954

Criminal 632 402 331 362 1727

Cases Reopened 7 7 5 11 30

Civil 7 4 4 9 24

Criminal 0 3 1 2 6

Cases Terminated* 436 397 422 413 1668

Opinion - Civil 122 88 100 105 415

Opinion - Criminal 98 38 54 56 246

Subtotal 220 126 154 161 661

Sum. Disp. – Civil 26 61 27 32 146

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 51 86 85 65 287

Subtotal 77 147 112 97 433

Memo Opinion - Civil 77 66 94 73 310

Memo Opinion - Criminal 44 35 38 54 171

Subtotal 121 101 132 127 481

Other - Civil 13 12 21 20 66

Other - Criminal 5 11 3 8 27

Subtotal 18 23 24 28 93

Cases Pending 737 459 333 514 2043

Civil 303 224 181 333 1041

Criminal 434 235 152 181 1002

* Terminations are adjusted to reflect dispositions by panels assigned to cases filed in other districts and cover the "number of cases" terminated.

Case Activity During the Month of July 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 44 68 61 73 246

Civil 25 28 30 45 128

Criminal 19 40 31 28 118

Cases Terminated 75 48 60 47 230

Opinion - Civil 24 11 1 – IV/II 12 1 – IV/III 11 3 – III/IV 58

Opinion - Criminal 15 2 8 10 1 – I/IV 35

Sum. Disp. - Civil 3 11 2 – IV/II 1 3 18

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 8 5 1 – I/II 19 10 1 – III/IV 42

1 – I/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 17 8 11 5 41

Memo Opinion - Criminal 6 5 3 7 21

Other - Civil 2 1 5 0 8

Other - Criminal 0 5 1 1 7

Cases Reopened 1 2 1 1 5

Civil 1 1 1 1 4

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 4 8 13 18 43

Civil 4 4 4 11 23

Criminal 0 4 9 7 20

Three-Judge Appeals 34 55 40 50 179

Civil 15 21 18 29 83

Criminal 19 34 22 21 96

Sup. Writs Filed 7 1 1 5 14

Sup. Writs Terminated 5 2 1 3 11

Granted 1 0 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 2 1 2 9

Sup. Writs Pending 22 5 3 17 47

Leave to Appeal Filed 0 4 6 4 14

Leave to Appeal Terminated 2 5 3 1 11

Granted 0 2 0 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 3 3 1 9

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 5 8 4 37

Additional Matters During the Month of July 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 90 91 58 96 335

Extensions of Time 87 60 47 43 237

Unnumbered Cases 87 77 36 50 250

Sua Sponte Matters 33 15 14 26 88

Total Motions Filed 297 243 155 215 910

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 114 103 49 85 351

Extensions of Time 82 59 51 54 246

Unnumbered Cases 94 76 37 57 264

Sua Sponte Matters 32 18 9 22 81

Total Motions Terminated 322 256 146 218 942

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 103 43 31 78 255

Extensions of Time 11 4 6 10 31

Unnumbered Cases 9 7 4 7 27

Sua Sponte Matters 9 3 10 15 37

Total Motions Pending 132 57 51 110 350

Opinions Circulating: 51 15 0 13 79

Opinions Approved but not Released: 1 9 0 7 17

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 2 0 0 2

Civil 0 2 0 0 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 1 2

Civil 0 1 0 1 2

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 14 19 6 15 54

Civil 8 10 5 7 30

Criminal 6 9 1 8 24

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.