Date: September 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 - AUGUST

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through August 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 534 456 434 518 1942

Civil 251 214 234 306 1005

Criminal 283 242 200 212 937

Cases Docketed 1236 909 810 994 3949

Civil 560 469 447 600 2076

Criminal 676 440 363 394 1873

Cases Reopened 7 9 5 11 32

Civil 7 5 4 9 25

Criminal 0 4 1 2 7

Cases Terminated* 512 453 461 502 1928

Opinion - Civil 144 105 104 127 480

Opinion - Criminal 111 44 55 73 283

Subtotal 255 149 159 200 763

Sum. Disp. – Civil 27 70 29 38 164

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 66 94 93 76 329

Subtotal 93 164 122 114 493

Memo Opinion - Civil 96 71 111 87 365

Memo Opinion - Criminal 49 42 43 55 189

Subtotal 145 113 154 142 554

Other - Civil 14 13 22 37 86

Other - Criminal 5 14 4 9 32

Subtotal 19 27 26 46 118

Cases Pending 731 465 354 503 2053

Civil 286 215 185 320 1006

Criminal 445 250 169 183 1047

* 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 August 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 70 60 60 78 268

Civil 26 22 28 46 122

Criminal 44 38 32 32 146

Cases Terminated 76 56 39 89 260

Opinion - Civil 22 17 4 22 3 – III/IV 65

1 – II/IV

Opinion - Criminal 13 6 1 17 2 – III/IV 37

1 – I/IV

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 9 2 6 1 – I/IV 18

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 15 8 8 11 5 – I/IV 42

Memo Opinion - Civil 19 1 – IV/I 5 17 14 1 – III/IV 55

Memo Opinion - Criminal 5 7 5 1 18

Other - Civil 1 1 1 17 20

Other - Criminal 0 3 1 1 5

Cases Reopened 0 2 0 0 2

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 8 13 18 18 57

Civil 4 4 11 9 28

Criminal 4 9 7 9 29

Three-Judge Appeals 54 41 33 45 173

Civil 14 13 13 27 67

Criminal 40 28 20 18 106

Sup. Writs Filed 6 1 2 3 12

Sup. Writs Terminated 8 0 2 6 11

Granted 0 0 0 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 8 0 2 6 9

Sup. Writs Pending 19 6 4 14 43

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 4 8 12 28

Leave to Appeal Terminated 5 3 7 5 20

Granted 1 0 0 1 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 3 7 4 18

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 6 9 11 46

Additional Matters During the Month of August 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 119 106 58 110 393

Extensions of Time 84 58 42 70 254

Unnumbered Cases 98 62 36 57 253

Sua Sponte Matters 30 26 17 15 88

Total Motions Filed 331 252 153 252 988

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 123 102 60 124 409

Extensions of Time 75 58 46 73 252

Unnumbered Cases 93 65 36 53 247

Sua Sponte Matters 26 21 22 20 89

Total Motions Terminated 317 246 164 270 997

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 103 50 30 83 266

Extensions of Time 20 5 3 16 44

Unnumbered Cases 30 5 3 18 56

Sua Sponte Matters 15 7 6 11 39

Total Motions Pending 168 67 42 128 405

Opinions Circulating: 49 9 0 11 69

Opinions Approved but not Released: 16 9 5 0 30

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 1 0 1

Civil 0 0 1 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 3 4

Civil 0 0 0 2 2

Criminal 0 1 0 1 2

Petitions for Review Filed 27 18 13 14 72

Civil 14 15 6 8 43

Criminal 13 3 7 6 29

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.