Date: October 2, 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 - SEPTEMBER

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through September 30, 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 602 519 475 578 2174

Civil 280 252 261 346 1139

Criminal 322 267 214 232 1035

Cases Docketed 1304 972 851 1054 4181

Civil 589 507 474 640 2210

Criminal 715 465 377 414 1971

Cases Reopened 8 9 5 14 36

Civil 8 5 4 12 29

Criminal 0 4 1 2 7

Cases Terminated* 593 525 513 563 2194

Opinion - Civil 173 115 114 140 542

Opinion - Criminal 126 56 61 81 324

Subtotal 299 171 175 221 866

Sum. Disp. – Civil 30 76 35 44 185

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 78 116 100 85 379

Subtotal 108 192 135 129 564

Memo Opinion - Civil 111 85 121 103 420

Memo Opinion - Criminal 54 43 50 62 209

Subtotal 165 128 171 165 629

Other - Civil 15 18 27 39 99

Other - Criminal 6 16 5 9 36

Subtotal 21 34 32 48 135

Cases Pending 719 456 343 505 2023

Civil 268 215 181 326 993

Criminal 451 238 162 179 1030

* 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 September 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 68 63 41 60 232

Civil 29 38 27 40 134

Criminal 39 25 24 20 98

Cases Terminated 81 72 52 61 266

Opinion - Civil 29 10 10 13 1 – II/IV 62

Opinion - Criminal 15 12 6 8 3 – I/IV 41

Sum. Disp. - Civil 3 6 6 6 1 – I/IV 21

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 12 1 – IV/I 22 2 – I/II 7 9 2 – I/IV 50

Memo Opinion - Civil 15 14 10 16 55

Memo Opinion - Criminal 5 1 1 – I/II 7 7 1 – III/IV 20

Other - Civil 1 5 5 2 13

Other - Criminal 1 2 1 0 4

Cases Reopened 1 0 0 3 4

Civil 1 0 0 3 4

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 12 21 6 18 57

Civil 9 16 5 10 40

Criminal 3 5 1 8 17

Three-Judge Appeals 51 39 29 32 151

Civil 16 20 16 20 72

Criminal 35 19 13 12 79

Sup. Writs Filed 4 3 3 3 13

Sup. Writs Terminated 6 3 3 3 15

Granted 2 1 0 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 2 3 3 12

Sup. Writs Pending 17 6 4 14 41

Leave to Appeal Filed 1 3 3 8 15

Leave to Appeal Terminated 1 5 7 7 20

Granted 1 1 1 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 4 8 7 17

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 3 5 12 40

Additional Matters During the Month of September 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 108 73 57 113 351

Extensions of Time 70 56 29 49 204

Unnumbered Cases 74 57 35 45 211

Sua Sponte Matters 38 16 17 26 97

Total Motions Filed 290 202 138 233 863

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 89 73 59 129 350

Extensions of Time 82 58 30 58 228

Unnumbered Cases 85 60 39 58 242

Sua Sponte Matters 31 18 15 23 87

Total Motions Terminated 287 209 143 268 907

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 123 43 31 67 264

Extensions of Time 12 4 5 8 29

Unnumbered Cases 35 4 3 8 50

Sua Sponte Matters 22 5 8 14 49

Total Motions Pending 192 56 47 97 392

Opinions Circulating: 34 10 2 12 58

Opinions Approved but not Released: 11 14 5 1 31

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

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 25 14 3 21 63

Civil 16 10 2 8 36

Criminal 9 4 1 13 27

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.