Date: November 8, 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 - OCTOBER

Cumulative: January 1, 2007 through October 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 665 572 518 646 2401

Civil 299 274 292 390 1255

Criminal 366 298 226 256 1146

Cases Docketed 1367 1025 894 1122 4408

Civil 608 529 505 684 2326

Criminal 759 496 389 438 2082

Cases Reopened 9 10 5 15 39

Civil 9 6 4 13 32

Criminal 0 4 1 2 7

Cases Terminated* 656 604 569 659 2488

Opinion - Civil 195 124 123 155 597

Opinion - Criminal 137 77 66 88 368

Subtotal 332 201 189 243 965

Sum. Disp. – Civil 32 79 43 53 207

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 85 133 111 116 445

Subtotal 117 212 154 169 652

Memo Opinion - Civil 123 98 133 127 481

Memo Opinion - Criminal 61 54 52 66 233

Subtotal 184 152 185 193 714

Other - Civil 17 22 34 45 118

Other - Criminal 6 17 7 9 39

Subtotal 23 39 41 54 157

Cases Pending 720 431 330 478 1959

Civil 250 212 176 317 955

Criminal 470 219 154 161 1004

* 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 October 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 63 53 43 68 227

Civil 19 22 31 44 116

Criminal 44 31 12 24 111

Cases Terminated 63 79 56 96 294

Opinion - Civil 22 9 9 15 1 – III/IV 55

Opinion - Criminal 11 21 5 7 2 – I/IV 44

Sum. Disp. - Civil 2 3 8 9 22

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 7 17 11 31 3 – III/IV 66

7 – I/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 12 13 12 24 1 – III/IV 61

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 11 2 4 24

Other - Civil 2 4 7 6 19

Other - Criminal 0 1 2 0 3

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 4 12 9 21 46

Civil 2 7 8 14 31

Criminal 2 5 1 7 15

Three-Judge Appeals 55 36 29 36 156

Civil 15 12 18 23 68

Criminal 40 24 11 13 88

Sup. Writs Filed 1 1 2 4 8

Sup. Writs Terminated 3 4 2 6 15

Granted 0 0 0 0 0

Denied, Dismissed, Other 3 4 2 6 15

Sup. Writs Pending 15 3 4 15 37

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 5 5 6 20

Leave to Appeal Terminated 2 6 5 10 23

Granted 0 1 0 4 5

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 5 5 6 18

Leave to Appeal Pending 22 2 5 8 37

Additional Matters During the Month of October 2007

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 110 84 48 130 372

Extensions of Time 83 49 44 54 230

Unnumbered Cases 105 63 49 45 262

Sua Sponte Matters 36 22 19 29 106

Total Motions Filed 334 218 160 258 970

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 117 93 53 124 387

Extensions of Time 88 49 43 56 236

Unnumbered Cases 132 65 46 46 289

Sua Sponte Matters 37 22 18 24 101

Total Motions Terminated 374 229 160 250 1013

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 115 33 25 72 245

Extensions of Time 9 4 6 8 27

Unnumbered Cases 14 2 4 5 25

Sua Sponte Matters 24 5 9 18 56

Total Motions Pending 162 44 44 103 353

Opinions Circulating: 43 20 3 29 95

Opinions Approved but not Released: 5 2 2 7 16

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 1 1

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 1 1

Civil 0 0 0 1 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 36 18 16 19 89

Civil 26 5 8 13 52

Criminal 10 13 8 6 37

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.