Date: April 4, 2008

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 – March 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008

APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Carried Over from Dec. 31, 2007 654 459 313 480 1906

Civil 240 223 172 279 914

Criminal 414 236 141 201 992

Cases Filed 231 196 145 194 766

Civil 101 97 61 111 370

Criminal 130 99 84 83 396

Cases Docketed 885 655 458 674 2672

Civil 341 320 233 390 1284

Criminal 544 335 225 284 1388

Cases Reopened 3 2 1 4 10

Civil 3 2 0 4 9

Criminal 0 0 1 0 1

Cases Terminated* 194 179 158 239 770

Opinion - Civil 50 35 37 60 182

Opinion - Criminal 18 27 23 26 94

Subtotal 68 62 60 86 276

Sum. Disp. – Civil 6 12 11 15 44

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 64 34 37 65 200

Subtotal 70 46 48 80 244

Memo Opinion - Civil 29 28 29 43 129

Memo Opinion - Criminal 14 29 12 17 72

Subtotal 43 57 41 60 201

Other - Civil 9 11 8 10 38

Other - Criminal 4 3 1 3 11

Subtotal 13 14 9 13 49

Cases Pending 694 478 301 439 1912

Civil 250 236 148 266 900

Criminal 444 242 153 173 1012

* 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 March 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 91 61 62 62 276

Civil 41 27 22 35 125

Criminal 50 34 40 27 151

Cases Terminated 62 60 57 68 247

Opinion - Civil 10 10 9 11 1 – III/IV 40

Opinion - Criminal 4 13 6 6 1 – II/IV 29

1 – III/IV

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 5 2 3 11

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 26 9 16 19 6 – I/IV 70

Memo Opinion - Civil 13 11 12 14 1 – I/IV 50

Memo Opinion - Criminal 5 6 8 8 1 – III/IV 27

Other - Civil 3 4 3 5 15

Other - Criminal 0 2 1 2 5

Cases Reopened 2 0 1 1 4

Civil 2 0 0 1 3

Criminal 0 0 1 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 13 13 7 13 46

Civil 11 7 3 8 29

Criminal 2 6 4 5 17

Three-Judge Appeals 70 38 49 37 194

Civil 22 13 15 17 67

Criminal 48 25 34 20 127

Sup. Writs Filed 7 5 1 8 21

Sup. Writs Terminated 12 4 1 7 24

Granted 0 1 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 12 3 1 7 23

Sup. Writs Pending 17 7 1 13 41

Leave to Appeal Filed 2 5 6 5 18

Leave to Appeal Terminated 2 10 9 3 24

Granted 2 1 0 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 9 9 3 21

Leave to Appeal Pending 21 9 6 5 41

Additional Matters During the Month of March 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 113 78 66 75 332

Extensions of Time 67 49 43 47 206

Unnumbered Cases 120 71 49 63 303

Sua Sponte Matters 29 23 12 38 102

Total Motions Filed 329 221 170 223 943

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 115 89 58 89 351

Extensions of Time 56 41 46 50 203

Unnumbered Cases 111 74 48 61 294

Sua Sponte Matters 37 27 11 21 96

Total Motions Terminated 319 241 163 221 944

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 112 50 21 58 241

Extensions of Time 13 3 4 4 24

Unnumbered Cases 21 7 4 3 35

Sua Sponte Matters 14 9 4 24 51

Total Motions Pending 160 69 33 89 351

Opinions Circulating: 28 7 7 14 56

Opinions Approved but not Released: 4 6 7 0 17

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 0 0

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 12 16 11 25 64

Civil 6 11 3 19 39

Criminal 6 5 8 6 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.