Date: May 6, 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 – April 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through April 30, 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 308 268 216 244 1036

Civil 143 126 96 146 511

Criminal 165 142 120 98 525

Cases Docketed 962 727 529 724 2942

Civil 383 349 268 425 1425

Criminal 579 378 261 299 1517

Cases Reopened 8 3 2 8 21

Civil 6 3 1 8 18

Criminal 2 0 1 0 3

Cases Terminated* 280 242 219 327 1068

Opinion - Civil 71 50 47 81 249

Opinion - Criminal 29 35 30 31 125

Subtotal 100 85 77 112 374

Sum. Disp. – Civil 7 15 20 20 62

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 82 39 46 90 257

Subtotal 89 54 66 110 319

Memo Opinion - Civil 51 49 36 59 195

Memo Opinion - Criminal 22 35 28 23 108

Subtotal 73 84 64 82 303

Other - Civil 12 16 10 18 56

Other - Criminal 6 3 2 5 16

Subtotal 18 19 12 23 72

Cases Pending 690 488 312 405 1895

Civil 248 222 156 255 881

Criminal 442 266 156 150 1014

* 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 April 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 77 72 71 50 270

Civil 42 29 35 35 141

Criminal 35 43 36 15 129

Cases Terminated 86 63 61 88 298

Opinion - Civil 21 15 10 21 67

Opinion - Criminal 11 8 7 5 1 – I/IV 31

1 – III/IV

Sum. Disp. - Civil 1 3 9 5 18

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 18 5 19 25 7 – I/IV 57

1 – III/IV

Memo Opinion - Civil 22 21 7 1 – I/III 16 66

Memo Opinion - Criminal 8 6 16 6 36

Other - Civil 3 5 2 8 18

Other - Criminal 2 0 1 2 5

Cases Reopened 5 1 1 4 11

Civil 3 1 1 4 9

Criminal 2 0 0 0 2

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 13 6 13 8 40

Civil 12 6 10 5 33

Criminal 1 0 3 3 7

Three-Judge Appeals 52 61 43 37 193

Civil 18 19 19 25 81

Criminal 34 42 24 12 112

Sup. Writs Filed 10 2 5 2 18

Sup. Writs Terminated 14 7 3 5 29

Granted 0 1 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 14 6 3 5 28

Sup. Writs Pending 14 1 4 12 31

Leave to Appeal Filed 2 4 10 3 19

Leave to Appeal Terminated 3 10 6 4 23

Granted 2 0 0 1 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 1 10 6 3 20

Leave to Appeal Pending 20 3 10 4 37

Additional Matters During the Month of April 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 123 86 94 104 407

Extensions of Time 60 69 48 58 235

Unnumbered Cases 91 66 55 44 256

Sua Sponte Matters 47 23 20 18 108

Total Motions Filed 321 244 217 224 1006

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 136 84 86 111 417

Extensions of Time 63 66 48 61 238

Unnumbered Cases 104 62 54 50 270

Sua Sponte Matters 41 29 18 31 119

Total Motions Terminated 344 241 206 253 1044

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 109 50 24 54 237

Extensions of Time 10 7 4 3 24

Unnumbered Cases 10 7 6 4 27

Sua Sponte Matters 23 2 7 10 42

Total Motions Pending 152 66 41 71 330

Opinions Circulating: 30 21 1 16 68

Opinions Approved but not Released: 1 2 2 4 9

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 1 0 3 4

Civil 0 1 0 2 3

Criminal 0 0 0 1 1

Petitions for Review Filed 19 18 17 8 62

Civil 11 4 6 3 24

Criminal 8 14 11 5 38

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.