Date: June 3, 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 – May 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through May 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 403 324 261 313 1301

Civil 180 152 130 185 647

Criminal 223 172 131 128 654

Cases Docketed 1057 783 574 793 3207

Civil 420 375 302 464 1561

Criminal 637 408 272 329 1646

Cases Reopened 10 3 3 10 26

Civil 7 3 2 9 21

Criminal 3 0 1 1 5

Cases Terminated* 354 306 278 387 1325

Opinion - Civil 83 62 62 95 302

Opinion - Criminal 40 47 34 36 157

Subtotal 123 109 96 131 459

Sum. Disp. – Civil 9 23 25 23 80

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 98 54 52 101 305

Subtotal 107 77 77 124 385

Memo Opinion - Civil 72 55 49 74 250

Memo Opinion - Criminal 28 41 39 30 138

Subtotal 100 96 88 104 388

Other - Civil 16 18 15 22 71

Other - Criminal 8 6 2 6 22

Subtotal 24 24 17 28 93

Cases Pending 713 480 299 416 1908

Civil 247 220 153 259 879

Criminal 466 260 146 157 1029

* 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 May 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 95 56 45 69 265

Civil 37 26 34 39 136

Criminal 58 30 11 30 129

Cases Terminated 74 64 59 60 257

Opinion - Civil 12 12 15 14 53

Opinion - Criminal 11 12 4 5 1 – III/IV 32

Sum. Disp. - Civil 2 8 5 3 18

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 16 15 6 11 6 – I/IV 48

Memo Opinion - Civil 21 6 13 15 55

Memo Opinion - Criminal 6 6 11 7 30

Other - Civil 4 2 5 4 15

Other - Criminal 2 3 0 1 6

Cases Reopened 2 0 1 2 5

Civil 1 0 1 1 3

Criminal 1 0 0 1 2

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 11 9 11 10 41

Civil 7 7 8 6 28

Criminal 4 2 3 4 13

Three-Judge Appeals 67 42 28 46 183

Civil 16 13 21 20 70

Criminal 51 29 7 26 113

Sup. Writs Filed 11 4 4 8 27

Sup. Writs Terminated 7 1 7 5 20

Granted 2 0 0 0 2

Denied, Dismissed, Other 5 1 7 5 18

Sup. Writs Pending 19 4 1 14 38

Leave to Appeal Filed 6 2 2 7 17

Leave to Appeal Terminated 7 3 6 4 20

Granted 1 2 1 0 4

Denied, Dismissed, Other 6 1 5 4 16

Leave to Appeal Pending 19 2 6 7 34

Additional Matters During the Month of May 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 108 70 76 100 354

Extensions of Time 70 51 40 52 213

Unnumbered Cases 83 72 45 63 263

Sua Sponte Matters 22 19 18 21 80

Total Motions Filed 283 212 179 236 910

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 113 76 78 97 364

Extensions of Time 74 51 44 51 220

Unnumbered Cases 88 77 48 61 274

Sua Sponte Matters 30 16 18 14 78

Total Motions Terminated 305 220 188 223 936

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 104 44 18 50 216

Extensions of Time 5 7 0 6 18

Unnumbered Cases 14 9 3 7 33

Sua Sponte Matters 16 6 5 18 45

Total Motions Pending 139 66 26 81 312

Opinions Circulating: 28 21 2 12 63

Opinions Approved but not Released: 9 3 4 0 16

Petitions for Bypass Filed 1 1 0 0 2

Civil 1 1 0 0 2

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 24 8 14 17 63

Civil 15 5 6 7 33

Criminal 9 3 8 10 30

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.