Date: July 2, 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 – June 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through June 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 451 406 325 374 1556

Civil 198 188 157 227 770

Criminal 253 218 168 147 786

Cases Docketed 1105 865 638 854 3462

Civil 438 411 329 506 1684

Criminal 667 454 309 348 1778

Cases Reopened 10 4 3 12 29

Civil 7 3 2 11 23

Criminal 3 1 1 1 6

Cases Terminated* 430 369 324 456 1579

Opinion - Civil 98 76 75 111 360

Opinion - Criminal 58 59 38 48 203

Subtotal 156 135 113 159 563

Sum. Disp. – Civil 19 30 29 30 108

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 116 65 63 110 354

Subtotal 135 95 92 140 462

Memo Opinion - Civil 79 67 56 90 292

Memo Opinion - Criminal 35 45 43 35 158

Subtotal 114 112 99 125 450

Other - Civil 17 21 17 26 81

Other - Criminal 8 6 3 6 23

Subtotal 25 27 20 32 104

Cases Pending 685 500 317 410 1912

Civil 232 220 154 260 866

Criminal 453 280 163 150 1046

* 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 June 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 48 82 64 61 255

Civil 18 36 27 42 123

Criminal 30 46 37 19 132

Cases Terminated 76 63 46 69 254

Opinion - Civil 15 14 13 16 58

Opinion - Criminal 18 12 4 12 1 – III/IV 46

Sum. Disp. - Civil 10 7 4 7 28

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 18 11 11 9 6 – I/IV 49

Memo Opinion - Civil 7 12 7 16 42

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 4 4 5 20

Other - Civil 1 3 2 4 10

Other - Criminal 0 0 1 0 1

Cases Reopened 0 1 0 2 3

Civil 0 0 0 2 2

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 1 13 4 12 30

Civil 0 7 1 8 16

Criminal 1 6 3 4 14

Three-Judge Appeals 39 54 56 40 189

Civil 12 24 23 25 84

Criminal 27 30 33 15 105

Sup. Writs Filed 5 5 1 8 19

Sup. Writs Terminated 6 3 0 9 18

Granted 0 0 0 1 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 6 3 0 8 17

Sup. Writs Pending 18 6 2 12 38

Leave to Appeal Filed 5 8 3 3 19

Leave to Appeal Terminated 0 4 2 7 13

Granted 0 1 0 0 1

Denied, Dismissed, Other 0 3 2 7 12

Leave to Appeal Pending 24 6 6 3 39

Additional Matters During the Month of June 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 123 98 91 93 405

Extensions of Time 73 72 40 50 235

Unnumbered Cases 109 72 45 48 274

Sua Sponte Matters 24 16 20 15 75

Total Motions Filed 329 258 196 206 989

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 125 97 77 84 383

Extensions of Time 73 71 39 50 233

Unnumbered Cases 114 71 40 50 275

Sua Sponte Matters 29 17 18 22 86

Total Motions Terminated 341 256 174 206 977

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 107 46 34 55 242

Extensions of Time 9 9 2 6 26

Unnumbered Cases 15 7 5 11 38

Sua Sponte Matters 13 3 8 12 36

Total Motions Pending 144 65 49 84 342

Opinions Circulating: 24 15 0 11 50

Opinions Approved but not Released: 12 5 5 1 23

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 1 0 0 1

Civil 0 1 0 0 1

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Certifications Filed 0 2 1 1 4

Civil 0 1 1 1 3

Criminal 0 1 0 0 1

Petitions for Review Filed 17 18 13 9 57

Civil 8 11 11 8 38

Criminal 9 7 2 1 19

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.