Date: August 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 – July 2008

Cumulative: January 1, 2008 through July 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 520 470 375 436 1801

Civil 229 219 191 264 903

Criminal 291 251 184 172 898

Cases Docketed 1174 929 688 916 3707

Civil 469 442 363 543 1817

Criminal 705 487 325 373 1890

Cases Reopened 12 5 3 12 32

Civil 8 4 2 11 25

Criminal 4 1 1 1 7

Cases Terminated* 503 420 365 517 1805

Opinion - Civil 112 82 82 131 407

Opinion - Criminal 79 69 46 57 251

Subtotal 191 151 128 188 658

Sum. Disp. – Civil 25 33 33 34 125

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 132 79 68 118 397

Subtotal 157 112 101 152 522

Memo Opinion - Civil 86 76 68 101 331

Memo Opinion - Criminal 42 51 45 39 177

Subtotal 128 127 113 140 508

Other - Civil 19 24 18 31 92

Other - Criminal 8 6 5 6 25

Subtotal 27 30 23 37 117

Cases Pending 683 514 326 411 1934

Civil 235 231 164 257 887

Criminal 448 283 162 154 1047

* 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 July 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Cases Filed 69 64 50 62 245

Civil 31 31 34 37 133

Criminal 38 33 16 25 112

Cases Terminated 73 51 41 61 226

Opinion - Civil 14 6 7 20 47

Opinion - Criminal 21 10 8 9 48

Sum. Disp. - Civil 6 3 4 4 17

Sum. Disp. - Criminal 16 14 5 8 2 – I/IV 43

Memo Opinion - Civil 7 9 12 11 39

Memo Opinion - Criminal 7 6 2 4 19

Other - Civil 2 3 1 5 11

Other - Criminal 0 0 2 0 2

Cases Reopened 2 1 0 0 3

Civil 1 1 0 0 2

Criminal 1 0 0 0 1

Notices of Appeal Filed: I II III IV TOTAL

One-Judge Appeals 5 10 11 6 32

Civil 4 9 8 5 26

Criminal 1 1 3 1 6

Three-Judge Appeals 53 50 34 50 187

Civil 16 21 21 26 84

Criminal 37 29 13 24 103

Sup. Writs Filed 9 3 1 4 17

Sup. Writs Terminated 2 5 2 4 13

Granted 0 2 0 1 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 2 3 2 3 10

Sup. Writs Pending 25 5 1 13 44

Leave to Appeal Filed 4 7 5 3 19

Leave to Appeal Terminated 4 6 10 1 21

Granted 0 0 3 0 3

Denied, Dismissed, Other 4 6 7 1 18

Leave to Appeal Pending 23 7 2 6 38

Additional Matters During the Month of July 2008

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APPELLATE DISTRICT I II III IV TOTAL

Motions Filed

Numbered Cases 110 114 87 100 411

Extensions of Time 74 63 53 57 247

Unnumbered Cases 99 64 41 55 259

Sua Sponte Matters 33 27 19 20 99

Total Motions Filed 316 268 200 232 1016

Motions Terminated

Numbered Cases 114 102 97 111 424

Extensions of Time 74 63 52 55 244

Unnumbered Cases 100 73 46 57 276

Sua Sponte Matters 28 21 25 16 90

Total Motions Terminated 316 259 220 239 1034

Motions Pending

Numbered Cases 103 55 21 63 242

Extensions of Time 10 13 3 8 34

Unnumbered Cases 17 3 2 12 34

Sua Sponte Matters 20 9 3 16 48

Total Motions Pending 150 80 29 99 358

Opinions Circulating: 31 27 1 11 70

Opinions Approved but not Released: 5 5 7 0 17

Petitions for Bypass Filed 0 0 1 1 2

Civil 0 0 0 1 1

Criminal 0 0 1 0 1

Certifications Filed 0 0 0 0 0

Civil 0 0 0 0 0

Criminal 0 0 0 0 0

Petitions for Review Filed 26 14 11 21 72

Civil 13 8 6 11 38

Criminal 13 6 5 10 34

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.