STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT

For the 12 month period which ended December 31, 2002

 



Cases

Commenced



Procedural

Terminations


Total

Merits

Terminations

Merits

Terminations

After

Oral Hearing


Merits

Terminations

on Briefs

% Placed

On Oral

Argument Calendar

Criminal 

       2,276

          582

       1,566

          286

       1,280

     18.3%

U. S. Prisoner Petition

          871

          653

          236

            20

          216

       8.5%

Other U. S. Civil

          362

          151

          179

            61

          118

     34.1%

Private Prisoner Petitions

       2,428

       1,853

          511

            82

          429

     16.0%

Other Private Civil

       1,586

          654

          887

          475

          412

     53.6%

Bankruptcy

          144

            56

            84

            62

            22

     73.8%

Administrative Agency

          491

          199

          134

            34

          100

     25.4%

Original Proceedings (including successive habeas corpus and pro se mandamus petitions)

          663

          223

          422

              -

          422

       0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

       8,821

       4,371

       4,019

       1,020

       2,999

     25.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

Number of

Published

Opinions

Total

Number of

Unpublished

Opinions

Number of

Petitions for

Panel

Rehearing

Number of

Panel

Rehearings

Granted

Number of

Petitions for

Rehearing

En Banc



Number

Granted

 

          618

       3,401

          400

            12

          240

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