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Appendix 13: Data Supporting Backlog Calculations
Fiscal
Year
(FY)
Cases
Rec.
(Enders)
New
Cases
(DOJ
FY
2000
Stats.)
New
Cases
(DOJ
FY
2001
Stats.)
New
Cases
(DOJ
FY
2002
Stats.)
AILA-
EOIR
Answers
Est.
New
Cases
Basis of
Number
for "Est.
New
Cases"
column
Cases
Decided
(Enders)
Cases
Decided
(DOJ
FY 2000
Stats.)
Cases
Decided
(DOJ
FY2001
Stats.)
Cases
Decided
(DOJ
FY2002
Stats.)
AILA-
EOIR
Answers
Est.
Cases
Decided
Basis of
Number
for "Est.
Cases
Decided"
Column
Est.
Change in
Backlog
(Est. Cases
Decided
Less Est.
New Cases
Received)
Est. Cases
Pending at
End of FY
(Estimated
Backlog)
Cases
Pending
End of
FY
(Enders)
1992 12,823 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12,823 Enders 11,720 N/A N/A N/A N/A 11,720 Enders 18,054 18,054
1993 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15,847 Estimate N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12,935 Estimate -2,912 20,966
1994 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18,871 Estimate N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14,150 Estimate -4,722 25,688
1995 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 21,895 Estimate N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15,364 Estimate -6,531 32,219
1996 N/A 24,919 N/A N/A N/A 24,919
1997 29,913 30,626 30,788 N/A N/A 30,442
1998 N/A 28,320 28,482 28,475 N/A 28,426
1999 N/A 30,759 31,077 31,098 N/A 30,978
2000 N/A 29,847 30,019 30,050 N/A 29,972
2001 27,505 N/A 28,104 28,140 27,800 27,887
2002 N/A N/A N/A 34,653 34,100 34,377
DOJ
FY00
Avg.
Enders,
DOJ FYs
00 & 01
Avg.
DOJ FYs
00 - 02
Avg.
DOJ FYs
00 - 02
Avg.
DOJ FYs
00 -02
Avg.
Enders,
DOJ FYs
01-02 &
AILA-
EOIR
Avg.
DOJ
FY02 &
AILA-
EOIR
N/A 16,579 N/A N/A N/A 16,579
DOJ
FY00
Avg.
Enders,
23,099 23,277 22,826 N/A N/A 23,067 DOJ
FY00 &
FY01
Avg. DOJ
N/A 28,834 28,470 28,763 N/A 28,689 FYs 00 -
02
N/A 23,018 22,964 23,012 N/A 22,998
N/A 21,507 21,608 21,378 N/A 21,498
31,789 N/A 31,996 31,797 31,800 31,846
N/A N/A N/A 47,321 47,300 47,311
Avg. DOJ
FYs 00 -
02
Avg. DOJ
FYs 00 -
02
Avg.
Enders,
DOJ FY
01-02 &
AILA-
EOIR
Avg. DOJ
FY02 &
AILA-
EOIR
-8,340 40,559
-7,375 47,934 47,295
263 47,670
-7,980 55,650
-8,474 64,125
3,958 60,166 57,597
12,934 47,232