Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

-----------------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 19tJ3Table 5.24 Petitions filed In U.S. District Courts by State and Federal prisoners, by type of petition, years ending June 30, 1970-82!\oTE: See !\oTE, Figure 5.9. Petitions by State prisoners are those petitions In which the State orits representative(s) Is named as the defendanHs}.Judicial Processing of DefendantsTlee of eetition 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1'J77 1971lTotal all petitions 15,997 16,266 16,267 17,211l 11l,410 19,307 19,8U9 19,537 21,924Petitions by Federal prisoners 4, IS!> 4,121 4,179 4,535 4,91l7 5,047 4,78U 4,691 4,955Parole Commission reviews 232 20.2 268 466 371 662 538 2'31 121Motions to vocate sentence 1,729 1,335 1,591 1,722 1,822 1,69U 1,693 1,921 1,924Habeas corpus 1,600 1,671 1,368 1,294 1,718 1,682 1,421 1,508 1,730Other prisoner petitions 856 913 952 1,053 1,076 1,675 1,666 1,262 1,301Mandamus, etc. 720 699 700 639 631 1,197 1,164 779 665Civil rights 136 214 252 414 445 471l 502 1183 6:i6Petitions by State prisoners 11,812 12,145 12,01l8 12,6tJ3 13,423 14,26U 15,029 14,846 16,969Habeas corpus 9,063 8,372 7,949 7,784 7,626 7,843 7,833 6,866 7,033Other prisoner petitions 2,749 3,773 4,139 4,899 5,797 6,417 7,1% 7,91l0 9,936Mandamus, etc. 719 1:158 791 725 561 289 238 228 206Civil rights 2,03U 2,915 3,341l 4,174 5,236 6,121l 6,951l 7,752 9,73U1979 1911023,UOI2:1,21l74,1199 3,713117 521,907 .1,3221,577 1,4131,015 971l4l.7 375SIlIl 6U318,502 19,5747,123 7,03111,3n 12,543184 14611,195 IL,397Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Annual Report of the Director, 1979, p. 61; 1981, p. 63, Table 21; 19H2, p.103 (Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United States Courts):Table adopted by 5O...RCEBOO< stoff.Percent change1911l 19H2over over19!J1 19112 1977 I 'J1l I27,711 29,3U3 5U.0 !>.74,IU4 4,321l -7.7 5.551 X X X1,24tJ 1,186 -31l.3 -5.01,629 1,927 27.8 18.31,227 1,215 -3.H -J.O393 3HI -51.1 -3.1834 1134 72.7 0.023,6U7 24,975 61:1.£ 5.87,790 8,U59 17.4 3.515,817 16,916 52.9 6.5178 175 -23.2 -1.715,639 16,741 115.6 7.U514515