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."Sourcebook of Criminol Justice Stotistics 1983Table 5.26 Cases filed, disposed of, and pending in the U.S.Supreme Court, by method of filing, at conclusion of theOctober terms 1976-81!\oTE: "Original" refers to those cases that were on the SupremeCourt docket previously and disposed of, b':1 that have beenreinstated for some reason. For cll cases other than "original"ones, a docket filing fee must be "paid." If the petitioner isindigent, the docket filing fee is waived and the case is filed "informa pauperis."In formaTotal Original Poid pauperis1976:Cases on docket 4,73U 8 2,324 2,398Disposed of 3,918 2 1,852 2,U64Remaining on dockets 812 6 47'2. 3341977:Cases on docket 4,704 14 2,341 2,349Disposed of 3,867 3 1,911 1,953Remaining on dockets 837 II 430 3961978:Cases on docket 4,731 17 2,383 2,331Db,',. ... " of 4,017 2,021 1,996Rerr ... r';·-J on dockets 714 17 362 3351979:Cases on docket 4,781 23 2,509 2,249Disposed of 3,8&9 I 2,05U 1,838Remaining on dockets 892 22 459 4111980:Cases on docket 5,144 24 2,749 2,371Disposed of 4,196 7 2,222 1,950Remaining on dockets 948 17 527 4211981:Cases on docket 5,:::: I 22 2,935 2,354Disposed of 4,4:l3 6 2,390 2,037Remaining on dockets 878 16 545 317Soun;e: Administrative Office of the United States Courts,Annual Reeort of the Director! 1981, p. A-I; 1982, p. 189(Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United StatesCourts). Table adapted by SOLRCEBOO< staff.Table 5.27 Activities of the U.S. Supreme Cou!'t, at conclusion of the Octoberterms 1976-81I-DTI.:: See NJTI.:, Table 5.26.Qctober te~1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981Argued during term 176 172 168 156 154 184Disposed of by full opinions 154 153 153 143 144 169Disposed of by per curiamopinions :a 8 8 12 8 IUSet for reargument 0 9 8 I 2 4Granted review this term 169 162 163 154 183 210Reviewed and decided withoutoral argument 207 129 IIG 128 130 134Total to be available foror gument at out set offollowing term 88 75 79 78 102 126. Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Annual Reeort of theDirector. 1981, p. A-I; 1982, p. 189 (Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of theUnited States Courts). Table adapted by SOLRCEBCG< stoff.518I.1 I! 1!, fl. [1I !r' J, tJudicial Processing or DefendantsTar)le 5.28 Petitions for review on writ of certiorari to' the U.S. Supreme Courtfile?, disposed of, and pending, by circuit and nature of proceedings yeorending June 30, 1982'N)TE:. See NOTES, Figure 5.9 and Table 5.25. Administrative appeals includeapplications for enforcement or petitions for review of orders of an administrativeboard or agency. For a list of U.S. District Courts in each circuit, see Table 5.19.Circuit andnature ofproceedingPending Terminated PendingJuly eI, Dis- June 30,1981 Filed' Granted Denied missed 1982Total 737 2,841 199 2,533 18 828Criminal 219 907 16 877 2 231U.S. civil 91 392 42 327 2 112Private civil 369 I,:m, 125 1,182 13 425Administrative appeals 58 166 16 147 I 60District c~ CollXnbla Circuit 25 135 20 116 0 24CriminalU.:l, ci ,i14II1361I131348003IIPr!vat .. civil 3 24 2 25 0 0Admini',!\ratlve appeals 7 37 4 30 0 10First C; cc Jit 15 104 6 86 I 26Crimi nul 3 29 0 23 0 9U.S. civil 3 ') I 9 0 2Private civil 9 61 5 50 I 14Administrative appeals 0 5 0 4 0 ISecond Circuit 67 266 20 zn 1 80Criminal 23 94 0 % 0 21U.S. civil 4 37 I 29 0 IIPrivate civil 33 122 16 93 I 45Administrative appealsThird Circuit751132333161420302363Criminal 6 68 I 60 0 13U.S. civil 15 33 6 33 0 9Private civil 26 114 7 96 2 35Administrative appeals 4 18 2 14 0 6Fourth Circuit I n 241 16 203 2 2\2Criminal 56 68 2 54 0 68U.S. civil 9 30 4 22 I 12Private civil 121 133 10 119 I 124Administrative aepeals 6 10 0 8 0Fifth Circuit 56 291 26 282 4835:::riminal 7 76 2 72 0 9U.S. civil 7 28 5 26 0 4f~ivate civil 37 174 19 1;0 3 19Administrative appeals 5 13 0 14 I 3Sixth Circuit 68 288 16 299 I 40Criminal 34 74 0 103 0 5U.S. civil 6 45 I 42 I 7Private civil 26 159 15 144 ::i 26Administrative aopeqls 2 10 0 10 0 2Seventh Circuit 62 246 15 193 2 98Criminal 15 72 4 60 0 23U.S. civil 12 24 3 19 0 14Private civil 31 142 8 108 2 55Administrative appeals 4 8 0 6 0 6Eighth Circuit 32 180 /I 168 0 33Criminal 10 50 2 53 0 5U.S. civil 2 15 0 II 0 6Private civil 18 109 9 96 0 22Admlnlstrgtive gopeals 2 6 0 8 0 0Ninth Circuit 108 483 35 410 3 143Criminal 31 167 4 152 2 40U.S. civil 15 73 5 59 0 24Private civil 42 204 19 165 I 61~~A~dm~l~nl~stllr~a~ti~vEe~a~p~PEea~l~s. ______ ~2~0~ __ ~~39~----~7--- 34 0 18Tenth Circuit 40 168 6 '-;'17~4f:-----~0---~2~8'--Criminal 24 103 0 113 0 14U.S. civil 6 23 2 19 0 8Private civil 9 38 4 40 0 3Administrative appeals I 4 0 2 0 3Eleventh Circuit 21 206 12 167 2 46Criminal 6 93 0 78 0 21U.S. civilPrivate civilI141496I/I107602421Administrative aeeeals 0 3 0 3 0 0aAdjusted.Source: Administrative Office of the \.kIlted States Courts, 1182 Annual Report ofthe Director (Washington, D.C.: Ackninlstratlve Office of the \.kIlted States Courts1983), p. 198. '519