Us Courts Appeals Terminated on Merit Sept 2010 Thru 2011
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Table B-5. U.S. Courts of Appeals—Appeals Terminated on the Merits, by Circuit, During the 12-Month Period Ending September 30, 2011 Terminations on the Merits Circuit and Nature of Proceeding 89 ALL CIRCUITS CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS DC CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 1ST CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS Total Percent Appeals of Total Affirmed/ Terminated 1 Terminations Total Enforced 2 57,357 13,317 4,867 2,728 11,440 12,046 692 8,240 4,027 52.8 72.9 28.1 57.6 27.8 50.9 47.5 57.0 82.0 1,113 108 178 265 10 156 1 288 107 49.1 49.1 41.0 59.6 50.0 70.5 100.0 31.9 50.5 1,437 420 99 79 120 458 35 156 70 57.0 63.3 39.4 51.9 42.5 53.3 51.4 59.0 97.1 Dismissed 30,290 9,702 1,367 1,571 3,186 6,133 329 4,700 3,302 23,998 7,552 1,016 1,216 2,290 4,871 259 3,664 3,130 546 53 73 158 5 110 1 92 54 417 42 39 125 5 99 1 61 45 35 2 15 2 1 9 6 77 8 15 26 - 6 - 19 3 819 266 39 41 51 244 18 92 68 727 233 35 35 49 208 13 86 68 21 7 1 1 - 8 2 2 - 68 25 3 5 2 26 3 4 - 3,019 1,399 175 105 516 388 24 272 140 Reversed 2,438 567 133 205 315 779 36 371 32 Remanded 446 150 30 43 31 75 4 113 - 15 1 3 5 4 2 - 3 1 - - - 2 - - - Other Percent Reversed 3 389 34 13 2 34 20 6 280 - 8.9 5.8 9.7 13.0 9.9 12.7 10.9 7.9 - 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - 15.0 15.1 20.5 16.5 5.5 20.7 - - 9.1 9.4 7.7 12.2 3.9 10.7 16.7 4.3 - Table B-5. (September 30, 2011—Continued) Terminations on the Merits Circuit and Nature of Proceeding Total Percent Appeals of Total Affirmed/ Terminated 1 Terminations Total Enforced 2 90 2ND CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 5,101 854 223 218 760 1,547 94 1,191 214 51.6 61.2 26.0 48.2 28.7 45.8 30.9 68.2 84.6 2,634 523 58 105 218 708 29 812 181 1,926 387 22 54 79 468 23 720 173 3RD CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 4,326 755 444 164 835 1,128 55 630 315 57.4 81.5 43.2 68.3 28.7 53.6 58.2 69.4 79.7 2,484 615 192 112 240 605 32 437 251 2,124 551 171 97 188 510 21 348 238 90 14 12 4 15 20 4 14 7 4TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 5,069 1,878 703 201 822 835 44 237 349 62.7 81.6 30.3 60.2 33.2 67.8 65.9 66.2 81.7 3,177 1,533 213 121 273 566 29 157 285 2,744 1,298 167 111 242 494 29 124 279 192 112 21 1 18 23 11 6 Dismissed 509 88 30 39 115 162 6 63 6 Reversed Remanded Other 143 34 2 7 17 62 - 19 2 54 14 3 5 6 16 10 - 2 1 1 - 215 31 8 8 32 70 6 54 6 52 17 1 3 5 4 1 21 - 3 2 1 - 177 84 21 7 11 44 - 10 - 57 39 3 2 2 5 6 - 7 1 6 - Percent Reversed 3 9.4 5.0 4.2 7.1 13.3 11.6 18.8 12.4 - 5.7 6.5 3.4 6.7 7.8 8.8 2.3 - 6.1 5.5 9.9 5.8 4.0 7.8 6.4 - Table B-5. (September 30, 2011—Continued) Terminations on the Merits Total Percent Circuit and Nature Appeals of Total Affirmed/ Percent of Proceeding Terminated 1 Terminations Total Enforced 2 Dismissed Reversed Remanded Other Reversed 3 91 5TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 7,695 2,681 618 267 1,760 1,266 81 497 525 50.4 72.2 18.3 46.1 20.1 55.4 53.1 44.9 73.9 3,881 1,937 113 123 353 701 43 223 388 2,732 1,198 75 92 215 545 32 195 380 817 643 25 14 101 24 2 6 2 6TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 5,163 1,383 422 189 1,247 1,075 46 376 425 53.7 70.6 33.2 57.7 33.3 48.3 39.1 63.8 84.0 2,775 977 140 109 415 519 18 240 357 2,373 833 119 92 356 425 16 213 319 7TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 3,064 677 371 144 596 912 52 147 165 45.6 64.8 25.6 61.8 19.0 45.0 44.2 56.5 87.3 1,396 439 95 89 113 410 23 83 144 1,027 283 72 66 82 312 19 54 139 47 26 2 1 1 7 1 9 - 144 56 8 2 15 21 - 7 35 225 75 12 14 41 70 2 8 3 32 13 1 1 2 3 12 - 140 112 4 2 5 12 - 1 4 180 36 16 20 23 71 1 12 1 24 6 2 1 2 4 1 8 - 285 70 11 16 36 125 8 13 6 - - - - - - - - 8.0 3.6 9.7 13.0 10.2 17.8 18.6 5.8 - 1 1 - 9.2 7.7 8.6 12.8 9.9 13.5 11.1 3.3 - 25 2 1 - 1 11 2 8 - 14.3 8.2 16.8 22.5 20.4 17.3 4.3 14.5 - Table B-5. (September 30, 2011—Continued) Terminations on the Merits Circuit and Nature of Proceeding Total Percent Appeals of Total Affirmed/ Terminated 1 Terminations Total Enforced 2 92 8TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 2,967 871 359 143 612 557 25 123 277 62.3 81.4 32.0 74.1 31.9 66.6 68.0 56.1 96.0 9TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 13,025 1,598 503 608 3,202 2,135 149 4,033 797 50.0 70.0 25.0 58.2 29.4 46.7 47.7 54.0 91.8 10TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 2,209 534 281 137 387 568 34 107 161 54.6 73.4 35.2 62.8 32.0 55.5 47.1 57.9 70.2 Dismissed 1,848 709 115 106 195 371 17 69 266 1,586 608 97 90 175 307 14 39 256 6,517 1,119 126 354 940 997 71 2,178 732 4,980 891 87 257 693 756 55 1,556 685 454 105 17 15 93 57 6 121 40 912 275 72 57 87 259 12 43 107 167 84 19 8 27 16 9 4 1,207 392 99 86 124 315 16 62 113 139 64 4 3 10 21 2 25 10 Reversed Remanded 100 31 5 11 9 41 1 2 - 16 4 4 2 1 2 3 - 691 95 17 75 120 168 6 203 7 64 7 4 5 4 10 34 - 59 12 2 9 3 25 3 3 2 Other 6.3 4.4 4.3 10.4 4.6 11.1 5.9 2.9 - 328 21 1 2 30 6 4 264 - 11.8 8.5 13.5 21.2 12.8 16.9 8.5 9.3 - 64 20 4 12 6 15 1 6 - 5 1 2 - 1 - - 1 - 5.2 3.1 2.0 10.5 2.4 7.9 18.8 4.8 - 7 2 5 - Percent Reversed 3 Table B-5. (September 30, 2011—Continued) Terminations on the Merits Circuit and Nature of Proceeding 11TH CIRCUIT CRIMINAL U.S. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER U.S. CIVIL PRIV. PRISONER PETITIONS OTHER PRIVATE CIVIL BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS Total Percent Appeals of Total Affirmed/ Terminated 1 Terminations Total Enforced 2 6,188 1,558 666 313 1,089 1,409 76 455 622 48.6 73.1 15.6 53.4 23.8 41.7 42.1 56.0 74.4 3,006 1,139 104 167 259 587 32 255 463 2,450 953 60 140 119 488 24 225 441 Dismissed Reversed 311 112 19 14 117 23 2 4 20 218 66 21 7 21 71 6 24 2 Remanded 18 2 3 6 2 3 - 2 - Other 9 6 1 - - 2 - - - Percent Reversed 3 8.5 5.8 20.2 4.2 8.1 12.1 18.8 9.4 - 93 Note: This table does not include data for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1 Totals include reopened and remanded appeals as well as original appeals. 2 Affirmed includes merit terminations affirmed in part and reversed in part. 3 Percent not shown where the total number of cases terminated on the merits is less than 10. Percentages of cases reversed have not been computed for original proceedings because of their difference from appeals, nor are they included in the percentage of total appeals reversed.