Other Workload in the Courts of Appeals

Table 2.7 U.S. Courts of Appeals (Excludes Federal Circuit). Other Workload in the Courts of Appeals Pro Se Mandamus Applications for Interlocutory Appeals Petitions Terminated Terminated (1) 217 280 250 356 295 198 309 1,175 Petitions for Rehearing Filed Per Judgeship Pro Se Mandamus Applications for Interlocutory Appeals Petitions (1) 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 7 - Fiscal Year* 1995 2000 2002 2003** 2004 2005 2006 Authorized Judgeships 167 167 167 167 167 167 167 Total 8,840 9,400 9,655 8,922 8,476 8,572 9,007 Panel 4,777 4,950 4,852 4,390 4,164 4,105 4,345 En Banc 4,063 4,450 4,803 4,532 4,312 4,467 4,662 Petitions for Rehearing 53 56 58 53 51 51 54 *Pro Se appeals were not reported until 1993. **2003 data were revised. (1) Effective October 1, 1998, in response to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, reporting procedures were changed to record pro se mandamus petitions for which filing fees were not paid at filing as original proceedings requiring judicial review on the merits. Thus, these pro se mandamus petitions are no longer reported separately, but are now included in the original proceedings category. Source: Text Table and Unpublished Table 3