Civil filings in the M.D. Alabama district court

In 2025, 1,070 civil cases were filed in M.D. Alabama by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,039.

Data through Sep 2026 from the CourtListener bulk dockets snapshot of Sep 30, 2026, and live case numbers from the court's feed. Court: M.D. Alabama, Alabama, Eleventh Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 224
2025, counted: 1k
Counted per official: 0.97x
Newest case number: 2:26-cv-00800

Civil filings per month

Calibrated monthly civil filings since the snapshot's first year, with a band for the trailing twelve-month mean plus or minus one standard deviation. Hatched months read low in the snapshot.

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Monthly figures. Implied from case numbers, calibrated to the official count, dockets observed in the snapshot. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets.
Month	Implied	Calibrated	Observed	Twelve-month mean
2015-01	85	85	85
2015-02	50	50	50
2015-03	76	76	76
2015-04	78	78	78
2015-05	90	90	90
2015-06	81	81	81	77
2015-07	93	93	93	79
2015-08	78	78	78	79
2015-09	93	93	93	80
2015-10	92	92	92	82
2015-11	75	75	72	81
2015-12	70	70	73	80
2016-01	62	62	62	78
2016-02	77	77	74	80
2016-03	85	85	88	81
2016-04	88	88	88	82
2016-05	89	89	89	82
2016-06	168	168	133	89
2016-07	61	61	96	86
2016-08	90	90	90	88
2016-09	80	80	80	86
2016-10	63	63	62	84
2016-11	65	65	66	83
2016-12	84	84	84	84
2017-01	60	60	60	84
2017-02	56	56	56	82
2017-03	80	80	80	82
2017-04	70	70	70	80
2017-05	88	88	88	80
2017-06	67	67	67	72
2017-07	92	92	92	75
2017-08	74	74	74	73
2017-09	73	73	73	73
2017-10	82	82	82	74
2017-11	75	75	75	75
2017-12	56	56	56	73
2018-01	65	65	65	73
2018-02	76	76	77	75
2018-03	239	239	239	88
2018-04	65	65	65	88
2018-05	98	98	98	88
2018-06	80	80	80	90
2018-07	80	80	80	89
2018-08	71	71	71	88
2018-09	71	71	71	88
2018-10	91	91	91	89
2018-11	73	73	73	89
2018-12	69	69	70	90
2019-01	94	94	95	92
2019-02	58	58	58	91
2019-03	86	86	76	78
2019-04	74	74	86	79
2019-05	67	67	67	76
2019-06	78	78	78	76
2019-07	89	89	89	77
2019-08	84	84	83	78
2019-09	110	110	110	81
2019-10	103	103	103	82
2019-11	90	90	89	84
2019-12	162	162	162	91
2020-01	74	74	74	90
2020-02	69	69	69	90
2020-03	82	82	80	90
2020-04	73	73	71	90
2020-05	70	70	74	90
2020-06	92	92	91	92
2020-07	93	93	95	92
2020-08	87	87	87	92
2020-09	144	144	144	95
2020-10	104	104	104	95
2020-11	97	97	95	96
2020-12	94	94	96	90
2021-01	88	88	89	91
2021-02	84	84	84	92
2021-03	87	87	87	93
2021-04	67	67	67	92
2021-05	61	61	62	92
2021-06	58	58	58	89
2021-07	118	118	62	91
2021-08	15	15	70	85
2021-09	76	76	75	79
2021-10	72	72	74	76
2021-11	72	72	72	74
2021-12	50	50	50	71
2022-01	58	61	58	68
2022-02	46	49	46	65
2022-03	49	52	49	63
2022-04	103	109	103	66
2022-05	71	75	71	67
2022-06	59	62	60	68
2022-07	60	63	59	63
2022-08	73	77	73	68
2022-09	66	70	66	68
2022-10	54	57	55	66
2022-11	45	47	45	64
2022-12	39	41	38	64
2023-01	65	70	65	64
2023-02	54	58	56	65
2023-03	58	63	58	66
2023-04	109	118	109	67
2023-05	62	67	62	66
2023-06	59	64	59	66
2023-07	47	51	48	65
2023-08	61	66	62	64
2023-09	63	68	63	64
2023-10	52	56	54	64
2023-11	64	69	64	66
2023-12	57	61	57	67
2024-01	48	51	48	66
2024-02	93	98	92	69
2024-03	57	60	57	69
2024-04	64	67	64	65
2024-05	67	71	67	65
2024-06	49	52	48	64
2024-07	83	88	83	67
2024-08	100	105	100	71
2024-09	52	55	52	69
2024-10	82	86	86	72
2024-11	71	75	72	72
2024-12	77	81	79	74
2025-01	86	89	86	77
2025-02	83	85	85	76
2025-03	77	79	78	78
2025-04	75	77	78	79
2025-05	85	88	88	80
2025-06	75	77	75	82
2025-07	110	113	115	84
2025-08	109	112	114	85
2025-09	90	93	92	88
2025-10	79	81	86	88
2025-11	70	72	72	87
2025-12	100	103	102	89
2026-01	73	76	76	88
2026-02	59	62	65	86
2026-03	97	102	99	88
2026-04	79	83	83	88
2026-05	119	125	126	92
2026-06	111	116	114	95
2026-07 low	90	94	97	93
2026-08 low	58	61	62	89
2026-09 low	76	80	80	88

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Newest case numbers

The highest civil case numbers seen, from the court's own feed and from the snapshot.

Case number	Seen	Source
2:26-cv-00800	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00791	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00762	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00928	2026-11-11 02:04 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00864	2026-11-11 21:17 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-00800	2026-11-11 20:05 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00791	2026-11-11 17:43 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00791	2026-11-11 19:32 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-00762	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:25-cv-01039	Dec 2025	bulk snapshot

Numbering by divisional office

Offices that share one sequence are counted once; offices on their own sequence are added.

Year	Offices	Numbering	Base	Highest number
2025	1, 2, 3	shared	0	1039
2026	1, 2, 3	shared	0	762

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

Dockets observed in the last twelve months, by nature-of-suit code.

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
440	Other Civil Rights	60	21.1%
442	Employment	52	18.2%
190	Other Contract	21	7.4%
110	Insurance	18	6.3%
350	Motor Vehicle	13	4.6%
890	Other Statutory Actions	11	3.9%
480	Consumer Credit	10	3.5%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	9	3.2%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	2.8%
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	7	2.5%
470	Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations	6	2.1%
445	Amer. w/Disabilities - Employment	5	1.8%

Codes from the JS 44 civil cover sheet; counts are dockets observed by this source, not every case.

By year

Counted, calibrated and official civil filings each year.

Year	Implied	Calibrated	AO official	Counted per official	Observed dockets	Source
2015	961				961	CL
2016	1,012				1,012	CL
2017	873				873	CL
2018	1,078				1,080	CL
2019	1,095				1,096	CL
2020	1,079				1,080	CL
2021	848				850	CL
2022	723	763	763	0.95x	723	CL AO
2023	751	810	810	0.93x	757	CL AO
2024	843	889	889	0.95x	848	CL AO
2025	1,039	1,070	1,070	0.97x	1,071	CL AO
2026 so far	762	797			802	CL

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