Civil filings in the S.D. Alabama district court

In 2025, 549 civil cases were filed in S.D. Alabama by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 547.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 157
2025, counted: 547
Counted per official: 1.00x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-00525

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	51	51	51
2015-02	59	59	59
2015-03	64	64	64
2015-04	55	55	55
2015-05	59	59	58
2015-06	51	51	50	56
2015-07	47	47	49	55
2015-08	50	50	49	54
2015-09	50	50	49	54
2015-10	73	73	70	56
2015-11	53	53	54	56
2015-12	58	58	58	56
2016-01	47	47	46	56
2016-02	46	46	45	54
2016-03	45	45	47	53
2016-04	106	106	46	57
2016-05	33	33	69	55
2016-06	94	94	97	58
2016-07	33	33	50	57
2016-08	59	59	63	58
2016-09	45	45	46	58
2016-10	41	41	41	55
2016-11	50	50	50	55
2016-12	39	39	39	53
2017-01	58	58	58	54
2017-02	34	34	34	53
2017-03	44	44	44	53
2017-04	52	52	52	48
2017-05	57	57	57	50
2017-06	57	57	55	47
2017-07	45	45	45	48
2017-08	51	51	51	48
2017-09	42	42	41	48
2017-10	43	43	43	48
2017-11	89	89	52	51
2017-12	0	0	38	48
2018-01	41	41	41	46
2018-02	57	57	57	48
2018-03	72	72	54	50
2018-04	37	37	55	49
2018-05	50	50	50	49
2018-06	36	36	37	47
2018-07	49	49	50	47
2018-08	53	53	42	47
2018-09	27	27	38	46
2018-10	43	43	43	46
2018-11	36	36	36	42
2018-12	47	47	47	46
2019-01	43	43	43	46
2019-02	57	57	61	46
2019-03	59	59	58	45
2019-04	51	51	51	46
2019-05	48	48	46	46
2019-06	69	69	68	48
2019-07	103	103	105	53
2019-08	173	173	173	63
2019-09	127	127	127	71
2019-10	190	190	186	84
2019-11	106	106	108	89
2019-12	110	110	111	95
2020-01	53	53	54	96
2020-02	91	91	69	98
2020-03	55	55	76	98
2020-04	50	50	51	98
2020-05	49	49	47	98
2020-06	48	48	46	96
2020-07	37	37	42	91
2020-08	48	48	49	80
2020-09	54	54	54	74
2020-10	35	35	36	61
2020-11	57	57	57	57
2020-12	40	40	40	51
2021-01	49	49	49	51
2021-02	53	53	53	48
2021-03	130	130	54	54
2021-04	24	24	57	52
2021-05	4	4	48	48
2021-06	34	34	34	47
2021-07	48	48	47	48
2021-08	38	38	40	47
2021-09	56	56	52	47
2021-10	36	36	40	47
2021-11	46	46	47	46
2021-12	36	36	39	46
2022-01	41	41	43	46
2022-02	50	51	50	45
2022-03	45	46	45	38
2022-04	36	36	37	39
2022-05	38	38	40	42
2022-06	51	52	52	44
2022-07	35	35	35	43
2022-08	46	47	46	43
2022-09	47	48	49	43
2022-10	44	45	41	43
2022-11	46	47	45	43
2022-12	37	37	37	44
2023-01	40	41	41	43
2023-02	33	34	33	42
2023-03	38	39	37	41
2023-04	42	43	42	42
2023-05	48	49	48	43
2023-06	50	51	46	43
2023-07	42	43	43	43
2023-08	43	44	46	43
2023-09	38	39	38	42
2023-10	36	37	36	42
2023-11	42	43	42	41
2023-12	31	32	32	41
2024-01	29	29	29	40
2024-02	34	34	34	40
2024-03	34	34	34	40
2024-04	40	40	39	40
2024-05	44	44	43	39
2024-06	37	37	39	38
2024-07	50	51	48	39
2024-08	48	48	51	39
2024-09	46	46	46	40
2024-10	44	44	43	40
2024-11	39	39	40	40
2024-12	42	42	41	41
2025-01	43	43	44	42
2025-02	40	40	40	43
2025-03	40	40	39	43
2025-04	61	61	61	45
2025-05	44	44	43	45
2025-06	38	38	40	45
2025-07	51	51	51	45
2025-08	48	48	48	45
2025-09	36	36	32	44
2025-10	57	57	43	45
2025-11	31	31	51	44
2025-12	58	58	58	46
2026-01	34	31	35	45
2026-02	117	108	33	50
2026-03	0	43	48	51
2026-04	7	6	45	46
2026-05	35	32	36	45
2026-06	45	41	49	45
2026-07 low	65	60	66	46
2026-08 low	44	40	48	45
2026-09 low	48	44	51	46

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
1:26-cv-00525	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00392	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00525	2026-11-11 21:56 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00525	2026-11-11 22:47 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00488	2026-11-11 22:24 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00488	2026-11-11 22:27 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00488	2026-11-11 22:22 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00395	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-00547	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	shared	0	547
2026	1, 2	shared	0	395

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
442	Employment	33	14.3%
440	Other Civil Rights	32	13.9%
190	Other Contract	27	11.7%
110	Insurance	19	8.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	11	4.8%
890	Other Statutory Actions	9	3.9%
350	Motor Vehicle	9	3.9%
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	7	3.0%
550	Civil Rights	7	3.0%
380	Other Personal Property Damage	6	2.6%
290	All Other Real Property	6	2.6%
480	Consumer Credit	5	2.2%

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	670				666	CL
2016	638				639	CL
2017	572				570	CL
2018	548				550	CL
2019	1,136				1,137	CL
2020	617				621	CL
2021	554				560	CL
2022	516	522	522	0.99x	520	CL AO
2023	483	492	492	0.98x	484	CL AO
2024	487	492	492	0.99x	487	CL AO
2025	547	549	549	1.00x	550	CL AO
2026 so far	395	407			411	CL

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