Civil filings in the W.D. Arkansas district court

In 2025, 911 civil cases were filed in W.D. Arkansas by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 870.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 233
2025, counted: 870
Counted per official: 0.95x
Newest case number: 6:26-cv-06125

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.

Show the numbers

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	91	91	84
2015-02	70	70	76
2015-03	85	85	76
2015-04	81	81	90
2015-05	80	80	80
2015-06	83	83	80	82
2015-07	101	101	104	84
2015-08	95	95	95	86
2015-09	109	109	108	88
2015-10	99	99	97	89
2015-11	65	65	65	87
2015-12	54	54	54	84
2016-01	69	69	69	83
2016-02	97	97	96	85
2016-03	98	98	98	86
2016-04	88	88	88	86
2016-05	148	148	98	92
2016-06	95	95	137	93
2016-07	86	86	92	92
2016-08	101	101	101	92
2016-09	104	104	103	92
2016-10	103	103	103	92
2016-11	80	80	79	94
2016-12	72	72	72	95
2017-01	82	82	82	96
2017-02	57	57	57	93
2017-03	72	72	72	91
2017-04	59	59	59	88
2017-05	72	72	72	82
2017-06	83	83	83	81
2017-07	82	82	82	81
2017-08	110	110	109	81
2017-09	80	80	80	79
2017-10	97	97	97	79
2017-11	86	86	86	79
2017-12	76	76	75	80
2018-01	94	94	94	81
2018-02	204	204	81	93
2018-03	61	61	77	92
2018-04	70	70	84	93
2018-05	62	62	85	92
2018-06	57	57	92	90
2018-07	57	57	78	88
2018-08	89	89	85	86
2018-09	63	63	67	85
2018-10	80	80	91	83
2018-11	72	72	72	82
2018-12	55	55	55	80
2019-01	68	68	66	78
2019-02	80	80	80	68
2019-03	57	57	57	68
2019-04	77	77	76	68
2019-05	73	73	73	69
2019-06	77	77	76	71
2019-07	74	74	74	72
2019-08	87	87	86	72
2019-09	69	69	69	72
2019-10	76	76	76	72
2019-11	59	59	56	71
2019-12	75	75	78	73
2020-01	3,062	3,062	68	322
2020-02	45	45	63	319
2020-03	55	55	74	319
2020-04	54	54	79	317
2020-05	47	47	65	315
2020-06	44	44	61	312
2020-07	51	51	78	310
2020-08	69	69	95	309
2020-09	57	57	72	308
2020-10	54	54	74	306
2020-11	52	52	75	305
2020-12	70	70	99	305
2021-01	86	86	86	57
2021-02	55	55	56	58
2021-03	82	82	82	60
2021-04	100	100	100	64
2021-05	73	73	72	66
2021-06	76	76	76	69
2021-07	57	57	57	69
2021-08	55	55	53	68
2021-09	60	60	60	68
2021-10	80	80	79	70
2021-11	67	67	66	72
2021-12	77	77	77	72
2022-01	79	80	79	72
2022-02	59	60	57	72
2022-03	67	68	67	71
2022-04	76	77	76	69
2022-05	73	74	73	69
2022-06	84	85	85	70
2022-07	87	88	88	73
2022-08	64	65	64	73
2022-09	94	95	83	76
2022-10	48	49	58	74
2022-11	61	62	61	73
2022-12	57	58	57	72
2023-01	69	70	70	71
2023-02	60	61	60	71
2023-03	90	91	90	73
2023-04	67	68	66	72
2023-05	65	66	65	71
2023-06	83	84	82	71
2023-07	62	63	62	69
2023-08	59	60	59	69
2023-09	51	52	51	65
2023-10	74	75	74	68
2023-11	79	80	79	69
2023-12	62	63	62	70
2024-01	81	82	80	70
2024-02	70	71	68	71
2024-03	111	112	79	73
2024-04	58	59	69	72
2024-05	74	75	88	73
2024-06	50	51	57	70
2024-07	81	82	80	72
2024-08	69	70	69	73
2024-09	77	78	77	75
2024-10	61	62	61	74
2024-11	75	76	72	73
2024-12	71	72	71	74
2025-01	58	61	56	72
2025-02	82	86	80	74
2025-03	77	81	69	71
2025-04	52	54	60	71
2025-05	77	81	77	71
2025-06	75	79	75	73
2025-07	74	77	67	73
2025-08	63	66	69	73
2025-09	83	87	83	73
2025-10	84	88	83	76
2025-11	79	83	78	76
2025-12	66	69	66	76
2026-01	55	57	55	76
2026-02	78	81	78	75
2026-03	70	72	70	74
2026-04	85	88	84	77
2026-05	94	97	94	79
2026-06	91	94	91	80
2026-07 low	90	93	88	81
2026-08 low	71	73	70	82
2026-09 low	72	74	71	81

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
6:26-cv-06125	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-05315	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-04090	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-03051	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-02153	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-01050	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-05315	2026-11-11 14:01 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-05230	2026-11-11 21:47 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-05060	2026-11-11 01:47 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-04090	2026-11-11 18:42 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-04090	2026-11-11 18:46 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01050	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-02153	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-03051	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-04073	Sep 2026	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	own	1000	1092
2025	2	own	2000	2167
2025	3	own	3000	3088
2025	4	own	4000	4105
2025	5	own	5000	5277
2025	6	own	6000	6141
2026	1	own	1000	1050
2026	2	own	2000	2153
2026	3	own	3000	3051
2026	4	own	4000	4073
2026	5	own	5000	5254
2026	6	own	6000	6125

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	8	12.9%
820	Copyrights	6	9.7%
360	Other Personal Injury	5	8.1%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	4	6.5%
480	Consumer Credit	4	6.5%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	4	6.5%
440	Other Civil Rights	4	6.5%
190	Other Contract	4	6.5%
890	Other Statutory Actions	3	4.8%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	3	4.8%
864	SSID Title XVI	2	3.2%
555	Prison Condition	2	3.2%

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	1,013				1,009	CL
2016	1,141				1,136	CL
2017	956				954	CL
2018	964				961	CL
2019	872				867	CL
2020	3,660				903	CL
2021	868				864	CL
2022	849	860	860	0.99x	848	CL AO
2023	821	834	834	0.98x	820	CL AO
2024	878	889	889	0.99x	871	CL AO
2025	870	911	911	0.95x	863	CL AO
2026 so far	706	729			701	CL

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