Civil filings in the S.D. Georgia district court

In 2025, 1,300 civil cases were filed in S.D. Georgia by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,320.

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. Georgia, Georgia, Eleventh Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 459
2025, counted: 1.3k
Counted per official: 1.02x
Newest case number: 5:26-cv-01038

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	81
2015-02	87	87	90
2015-03	86	86	86
2015-04	88	88	89
2015-05	96	96	96
2015-06	110	110	99	92
2015-07	95	95	103	92
2015-08	117	117	100	96
2015-09	130	130	99	99
2015-10	70	70	83	96
2015-11	69	69	79	94
2015-12	57	57	67	91
2016-01	101	101	89	92
2016-02	150	150	88	97
2016-03	59	59	72	95
2016-04	150	150	73	100
2016-05	55	55	94	97
2016-06	126	126	164	98
2016-07	78	78	101	97
2016-08	60	60	85	92
2016-09	81	81	88	88
2016-10	86	86	85	89
2016-11	89	89	90	91
2016-12	84	84	74	93
2017-01	90	90	88	92
2017-02	68	68	67	86
2017-03	122	122	76	91
2017-04	52	52	75	83
2017-05	90	90	97	86
2017-06	58	58	67	80
2017-07	83	83	86	80
2017-08	91	91	90	83
2017-09	83	83	85	83
2017-10	114	114	92	85
2017-11	88	88	91	85
2017-12	64	64	77	84
2018-01	85	85	78	83
2018-02	75	75	62	84
2018-03	111	111	109	83
2018-04	87	87	99	86
2018-05	87	87	84	86
2018-06	177	177	84	95
2018-07	55	55	65	93
2018-08	71	71	79	91
2018-09	80	80	88	91
2018-10	111	111	91	91
2018-11	62	62	85	89
2018-12	44	44	78	87
2019-01	81	81	80	87
2019-02	137	137	76	92
2019-03	57	57	76	87
2019-04	58	58	87	85
2019-05	73	73	85	84
2019-06	91	91	88	77
2019-07	149	149	91	84
2019-08	69	69	95	84
2019-09	76	76	107	84
2019-10	94	94	95	83
2019-11	89	89	88	85
2019-12	117	117	116	91
2020-01	82	82	80	91
2020-02	138	138	86	91
2020-03	57	57	85	91
2020-04	49	49	72	90
2020-05	85	85	87	91
2020-06	82	82	82	91
2020-07	106	106	91	87
2020-08	70	70	79	87
2020-09	127	127	105	91
2020-10	69	69	82	89
2020-11	77	77	86	88
2020-12	74	74	74	85
2021-01	74	74	72	84
2021-02	108	108	106	82
2021-03	71	71	71	83
2021-04	94	94	94	86
2021-05	73	73	73	85
2021-06	64	64	64	84
2021-07	77	77	77	82
2021-08	63	63	63	81
2021-09	85	85	85	77
2021-10	78	78	78	78
2021-11	96	96	82	80
2021-12	69	69	83	79
2022-01	64	65	62	79
2022-02	76	77	76	76
2022-03	74	75	73	76
2022-04	87	88	87	76
2022-05	88	89	86	77
2022-06	67	68	68	78
2022-07	75	76	74	77
2022-08	97	98	95	80
2022-09	90	91	90	81
2022-10	104	106	104	83
2022-11	88	89	78	83
2022-12	58	59	65	82
2023-01	79	80	79	83
2023-02	73	74	73	83
2023-03	70	71	70	83
2023-04	100	102	99	84
2023-05	74	75	73	82
2023-06	106	108	104	86
2023-07	83	84	85	86
2023-08	93	94	93	86
2023-09	87	88	86	86
2023-10	80	81	79	84
2023-11	79	80	73	83
2023-12	77	78	75	85
2024-01	68	69	65	84
2024-02	57	58	59	82
2024-03	67	68	67	82
2024-04	83	84	81	81
2024-05	84	85	84	81
2024-06	85	86	85	80
2024-07	84	85	84	80
2024-08	100	101	98	80
2024-09	71	72	72	79
2024-10	96	97	93	80
2024-11	68	69	69	79
2024-12	125	126	91	83
2025-01	87	86	86	85
2025-02	141	139	70	91
2025-03	86	85	127	93
2025-04	79	78	106	92
2025-05	88	87	86	92
2025-06	99	98	99	93
2025-07	87	86	86	93
2025-08	86	85	86	92
2025-09	104	102	102	95
2025-10	175	172	125	101
2025-11	96	95	135	103
2025-12	192	189	160	108
2026-01	210	204	209	118
2026-02	191	185	208	122
2026-03	198	192	222	131
2026-04	299	290	261	149
2026-05	176	171	175	156
2026-06	192	186	138	163
2026-07 low	135	131	169	167
2026-08 low	168	163	184	173
2026-09 low	156	151	156	177

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
5:26-cv-01038	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00349	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-00262	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00105	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00068	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-00053	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00199	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-00105	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00068	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-00262	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	Highest number
2025	1	own	310
2025	2	own	169
2025	3	own	125
2025	4	own	326
2025	5	own	299
2025	6	own	91
2026	1	own	199
2026	2	own	105
2026	3	own	68
2026	4	own	262
2026	5	own	1038
2026	6	own	53

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	1,052	88.5%
442	Employment	19	1.6%
440	Other Civil Rights	19	1.6%
555	Prison Condition	12	1.0%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	12	1.0%
190	Other Contract	12	1.0%
360	Other Personal Injury	9	0.8%
480	Consumer Credit	6	0.5%
890	Other Statutory Actions	4	0.3%
690	Other	4	0.3%
445	Amer. w/Disabilities - Employment	4	0.3%
840	Trademark	3	0.3%

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	1,090				1,072	CL
2016	1,119				1,103	CL
2017	1,003				991	CL
2018	1,045				1,002	CL
2019	1,091				1,084	CL
2020	1,016				1,009	CL
2021	952				948	CL
2022	968	982	982	0.99x	958	CL AO
2023	1,001	1,017	1,017	0.98x	989	CL AO
2024	988	997	997	0.99x	948	CL AO
2025	1,320	1,300	1,300	1.02x	1,268	CL AO
2026 so far	1,725	1,672			1,722	CL

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