Civil filings in the D. Hawaii district court

In 2025, 597 civil cases were filed in D. Hawaii by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 553.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 169
2025, counted: 553
Counted per official: 0.93x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-00581

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	32	32	32
2015-02	24	24	24
2015-03	55	55	55
2015-04	45	45	45
2015-05	47	47	47
2015-06	46	46	46	42
2015-07	40	40	40	41
2015-08	64	64	64	44
2015-09	37	37	37	43
2015-10	69	69	68	46
2015-11	38	38	39	45
2015-12	44	44	44	45
2016-01	37	37	37	46
2016-02	54	54	53	48
2016-03	64	64	62	49
2016-04	51	51	51	49
2016-05	74	74	72	52
2016-06	85	85	87	55
2016-07	54	54	54	56
2016-08	63	63	62	56
2016-09	57	57	55	58
2016-10	48	48	48	56
2016-11	55	55	48	57
2016-12	43	43	49	57
2017-01	45	45	44	58
2017-02	41	41	41	57
2017-03	59	59	59	56
2017-04	51	51	51	56
2017-05	60	60	60	55
2017-06	54	54	54	52
2017-07	163	163	66	62
2017-08	0	0	62	56
2017-09	18	18	51	53
2017-10	52	52	51	53
2017-11	32	32	33	52
2017-12	41	41	40	51
2018-01	42	42	42	51
2018-02	35	35	35	51
2018-03	47	47	46	50
2018-04	34	34	37	48
2018-05	47	47	47	47
2018-06	53	53	52	47
2018-07	33	33	33	36
2018-08	43	43	43	40
2018-09	38	38	38	41
2018-10	51	51	50	41
2018-11	49	49	50	43
2018-12	34	34	34	42
2019-01	64	64	58	44
2019-02	36	36	42	44
2019-03	62	62	62	45
2019-04	63	63	63	48
2019-05	53	53	53	48
2019-06	60	60	58	49
2019-07	74	74	76	52
2019-08	60	60	60	54
2019-09	59	59	58	55
2019-10	69	69	67	57
2019-11	45	45	48	57
2019-12	41	41	42	57
2020-01	51	51	49	56
2020-02	45	45	46	57
2020-03	46	46	45	56
2020-04	57	57	58	55
2020-05	53	53	53	55
2020-06	40	40	40	53
2020-07	45	45	45	51
2020-08	39	39	39	49
2020-09	43	43	40	48
2020-10	58	58	53	47
2020-11	47	47	54	47
2020-12	61	61	62	49
2021-01	68	68	68	50
2021-02	49	49	48	50
2021-03	51	51	53	51
2021-04	48	48	46	50
2021-05	38	38	38	49
2021-06	37	37	39	49
2021-07	37	37	37	48
2021-08	44	44	43	48
2021-09	30	30	30	47
2021-10	26	26	27	45
2021-11	42	42	43	44
2021-12	44	44	44	43
2022-01	49	51	49	41
2022-02	33	34	31	40
2022-03	56	59	57	41
2022-04	64	67	65	42
2022-05	37	39	37	42
2022-06	51	53	51	44
2022-07	55	57	55	46
2022-08	54	56	54	47
2022-09	36	38	37	47
2022-10	55	57	32	50
2022-11	11	11	33	47
2022-12	58	61	58	49
2023-01	114	109	60	53
2023-02	0	55	50	55
2023-03	75	72	41	56
2023-04	9	9	44	51
2023-05	38	36	40	51
2023-06	36	34	37	50
2023-07	43	41	43	48
2023-08	55	53	54	48
2023-09	37	35	37	48
2023-10	41	39	39	46
2023-11	54	52	53	50
2023-12	130	124	131	55
2024-01	39	43	39	49
2024-02	59	65	59	50
2024-03	52	57	51	49
2024-04	53	58	54	53
2024-05	36	40	35	53
2024-06	42	46	42	54
2024-07	43	47	42	55
2024-08	51	56	51	55
2024-09	55	61	53	57
2024-10	39	43	41	58
2024-11	42	46	42	57
2024-12	69	76	69	53
2025-01	44	48	44	54
2025-02	48	52	48	52
2025-03	51	55	51	52
2025-04	36	39	36	51
2025-05	48	52	47	52
2025-06	42	45	41	52
2025-07	53	57	55	52
2025-08	47	51	47	52
2025-09	52	56	53	52
2025-10	47	51	48	52
2025-11	43	46	42	52
2025-12	42	45	41	50
2026-01	42	45	45	50
2026-02	57	61	59	50
2026-03	69	74	66	52
2026-04	50	53	51	53
2026-05	48	51	48	53
2026-06	70	75	73	55
2026-07 low	70	75	70	57
2026-08 low	57	61	60	58
2026-09 low	42	45	39	57

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-00581	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00581	2026-11-11 19:50 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00580	2026-11-11 01:15 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00544	2026-11-11 00:53 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00532	2026-11-11 01:00 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00510	2026-11-11 02:22 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00505	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-00553	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	own	0	553
2026	1	own	0	505

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	28	28.0%
440	Other Civil Rights	13	13.0%
480	Consumer Credit	8	8.0%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	8.0%
890	Other Statutory Actions	5	5.0%
820	Copyrights	5	5.0%
110	Insurance	4	4.0%
950	Constitutionality of State Statutes	3	3.0%
550	Civil Rights	3	3.0%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	2	2.0%
442	Employment	2	2.0%
410	Antitrust	2	2.0%

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	541				541	CL
2016	685				678	CL
2017	616				612	CL
2018	506				507	CL
2019	686				687	CL
2020	585				584	CL
2021	514				516	CL
2022	559	584	584	0.96x	559	CL AO
2023	632	660	660	0.96x	629	CL AO
2024	580	638	638	0.91x	578	CL AO
2025	553	597	597	0.93x	553	CL AO
2026 so far	505	540			511	CL

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