Civil filings in the N.D. Iowa district court

In 2025, 527 civil cases were filed in N.D. Iowa by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 503.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 163
2025, counted: 503
Counted per official: 0.95x
Newest case number: 5:26-cv-04101

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	119	119	118
2015-02	24	24	24
2015-03	45	45	44
2015-04	34	34	33
2015-05	42	42	41
2015-06	46	46	45	52
2015-07	48	48	47	51
2015-08	48	48	47	51
2015-09	40	40	41	50
2015-10	186	186	185	63
2015-11	51	51	50	62
2015-12	45	45	42	61
2016-01	50	50	48	55
2016-02	36	36	35	56
2016-03	29	29	29	55
2016-04	54	54	52	56
2016-05	162	162	160	66
2016-06	78	78	79	69
2016-07	59	59	57	70
2016-08	40	40	38	69
2016-09	32	32	30	68
2016-10	33	33	33	56
2016-11	35	35	31	54
2016-12	42	42	41	54
2017-01	30	30	29	52
2017-02	26	26	27	52
2017-03	41	41	40	53
2017-04	40	40	41	52
2017-05	51	51	50	42
2017-06	36	36	36	39
2017-07	32	32	29	36
2017-08	30	30	33	36
2017-09	37	37	36	36
2017-10	39	39	38	37
2017-11	32	32	30	36
2017-12	30	30	31	35
2018-01	44	44	41	36
2018-02	48	48	49	38
2018-03	36	36	36	38
2018-04	53	53	37	39
2018-05	21	21	34	36
2018-06	33	33	34	36
2018-07	39	39	38	37
2018-08	48	48	47	38
2018-09	30	30	31	38
2018-10	25	25	23	37
2018-11	39	39	38	37
2018-12	29	29	29	37
2019-01	29	29	29	36
2019-02	24	24	24	34
2019-03	34	34	34	34
2019-04	36	36	35	32
2019-05	31	31	30	33
2019-06	32	32	30	33
2019-07	48	48	48	34
2019-08	26	26	27	32
2019-09	45	45	43	33
2019-10	39	39	39	34
2019-11	30	30	29	34
2019-12	26	26	24	33
2020-01	24	24	24	33
2020-02	29	29	28	33
2020-03	52	52	48	35
2020-04	26	26	26	34
2020-05	32	32	32	34
2020-06	36	36	34	34
2020-07	32	32	30	33
2020-08	38	38	36	34
2020-09	38	38	39	34
2020-10	43	43	41	34
2020-11	27	27	25	34
2020-12	24	24	26	33
2021-01	29	29	29	34
2021-02	25	25	26	34
2021-03	38	38	38	32
2021-04	26	26	26	32
2021-05	16	16	16	31
2021-06	22	22	22	30
2021-07	29	29	29	30
2021-08	21	21	20	28
2021-09	28	28	29	27
2021-10	38	38	38	27
2021-11	38	38	31	28
2021-12	39	39	45	29
2022-01	23	25	23	29
2022-02	21	23	21	29
2022-03	36	39	36	29
2022-04	26	28	25	29
2022-05	23	25	23	30
2022-06	32	35	30	31
2022-07	26	28	27	31
2022-08	35	38	35	32
2022-09	42	46	40	33
2022-10	42	46	40	34
2022-11	38	41	38	34
2022-12	37	40	37	35
2023-01	2,021	362	29	63
2023-02	18	3	22	61
2023-03	19	3	26	58
2023-04	32	6	36	56
2023-05	18	3	32	54
2023-06	20	4	27	52
2023-07	16	3	31	50
2023-08	29	5	38	47
2023-09	14	3	30	43
2023-10	26	5	38	40
2023-11	18	3	23	37
2023-12	26	5	32	34
2024-01	37	40	34	7
2024-02	29	32	31	9
2024-03	23	25	23	11
2024-04	42	46	42	14
2024-05	21	23	20	16
2024-06	36	39	34	19
2024-07	22	24	21	21
2024-08	30	33	29	23
2024-09	36	39	36	26
2024-10	32	35	30	29
2024-11	27	29	28	31
2024-12	35	38	34	34
2025-01	29	30	29	33
2025-02	32	34	32	33
2025-03	32	34	32	34
2025-04	48	50	45	34
2025-05	47	49	43	36
2025-06	42	44	43	37
2025-07	52	54	52	39
2025-08	33	35	34	39
2025-09	50	52	52	40
2025-10	43	45	42	41
2025-11	49	51	49	43
2025-12	46	48	48	44
2026-01	45	48	47	45
2026-02	48	51	50	47
2026-03	58	62	60	49
2026-04	53	56	53	50
2026-05	52	55	53	50
2026-06	45	48	45	50
2026-07 low	47	50	45	50
2026-08 low	47	50	48	51
2026-09 low	69	73	73	53

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-04101	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-03043	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-02086	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-01037	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00207	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-02086	2026-11-11 23:32 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00207	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-01037	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-03043	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
5:26-cv-04101	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	0	230
2025	2	own	1000	1040
2025	3	own	3000	3079
2025	5	own	4000	4079
2025	6	own	2000	2075
2026	1	own	0	207
2026	2	own	1000	1037
2026	3	own	3000	3043
2026	5	own	4000	4101
2026	6	own	2000	2076

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	101	69.7%
440	Other Civil Rights	5	3.4%
110	Insurance	5	3.4%
442	Employment	4	2.8%
410	Antitrust	4	2.8%
830	Patent	3	2.1%
190	Other Contract	3	2.1%
550	Civil Rights	2	1.4%
465	Other Immigration Actions	2	1.4%
446	Amer. w/Disabilities - Other	2	1.4%
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	2	1.4%
893	Environmental Matters	1	0.7%

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	728				717	CL
2016	650				633	CL
2017	424				420	CL
2018	445				437	CL
2019	400				392	CL
2020	401				389	CL
2021	349				349	CL
2022	381	414	414	0.92x	375	CL AO
2023	2,257	404	404	5.59x	364	CL AO
2024	370	403	403	0.92x	362	CL AO
2025	503	527	527	0.95x	501	CL AO
2026 so far	464	493			474	CL

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