Civil filings in the S.D. Iowa district court

In 2025, 677 civil cases were filed in S.D. Iowa by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 683.

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. Iowa, Iowa, Eighth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 208
2025, counted: 683
Counted per official: 1.01x
Newest case number: 4:26-cv-00483

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	72	72	70
2015-02	44	44	43
2015-03	39	39	36
2015-04	63	63	60
2015-05	46	46	43
2015-06	54	54	51	53
2015-07	59	59	56	54
2015-08	62	62	61	55
2015-09	66	66	66	56
2015-10	65	65	62	57
2015-11	70	70	60	58
2015-12	51	51	52	58
2016-01	35	35	34	54
2016-02	41	41	41	54
2016-03	58	58	54	56
2016-04	56	56	54	55
2016-05	152	152	147	64
2016-06	145	145	133	72
2016-07	46	46	43	71
2016-08	71	71	65	71
2016-09	59	59	57	71
2016-10	56	56	54	70
2016-11	61	61	58	69
2016-12	51	51	48	69
2017-01	49	49	47	70
2017-02	41	41	39	70
2017-03	54	54	51	70
2017-04	47	47	45	69
2017-05	50	50	48	61
2017-06	59	59	56	54
2017-07	51	51	50	54
2017-08	52	52	51	52
2017-09	40	40	39	51
2017-10	39	39	39	50
2017-11	51	51	48	49
2017-12	40	40	36	48
2018-01	41	41	41	47
2018-02	51	51	49	48
2018-03	55	55	52	48
2018-04	52	52	47	48
2018-05	59	59	58	49
2018-06	46	46	43	48
2018-07	45	45	43	48
2018-08	53	53	51	48
2018-09	60	60	58	49
2018-10	55	55	51	51
2018-11	98	98	95	55
2018-12	36	36	34	54
2019-01	52	52	50	55
2019-02	39	39	38	54
2019-03	50	50	47	54
2019-04	46	46	46	53
2019-05	31	31	30	51
2019-06	42	42	39	51
2019-07	52	52	47	51
2019-08	41	41	46	50
2019-09	54	54	51	50
2019-10	62	62	60	50
2019-11	38	38	37	45
2019-12	44	44	43	46
2020-01	53	53	50	46
2020-02	52	52	51	47
2020-03	60	60	55	48
2020-04	34	34	33	47
2020-05	35	35	35	47
2020-06	50	50	50	48
2020-07	44	44	43	47
2020-08	43	43	43	47
2020-09	40	40	39	46
2020-10	48	48	42	45
2020-11	38	38	36	45
2020-12	66	66	64	47
2021-01	35	35	35	45
2021-02	50	50	47	45
2021-03	57	57	56	45
2021-04	48	48	46	46
2021-05	32	32	29	46
2021-06	42	42	41	45
2021-07	47	47	47	46
2021-08	41	41	40	45
2021-09	41	41	37	45
2021-10	52	52	52	46
2021-11	43	43	41	46
2021-12	50	50	47	45
2022-01	29	28	29	44
2022-02	52	50	52	44
2022-03	53	51	53	44
2022-04	38	37	38	43
2022-05	49	47	48	44
2022-06	41	40	41	44
2022-07	40	39	39	43
2022-08	52	50	50	44
2022-09	62	60	61	46
2022-10	42	41	42	45
2022-11	36	35	35	44
2022-12	60	58	56	45
2023-01	48	48	47	46
2023-02	45	45	45	46
2023-03	41	41	41	45
2023-04	45	45	44	46
2023-05	52	52	51	46
2023-06	52	52	52	47
2023-07	57	56	56	48
2023-08	66	65	65	50
2023-09	74	73	73	51
2023-10	52	52	50	52
2023-11	63	62	59	54
2023-12	58	57	58	54
2024-01	41	40	40	53
2024-02	65	64	65	55
2024-03	46	45	43	55
2024-04	43	42	42	55
2024-05	49	48	47	55
2024-06	45	44	44	54
2024-07	62	61	61	55
2024-08	41	40	40	53
2024-09	49	48	49	50
2024-10	57	56	56	51
2024-11	43	42	41	49
2024-12	46	45	44	48
2025-01	51	51	50	49
2025-02	42	42	41	47
2025-03	62	61	60	48
2025-04	59	58	56	50
2025-05	47	47	48	50
2025-06	49	49	49	50
2025-07	71	70	71	51
2025-08	54	54	54	52
2025-09	57	56	57	53
2025-10	80	79	79	55
2025-11	62	61	61	56
2025-12	49	49	49	56
2026-01	59	59	59	57
2026-02	62	62	62	59
2026-03	58	58	57	58
2026-04	56	56	56	58
2026-05	58	58	58	59
2026-06	58	58	57	60
2026-07 low	57	57	57	59
2026-08 low	59	59	59	59
2026-09 low	92	91	92	62

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
4:26-cv-00483	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00110	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00045	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-00483	2026-11-11 19:16 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-00483	2026-11-11 19:15 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-00473	2026-11-11 19:04 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-00392	2026-11-11 20:28 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00110	2026-11-11 22:17 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00044	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00085	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-00430	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-00028	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	Highest number
2025	1	own	28
2025	3	own	140
2025	4	own	515
2026	1	own	44
2026	3	own	85
2026	4	own	430

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	36	21.2%
440	Other Civil Rights	18	10.6%
442	Employment	16	9.4%
550	Civil Rights	11	6.5%
840	Trademark	9	5.3%
190	Other Contract	9	5.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	7	4.1%
110	Insurance	6	3.5%
830	Patent	5	2.9%
890	Other Statutory Actions	4	2.4%
410	Antitrust	4	2.4%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	3	1.8%

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	691				660	CL
2016	831				788	CL
2017	573				549	CL
2018	651				622	CL
2019	551				534	CL
2020	563				541	CL
2021	538				518	CL
2022	554	536	536	1.03x	544	CL AO
2023	653	647	647	1.01x	641	CL AO
2024	587	578	578	1.02x	572	CL AO
2025	683	677	677	1.01x	675	CL AO
2026 so far	559	555			557	CL

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