Civil filings in the E.D. Kentucky district court

In 2025, 1,215 civil cases were filed in E.D. Kentucky by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,209.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 304
2025, counted: 1.2k
Counted per official: 1.00x
Newest case number: 2:26-cv-00404

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	71	71	72
2015-02	52	52	80
2015-03	87	87	96
2015-04	133	133	98
2015-05	69	69	116
2015-06	153	153	118	94
2015-07	110	110	100	96
2015-08	50	50	105	91
2015-09	159	159	108	98
2015-10	99	99	98	98
2015-11	94	94	94	98
2015-12	114	114	114	99
2016-01	94	94	93	101
2016-02	139	139	130	108
2016-03	74	74	83	107
2016-04	134	134	102	107
2016-05	137	137	158	113
2016-06	265	265	182	122
2016-07	105	105	129	122
2016-08	138	138	149	129
2016-09	134	134	155	127
2016-10	98	98	117	127
2016-11	160	160	125	133
2016-12	110	110	158	132
2017-01	129	129	128	135
2017-02	127	127	126	134
2017-03	164	164	164	142
2017-04	125	125	124	141
2017-05	130	130	130	140
2017-06	144	144	142	130
2017-07	105	105	105	130
2017-08	125	125	125	129
2017-09	130	130	130	129
2017-10	140	140	140	132
2017-11	108	108	108	128
2017-12	103	103	103	128
2018-01	119	119	119	127
2018-02	193	193	193	132
2018-03	134	134	134	130
2018-04	186	186	186	135
2018-05	153	153	153	137
2018-06	121	121	120	135
2018-07	105	105	105	135
2018-08	127	127	127	135
2018-09	98	98	98	132
2018-10	103	103	103	129
2018-11	113	113	104	130
2018-12	78	78	86	128
2019-01	98	98	98	126
2019-02	123	123	122	120
2019-03	122	122	122	119
2019-04	118	118	118	113
2019-05	113	113	113	110
2019-06	91	91	89	107
2019-07	110	110	109	108
2019-08	118	118	120	107
2019-09	113	113	113	108
2019-10	143	143	141	112
2019-11	90	90	90	110
2019-12	122	122	122	113
2020-01	106	106	106	114
2020-02	171	171	108	118
2020-03	93	93	151	116
2020-04	110	110	115	115
2020-05	117	117	120	115
2020-06	132	132	131	119
2020-07	134	134	135	121
2020-08	96	96	96	119
2020-09	95	95	95	117
2020-10	101	101	101	114
2020-11	97	97	97	114
2020-12	108	108	108	113
2021-01	83	83	83	111
2021-02	80	80	78	104
2021-03	124	124	98	106
2021-04	67	67	88	103
2021-05	77	77	79	100
2021-06	82	82	82	95
2021-07	72	72	71	90
2021-08	69	69	68	88
2021-09	71	71	71	86
2021-10	87	87	87	85
2021-11	82	82	82	84
2021-12	61	61	61	80
2022-01	67	67	67	78
2022-02	80	81	80	78
2022-03	105	106	105	77
2022-04	104	105	104	80
2022-05	86	87	85	81
2022-06	87	88	87	81
2022-07	82	83	78	82
2022-08	105	106	99	85
2022-09	85	86	84	86
2022-10	82	83	88	86
2022-11	84	85	86	86
2022-12	77	78	77	88
2023-01	76	76	75	88
2023-02	93	93	92	89
2023-03	120	120	119	91
2023-04	89	89	89	89
2023-05	111	111	111	91
2023-06	92	92	91	92
2023-07	81	81	80	92
2023-08	95	95	80	91
2023-09	63	63	73	89
2023-10	97	97	97	90
2023-11	85	85	85	90
2023-12	72	72	72	90
2024-01	81	78	81	90
2024-02	96	92	96	90
2024-03	105	101	95	88
2024-04	87	84	95	88
2024-05	60	58	58	83
2024-06	86	83	34	83
2024-07	88	85	33	83
2024-08	69	66	18	80
2024-09	88	85	28	82
2024-10	134	129	112	85
2024-11	88	85	87	85
2024-12	115	111	115	88
2025-01	70	70	69	87
2025-02	98	98	97	88
2025-03	111	112	103	89
2025-04	108	109	112	91
2025-05	80	80	80	93
2025-06	94	94	93	94
2025-07	115	116	113	96
2025-08	93	93	92	99
2025-09	113	114	108	101
2025-10	118	119	121	100
2025-11	109	110	106	102
2025-12	100	100	100	101
2026-01	185	167	107	109
2026-02	143	129	143	112
2026-03	121	109	121	112
2026-04	141	127	138	113
2026-05	145	131	144	117
2026-06	226	204	141	127
2026-07 low	86	78	137	123
2026-08 low	107	97	137	124
2026-09 low	111	100	108	123

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
2:26-cv-00404	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-00372	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-00267	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
0:26-cv-00146	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00076	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
7:26-cv-00001	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
0:26-cv-00146	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-00404	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00076	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
5:26-cv-00372	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	0	own	0	114
2025	2	own	0	238
2025	3	own	0	68
2025	5	own	0	473
2025	6	own	0	233
2025	7	own	0	83
2026	0	own	0	146
2026	2	own	0	404
2026	3	own	0	76
2026	5	own	0	372
2026	6	own	0	267
2026	7	own		1

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	253	54.1%
440	Other Civil Rights	46	9.8%
110	Insurance	19	4.1%
442	Employment	16	3.4%
555	Prison Condition	12	2.6%
550	Civil Rights	9	1.9%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	8	1.7%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	1.7%
830	Patent	7	1.5%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	7	1.5%
190	Other Contract	7	1.5%
890	Other Statutory Actions	6	1.3%

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	1,191				1,199	CL
2016	1,588				1,581	CL
2017	1,530				1,525	CL
2018	1,530				1,528	CL
2019	1,361				1,357	CL
2020	1,360				1,363	CL
2021	955				948	CL
2022	1,044	1,051	1,051	0.99x	1,040	CL AO
2023	1,074	1,078	1,078	1.00x	1,064	CL AO
2024	1,097	1,057	1,057	1.04x	852	CL AO
2025	1,209	1,215	1,215	1.00x	1,194	CL AO
2026 so far	1,265	1,142			1,176	CL

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