Civil filings in the M.D. Louisiana district court

In 2025, 1,183 civil cases were filed in M.D. Louisiana by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,162.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 332
2025, counted: 1.2k
Counted per official: 0.98x
Newest case number: 3:26-cv-01271

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	117	117	50
2015-02	0	0	65
2015-03	78	78	79
2015-04	84	84	86
2015-05	71	71	71
2015-06	77	77	75	71
2015-07	111	111	82	77
2015-08	61	61	72	75
2015-09	135	135	76	82
2015-10	0	0	77	73
2015-11	75	75	74	74
2015-12	64	64	64	73
2016-01	62	62	62	68
2016-02	73	73	72	74
2016-03	83	83	76	75
2016-04	79	79	80	74
2016-05	60	60	66	73
2016-06	86	86	85	74
2016-07	78	78	63	71
2016-08	59	59	76	71
2016-09	117	117	75	70
2016-10	33	33	74	72
2016-11	91	91	77	74
2016-12	59	59	73	73
2017-01	58	58	57	73
2017-02	59	59	57	72
2017-03	93	93	87	73
2017-04	72	72	78	72
2017-05	70	70	60	73
2017-06	71	71	76	72
2017-07	167	167	89	79
2017-08	19	19	97	76
2017-09	94	94	97	74
2017-10			830	78
2017-11	1,015	1,015	185	162
2017-12	99	99	98	165
2018-01	193	193	98	177
2018-02	2	2	96	172
2018-03	168	168	169	179
2018-04	228	228	147	193
2018-05	8	8	89	188
2018-06	66	66	64	187
2018-07	92	92	66	180
2018-08	59	59	86	184
2018-09	58	58	59	181
2018-10	115	115	113	175
2018-11	69	69	64	96
2018-12	54	54	60	93
2019-01	61	61	59	82
2019-02	71	71	69	87
2019-03	62	62	58	79
2019-04	76	76	73	66
2019-05	82	82	81	72
2019-06	73	73	77	73
2019-07	75	75	73	71
2019-08	74	74	73	72
2019-09	104	104	81	76
2019-10	68	68	81	72
2019-11	150	150	87	79
2019-12	0	0	58	75
2020-01	65	65	64	75
2020-02	51	51	48	73
2020-03	80	80	75	75
2020-04	72	72	69	74
2020-05	58	58	60	72
2020-06	94	94	89	74
2020-07	78	78	74	74
2020-08	80	80	76	75
2020-09	74	74	82	72
2020-10	88	88	88	74
2020-11	92	92	67	69
2020-12	61	61	82	74
2021-01	77	77	73	75
2021-02	52	52	51	76
2021-03	50	50	50	73
2021-04	71	71	68	73
2021-05	73	73	65	74
2021-06	56	56	61	71
2021-07	62	62	62	70
2021-08	74	74	67	69
2021-09	46	46	49	67
2021-10	77	77	66	66
2021-11	57	57	66	63
2021-12	44	44	45	62
2022-01	71	75	70	61
2022-02	114	120	75	67
2022-03	36	38	73	66
2022-04	58	61	58	65
2022-05	75	79	75	66
2022-06	86	90	87	69
2022-07	85	89	83	71
2022-08	81	85	80	72
2022-09	94	99	89	76
2022-10	156	164	157	83
2022-11	78	82	78	85
2022-12	180	189	178	98
2023-01	61	62	62	97
2023-02	89	91	87	94
2023-03	106	108	105	100
2023-04	77	78	71	101
2023-05	83	85	85	102
2023-06	110	112	94	104
2023-07	109	111	118	105
2023-08	636	648	612	152
2023-09	135	137	152	156
2023-10	138	141	137	154
2023-11	97	99	91	155
2023-12	61	62	63	144
2024-01	79	80	75	146
2024-02	95	96	95	146
2024-03	81	82	78	144
2024-04	82	83	78	145
2024-05	96	97	92	146
2024-06	113	115	98	146
2024-07	80	81	92	143
2024-08	100	102	96	98
2024-09	86	87	86	94
2024-10	94	95	88	90
2024-11	73	74	70	88
2024-12	75	76	75	89
2025-01	107	109	99	92
2025-02	74	75	77	90
2025-03	83	84	81	90
2025-04	119	121	110	93
2025-05	86	88	92	92
2025-06	100	102	99	91
2025-07	147	150	101	97
2025-08	63	64	108	94
2025-09	106	108	97	96
2025-10	125	127	134	98
2025-11	64	65	60	97
2025-12	88	90	92	99
2026-01	123	125	119	100
2026-02	92	93	96	101
2026-03	144	146	144	107
2026-04	135	137	118	108
2026-05	113	115	121	110
2026-06	108	110	117	111
2026-07 low	128	130	122	109
2026-08 low	89	90	95	111
2026-09 low	115	117	115	112

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
3:26-cv-01271	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-01271	2026-11-11 21:58 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01253	2026-11-11 21:35 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00912	2026-11-12 01:04 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00872	2026-11-11 22:07 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00635	2026-11-11 22:54 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01047	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:25-cv-01162	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	3	own	0	1162
2026	3	own	0	1047

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	171	64.8%
550	Civil Rights	9	3.4%
360	Other Personal Injury	9	3.4%
110	Insurance	9	3.4%
446	Amer. w/Disabilities - Other	7	2.7%
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	6	2.3%
190	Other Contract	6	2.3%
441	Voting	5	1.9%
440	Other Civil Rights	5	1.9%
890	Other Statutory Actions	4	1.5%
840	Trademark	4	1.5%
480	Consumer Credit	4	1.5%

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	873				871	CL
2016	880				879	CL
2017	1,817				1,811	CL
2018	1,112				1,111	CL
2019	896				870	CL
2020	893				874	CL
2021	739				723	CL
2022	1,114	1,171	1,171	0.95x	1,103	CL AO
2023	1,702	1,733	1,733	0.98x	1,677	CL AO
2024	1,054	1,070	1,070	0.99x	1,023	CL AO
2025	1,162	1,183	1,183	0.98x	1,150	CL AO
2026 so far	1,047	1,063			1,047	CL

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