Civil filings in the D. Maine district court

In 2025, 663 civil cases were filed in D. Maine by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 657.

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. Maine, Maine, First Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 123
2025, counted: 657
Counted per official: 0.99x
Newest case number: 2:26-cv-00461

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	45	45	44
2015-02	38	38	34
2015-03	37	37	39
2015-04	44	44	38
2015-05	39	39	42
2015-06	46	46	45	42
2015-07	58	58	58	44
2015-08	60	60	49	46
2015-09	30	30	39	44
2015-10	48	48	48	44
2015-11	87	87	45	48
2015-12	0	0	39	44
2016-01	47	47	47	44
2016-02	65	65	65	47
2016-03	76	76	75	50
2016-04	40	40	40	50
2016-05	105	105	45	55
2016-06	25	25	83	53
2016-07	40	40	39	52
2016-08	51	51	51	51
2016-09	57	57	57	53
2016-10	44	44	44	53
2016-11	33	33	33	49
2016-12	58	58	57	53
2017-01	38	38	38	53
2017-02	39	39	37	50
2017-03	39	39	39	47
2017-04	43	43	42	48
2017-05	42	42	36	42
2017-06	47	47	52	44
2017-07	39	39	39	44
2017-08	51	51	50	44
2017-09	49	49	47	44
2017-10	41	41	44	43
2017-11	43	43	41	44
2017-12	33	33	32	42
2018-01	44	44	45	42
2018-02	48	48	48	43
2018-03	47	47	47	44
2018-04	63	63	37	46
2018-05	14	14	40	43
2018-06	43	43	43	43
2018-07	34	34	32	42
2018-08	54	54	54	43
2018-09	53	53	51	43
2018-10	87	87	56	47
2018-11	3	3	29	44
2018-12	23	23	23	43
2019-01	56	56	56	44
2019-02	35	35	35	43
2019-03	42	42	41	42
2019-04	58	58	56	42
2019-05	56	56	57	45
2019-06	63	63	56	47
2019-07	44	44	49	48
2019-08	48	48	48	47
2019-09	43	43	43	46
2019-10	60	60	59	44
2019-11	40	40	39	47
2019-12	34	34	35	48
2020-01	35	35	35	46
2020-02	32	32	32	46
2020-03	52	52	52	47
2020-04	30	30	30	45
2020-05	40	40	40	43
2020-06	41	41	39	42
2020-07	43	43	43	42
2020-08	40	40	40	41
2020-09	43	43	43	41
2020-10	52	52	52	40
2020-11	37	37	36	40
2020-12	44	44	45	41
2021-01	36	36	36	41
2021-02	29	29	29	41
2021-03	25	25	25	38
2021-04	26	26	26	38
2021-05	25	25	24	37
2021-06	41	41	40	37
2021-07	29	29	29	36
2021-08	38	38	36	35
2021-09	29	29	29	34
2021-10	33	33	32	33
2021-11	27	27	27	32
2021-12	38	38	37	31
2022-01	26	27	24	31
2022-02	30	31	29	31
2022-03	26	27	26	31
2022-04	38	39	37	32
2022-05	53	54	51	34
2022-06	25	26	25	33
2022-07	41	42	41	34
2022-08	34	35	34	34
2022-09	27	28	27	34
2022-10	37	38	37	34
2022-11	38	39	37	35
2022-12	51	52	49	36
2023-01	49	49	49	38
2023-02	59	59	58	41
2023-03	45	45	45	42
2023-04	35	35	34	42
2023-05	36	36	36	40
2023-06	40	40	39	41
2023-07	34	34	34	41
2023-08	36	36	36	41
2023-09	37	37	37	42
2023-10	39	39	39	42
2023-11	33	33	32	41
2023-12	24	24	24	39
2024-01	29	29	29	37
2024-02	34	34	34	35
2024-03	44	44	43	35
2024-04	44	44	42	36
2024-05	49	49	49	37
2024-06	34	34	32	36
2024-07	40	40	37	37
2024-08	34	34	32	37
2024-09	29	29	26	36
2024-10	31	31	29	35
2024-11	44	44	39	36
2024-12	45	45	37	38
2025-01	43	43	30	39
2025-02	25	25	17	39
2025-03	54	54	39	39
2025-04	95	96	98	44
2025-05	70	71	72	46
2025-06	56	57	55	47
2025-07	52	52	52	49
2025-08	41	41	41	49
2025-09	66	67	66	52
2025-10	46	46	45	54
2025-11	49	49	49	54
2025-12	60	61	56	55
2026-01	54	54	52	56
2026-02	51	51	49	58
2026-03	63	63	63	59
2026-04	69	69	68	57
2026-05	50	50	50	55
2026-06	51	51	47	55
2026-07 low	51	51	53	54
2026-08 low	30	30	29	54
2026-09 low	42	42	42	51

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-00461	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00460	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00562	2026-11-11 20:33 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-00039	2026-11-11 20:26 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-00461	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:25-cv-00657	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, 2	shared	0	657
2026	1, 2	shared	0	461

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

Dockets observed in the last twelve months, by nature-of-suit code.

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
220	Foreclosure	73	17.1%
440	Other Civil Rights	69	16.1%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	62	14.5%
442	Employment	30	7.0%
190	Other Contract	21	4.9%
360	Other Personal Injury	19	4.4%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	12	2.8%
550	Civil Rights	9	2.1%
350	Motor Vehicle	8	1.9%
890	Other Statutory Actions	7	1.6%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	7	1.6%
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	7	1.6%

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	532				520	CL
2016	641				636	CL
2017	504				497	CL
2018	513				505	CL
2019	579				574	CL
2020	489				487	CL
2021	376				370	CL
2022	426	437	437	0.97x	417	CL AO
2023	467	467	467	1.00x	463	CL AO
2024	457	458	458	1.00x	429	CL AO
2025	657	663	663	0.99x	620	CL AO
2026 so far	461	461			453	CL

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