Civil filings in the D. Montana district court

In 2025, 702 civil cases were filed in D. Montana by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 701.

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. Montana, Montana, Ninth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 164
2025, counted: 701
Counted per official: 1.00x
Newest case number: 4:26-cv-00303

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	43	43	38
2015-02	33	33	35
2015-03	53	53	53
2015-04	56	56	45
2015-05	43	43	47
2015-06	70	70	57	50
2015-07	73	73	66	53
2015-08	36	36	47	51
2015-09	45	45	48	50
2015-10	55	55	59	51
2015-11	60	60	56	52
2015-12	55	55	56	52
2016-01	40	40	35	52
2016-02	48	48	50	53
2016-03	62	62	60	54
2016-04	54	54	53	53
2016-05	187	187	59	65
2016-06	227	227	103	78
2016-07	0	0	53	72
2016-08	5	5	58	70
2016-09	6	6	51	67
2016-10	5	5	32	62
2016-11	5	5	42	58
2016-12	10	10	38	54
2017-01	50	50	46	55
2017-02	77	77	57	57
2017-03	62	62	67	57
2017-04	35	35	44	56
2017-05	73	73	73	46
2017-06	99	99	69	36
2017-07	57	57	47	40
2017-08	38	38	71	43
2017-09	83	83	63	50
2017-10	39	39	56	52
2017-11	38	38	45	55
2017-12	49	49	47	58
2018-01	116	116	106	64
2018-02	160	160	76	71
2018-03	53	53	60	70
2018-04	136	136	63	78
2018-05	54	54	50	77
2018-06	29	29	64	71
2018-07	26	26	52	68
2018-08	30	30	59	68
2018-09	22	22	50	63
2018-10	36	36	49	62
2018-11	33	33	41	62
2018-12	76	76	35	64
2019-01	61	61	56	60
2019-02	74	74	44	52
2019-03	32	32	43	51
2019-04	49	49	57	44
2019-05	86	86	42	46
2019-06	33	33	45	46
2019-07	39	39	50	48
2019-08	74	74	52	51
2019-09	17	17	37	51
2019-10	39	39	55	51
2019-11	44	44	48	52
2019-12	52	52	52	50
2020-01	39	39	38	48
2020-02	42	42	36	46
2020-03	80	80	61	50
2020-04	55	55	65	50
2020-05	57	57	50	48
2020-06	52	52	60	49
2020-07	72	72	72	52
2020-08	57	57	57	50
2020-09	44	44	43	53
2020-10	57	57	55	54
2020-11	54	54	52	55
2020-12	55	55	55	55
2021-01	50	50	45	56
2021-02	44	44	47	56
2021-03	62	62	62	55
2021-04	61	61	60	55
2021-05	61	61	54	56
2021-06	52	52	56	56
2021-07	68	68	42	55
2021-08	28	28	41	53
2021-09	55	55	47	54
2021-10	37	37	54	52
2021-11	51	51	48	52
2021-12	40	40	39	51
2022-01	67	65	52	52
2022-02	52	50	61	52
2022-03	112	108	60	56
2022-04	52	50	53	55
2022-05	100	96	51	58
2022-06	38	37	63	57
2022-07	28	27	52	54
2022-08	59	57	54	56
2022-09	42	40	59	55
2022-10	43	41	50	55
2022-11	23	22	39	53
2022-12	42	40	53	53
2023-01	39	39	36	51
2023-02	33	33	30	49
2023-03	62	62	45	45
2023-04	30	30	44	44
2023-05	59	59	59	41
2023-06	101	100	67	46
2023-07	36	36	39	47
2023-08	35	35	42	45
2023-09	35	35	48	44
2023-10	41	41	45	44
2023-11	70	70	72	48
2023-12	51	51	51	49
2024-01	62	61	60	51
2024-02	57	56	48	53
2024-03	29	29	35	50
2024-04	124	123	59	58
2024-05	63	62	64	58
2024-06	21	21	57	52
2024-07	71	70	71	54
2024-08	62	61	70	57
2024-09	65	64	72	59
2024-10	102	101	107	64
2024-11	54	53	54	63
2024-12	58	57	56	63
2025-01	71	71	65	64
2025-02	45	45	46	63
2025-03	55	55	51	65
2025-04	69	69	70	61
2025-05	58	58	49	61
2025-06	54	54	59	63
2025-07	54	54	55	62
2025-08	61	61	59	62
2025-09	55	55	58	61
2025-10	74	74	74	59
2025-11	50	50	49	59
2025-12	55	55	56	58
2026-01	57	57	55	57
2026-02	59	59	55	58
2026-03	267	265	267	76
2026-04	58	58	58	75
2026-05	46	46	46	74
2026-06	46	46	44	73
2026-07 low	60	60	59	74
2026-08 low	54	54	50	73
2026-09 low	50	50	50	73

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-00303	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
9:26-cv-00179	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00120	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00086	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-00065	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-00280	2026-11-12 01:03 UTC	court feed entry
9:26-cv-00179	2026-11-11 22:47 UTC	court feed entry
9:26-cv-00179	2026-11-11 00:31 UTC	court feed entry
9:26-cv-00179	2026-11-11 02:13 UTC	court feed entry
9:26-cv-00133	2026-11-11 23:40 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00086	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-00094	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-00303	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
6:26-cv-00065	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	Highest number
2025	1	own	158
2025	2	own	121
2025	4	own	112
2025	6	own	88
2025	9	own	222
2026	1	own	86
2026	2	own	94
2026	4	own	303
2026	6	own	65
2026	9	own	149

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
110	Insurance	10	13.0%
360	Other Personal Injury	9	11.7%
440	Other Civil Rights	8	10.4%
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	7	9.1%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	5	6.5%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	5	6.5%
893	Environmental Matters	4	5.2%
863	DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	3	3.9%
820	Copyrights	3	3.9%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	3	3.9%
380	Other Personal Property Damage	3	3.9%
890	Other Statutory Actions	2	2.6%

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	622				607	CL
2016	649				634	CL
2017	700				685	CL
2018	771				705	CL
2019	600				581	CL
2020	664				644	CL
2021	609				595	CL
2022	658	634	634	1.04x	647	CL AO
2023	592	589	589	1.01x	578	CL AO
2024	768	760	760	1.01x	753	CL AO
2025	701	702	702	1.00x	691	CL AO
2026 so far	697	691			684	CL

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