Civil filings in the M.D. North Carolina district court

In 2025, 1,197 civil cases were filed in M.D. North Carolina by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,193.

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. North Carolina, North Carolina, Fourth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 537
2025, counted: 1.2k
Counted per official: 1.00x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-01338

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	128	128	126
2015-02	57	57	58
2015-03	99	99	98
2015-04	76	76	76
2015-05	72	72	70
2015-06	89	89	86	87
2015-07	123	123	126	92
2015-08	79	79	78	90
2015-09	99	99	103	91
2015-10	99	99	99	92
2015-11	108	108	107	94
2015-12	91	91	92	93
2016-01	75	75	73	89
2016-02	88	88	84	92
2016-03	100	100	105	92
2016-04	147	147	138	98
2016-05	154	154	163	104
2016-06	328	328	328	124
2016-07	125	125	125	124
2016-08	76	76	76	124
2016-09	101	101	101	124
2016-10	86	86	86	123
2016-11	96	96	96	122
2016-12	76	76	76	121
2017-01	84	84	84	122
2017-02	92	92	89	122
2017-03	129	129	124	124
2017-04	91	91	92	120
2017-05	99	99	103	115
2017-06	119	119	122	98
2017-07	91	91	91	95
2017-08	89	89	89	96
2017-09	85	85	84	95
2017-10	112	112	113	97
2017-11	90	90	90	96
2017-12	81	81	81	97
2018-01	66	66	65	95
2018-02	83	83	84	95
2018-03	109	109	108	93
2018-04	96	96	97	93
2018-05	117	117	117	95
2018-06	109	109	108	94
2018-07	88	88	89	94
2018-08	83	83	83	93
2018-09	84	84	77	93
2018-10	82	82	89	91
2018-11	89	89	82	91
2018-12	47	47	58	88
2019-01	141	141	141	94
2019-02	106	106	97	96
2019-03	108	108	116	96
2019-04	100	100	101	96
2019-05	107	107	107	95
2019-06	91	91	88	94
2019-07	126	126	128	97
2019-08	106	106	107	99
2019-09	134	134	130	103
2019-10	86	86	90	103
2019-11	71	71	68	102
2019-12	101	101	103	106
2020-01	103	103	103	103
2020-02	96	96	96	102
2020-03	97	97	97	102
2020-04	96	96	95	101
2020-05	88	88	88	100
2020-06	124	124	121	102
2020-07	101	101	106	100
2020-08	101	101	94	100
2020-09	94	94	95	96
2020-10	93	93	94	97
2020-11	85	85	84	98
2020-12	103	103	109	98
2021-01	87	87	87	97
2021-02	78	78	78	96
2021-03	105	105	105	96
2021-04	77	77	77	95
2021-05	84	84	84	94
2021-06	116	116	116	94
2021-07	67	67	67	91
2021-08	64	64	63	88
2021-09	82	82	85	87
2021-10	86	86	85	86
2021-11	75	75	76	85
2021-12	62	62	63	82
2022-01	95	95	94	83
2022-02	66	66	68	82
2022-03	90	90	91	80
2022-04	80	80	80	81
2022-05	83	83	83	81
2022-06	98	98	93	79
2022-07	90	90	96	81
2022-08	129	129	127	87
2022-09	106	106	106	89
2022-10	90	90	89	89
2022-11	112	112	114	92
2022-12	111	111	111	96
2023-01	90	91	90	96
2023-02	106	107	106	99
2023-03	89	90	88	99
2023-04	75	76	76	99
2023-05	79	80	80	98
2023-06	110	111	109	100
2023-07	90	91	91	100
2023-08	120	121	115	99
2023-09	77	78	82	96
2023-10	112	113	108	98
2023-11	107	108	108	98
2023-12	76	77	78	95
2024-01	83	84	79	94
2024-02	99	100	98	94
2024-03	111	112	113	96
2024-04	78	79	74	96
2024-05	91	92	98	97
2024-06	85	86	85	95
2024-07	105	106	99	96
2024-08	87	88	92	93
2024-09	91	92	89	94
2024-10	89	90	94	93
2024-11	101	102	94	92
2024-12	102	103	109	94
2025-01	82	82	83	94
2025-02	86	86	85	93
2025-03	85	85	86	91
2025-04	87	87	87	91
2025-05	97	97	96	92
2025-06	110	110	108	94
2025-07	151	152	153	98
2025-08	91	91	92	98
2025-09	101	101	101	99
2025-10	109	109	108	101
2025-11	96	96	92	100
2025-12	98	98	103	100
2026-01	125	126	112	103
2026-02	72	73	88	102
2026-03	107	108	107	104
2026-04	99	100	99	105
2026-05	109	110	109	106
2026-06	105	106	109	106
2026-07 low	140	141	138	105
2026-08 low	146	147	146	110
2026-09 low	251	253	255	122

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
1:26-cv-01338	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-01338	2026-11-11 21:44 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01336	2026-11-11 20:24 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01336	2026-11-11 20:25 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01335	2026-11-11 17:36 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01335	2026-11-11 17:38 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01154	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-01193	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	own	0	1193
2026	1	own	0	1154

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	114	33.3%
440	Other Civil Rights	45	13.2%
442	Employment	39	11.4%
190	Other Contract	11	3.2%
840	Trademark	9	2.6%
480	Consumer Credit	9	2.6%
445	Amer. w/Disabilities - Employment	9	2.6%
370	Other Fraud	8	2.3%
555	Prison Condition	6	1.8%
110	Insurance	6	1.8%
830	Patent	5	1.5%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	5	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	1,120				1,119	CL
2016	1,452				1,451	CL
2017	1,162				1,162	CL
2018	1,053				1,057	CL
2019	1,277				1,276	CL
2020	1,181				1,182	CL
2021	983				986	CL
2022	1,150	1,154	1,154	1.00x	1,152	CL AO
2023	1,131	1,141	1,141	0.99x	1,131	CL AO
2024	1,122	1,130	1,130	0.99x	1,124	CL AO
2025	1,193	1,197	1,197	1.00x	1,194	CL AO
2026 so far	1,154	1,162			1,163	CL

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