Civil filings in the D. North Dakota district court

In 2025, 306 civil cases were filed in D. North Dakota by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 296.

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. North Dakota, North Dakota, Eighth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 94
2025, counted: 296
Counted per official: 0.97x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-00309

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	36	36	23
2015-02	14	14	12
2015-03	44	44	27
2015-04	19	19	18
2015-05	38	38	27
2015-06	44	44	37	32
2015-07	55	55	31	36
2015-08	37	37	26	36
2015-09	29	29	24	35
2015-10	70	70	28	39
2015-11	17	17	23	37
2015-12	17	17	24	35
2016-01	12	12	12	33
2016-02	45	45	31	36
2016-03	2	2	14	32
2016-04	40	40	40	34
2016-05	40	40	34	34
2016-06	118	118	124	40
2016-07	21	21	21	37
2016-08	35	35	35	37
2016-09	40	40	39	38
2016-10	27	27	26	34
2016-11	31	31	31	36
2016-12	26	26	26	36
2017-01	24	24	24	37
2017-02	16	16	16	35
2017-03	19	19	19	36
2017-04	26	26	26	35
2017-05	31	31	31	34
2017-06	19	19	18	26
2017-07	24	24	23	26
2017-08	87	87	23	31
2017-09	0	0	25	28
2017-10	9	9	29	26
2017-11	1	1	22	24
2017-12	20	20	20	23
2018-01	21	21	21	23
2018-02	18	18	18	23
2018-03	26	26	26	24
2018-04	21	21	21	23
2018-05	30	30	30	23
2018-06	28	28	22	24
2018-07	19	19	24	23
2018-08	15	15	16	17
2018-09	16	16	16	19
2018-10	29	29	29	20
2018-11	28	28	28	23
2018-12	20	20	20	23
2019-01	27	27	27	23
2019-02	17	17	17	23
2019-03	12	12	12	22
2019-04	20	20	19	22
2019-05	17	17	17	21
2019-06	36	36	36	21
2019-07	35	35	36	23
2019-08	18	18	18	23
2019-09	34	34	34	24
2019-10	22	22	22	24
2019-11	26	26	26	24
2019-12	24	24	24	24
2020-01	14	14	14	23
2020-02	18	18	18	23
2020-03	19	19	19	24
2020-04	61	61	20	27
2020-05	0	0	25	26
2020-06	3	3	18	23
2020-07	35	35	23	23
2020-08	13	13	25	22
2020-09	14	14	14	21
2020-10	22	22	23	21
2020-11	19	19	20	20
2020-12	25	25	24	20
2021-01	16	16	16	20
2021-02	30	30	29	21
2021-03	26	26	28	22
2021-04	28	28	28	19
2021-05	18	18	18	21
2021-06	28	28	26	23
2021-07	13	13	15	21
2021-08	14	14	14	21
2021-09	13	13	13	21
2021-10	13	13	14	20
2021-11	15	15	15	20
2021-12	14	14	14	19
2022-01	20	21	20	19
2022-02	18	19	17	18
2022-03	16	16	17	18
2022-04	23	24	21	17
2022-05	16	16	19	17
2022-06	20	21	20	17
2022-07	18	19	18	17
2022-08	13	13	13	17
2022-09	14	14	14	17
2022-10	29	30	29	18
2022-11	17	17	17	19
2022-12	11	11	11	18
2023-01	21	21	21	18
2023-02	18	18	18	18
2023-03	30	30	30	20
2023-04	15	15	16	19
2023-05	23	23	23	19
2023-06	14	14	14	19
2023-07	20	20	20	19
2023-08	18	18	18	19
2023-09	36	36	36	21
2023-10	17	17	17	20
2023-11	15	15	15	20
2023-12	20	20	19	21
2024-01	53	44	19	23
2024-02	0	22	22	23
2024-03	0	22	10	22
2024-04	19	16	21	22
2024-05	36	30	36	23
2024-06	19	16	19	23
2024-07	19	16	19	23
2024-08	36	30	26	24
2024-09	19	16	29	22
2024-10	17	14	17	22
2024-11	19	16	19	22
2024-12	24	20	22	22
2025-01	20	21	20	20
2025-02	30	31	30	21
2025-03	22	23	20	21
2025-04	28	29	28	22
2025-05	32	33	33	22
2025-06	22	23	23	23
2025-07	27	28	26	24
2025-08	31	32	33	24
2025-09	22	23	20	24
2025-10	18	19	20	25
2025-11	18	19	18	25
2025-12	26	27	26	26
2026-01	27	28	27	26
2026-02	28	29	28	26
2026-03	37	39	36	27
2026-04	48	50	49	29
2026-05	36	38	37	29
2026-06	39	41	38	31
2026-07 low	30	31	31	31
2026-08 low	31	32	32	31
2026-09 low	33	34	33	32

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-00309	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00305	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00309	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-00296	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, 3	shared	0	296
2026	1, 3	shared	0	309

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	35	32.4%
440	Other Civil Rights	22	20.4%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	7.4%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	6	5.6%
480	Consumer Credit	6	5.6%
863	DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	5	4.6%
890	Other Statutory Actions	3	2.8%
820	Copyrights	3	2.8%
380	Other Personal Property Damage	3	2.8%
190	Other Contract	3	2.8%
110	Insurance	3	2.8%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	1	0.9%

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	420				300	CL
2016	437				433	CL
2017	276				276	CL
2018	271				271	CL
2019	288				288	CL
2020	243				243	CL
2021	228				230	CL
2022	215	221	221	0.97x	216	CL AO
2023	247	247	247	1.00x	247	CL AO
2024	261	262	262	1.00x	259	CL AO
2025	296	306	306	0.97x	297	CL AO
2026 so far	309	323			311	CL

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