Civil filings in the D. Nebraska district court

In 2025, 1,001 civil cases were filed in D. Nebraska by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,013.

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. Nebraska, Nebraska, Eighth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 399
2025, counted: 1k
Counted per official: 1.01x
Newest case number: 7:26-cv-05019

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	42	42	64
2015-02	77	77	38
2015-03	28	28	43
2015-04	54	54	56
2015-05	58	58	51
2015-06	50	50	57	52
2015-07	68	68	62	54
2015-08	124	124	63	63
2015-09	7	7	44	56
2015-10	20	20	49	53
2015-11	59	59	59	53
2015-12	55	55	55	54
2016-01	72	72	73	56
2016-02	56	56	57	54
2016-03	68	68	58	58
2016-04	66	66	77	59
2016-05	60	60	60	59
2016-06	125	125	115	65
2016-07	56	56	64	64
2016-08	60	60	59	59
2016-09	45	45	45	62
2016-10	61	61	61	65
2016-11	12	12	37	61
2016-12	88	88	61	64
2017-01	45	45	46	62
2017-02	45	45	46	61
2017-03	65	65	64	61
2017-04	60	60	48	60
2017-05	31	31	43	58
2017-06	88	88	78	55
2017-07	13	13	54	51
2017-08	93	93	59	54
2017-09	54	54	53	55
2017-10	78	78	77	56
2017-11	20	20	56	57
2017-12	2,757	2,757	48	279
2018-01	60	60	56	280
2018-02	72	72	74	283
2018-03	18	18	71	279
2018-04	110	110	66	283
2018-05	92	92	64	288
2018-06	56	56	80	285
2018-07	67	67	67	290
2018-08	72	72	72	288
2018-09	60	60	58	288
2018-10	71	71	71	288
2018-11	52	52	45	291
2018-12	53	53	53	65
2019-01	66	66	60	66
2019-02	44	44	50	63
2019-03	57	57	59	67
2019-04	65	65	65	63
2019-05	64	64	64	61
2019-06	60	60	59	61
2019-07	63	63	63	61
2019-08	63	63	58	60
2019-09	53	53	58	59
2019-10	73	73	65	59
2019-11	41	41	49	58
2019-12	53	53	53	58
2020-01	64	64	64	58
2020-02	13	13	42	56
2020-03	88	88	59	58
2020-04	53	53	52	57
2020-05	43	43	43	56
2020-06	74	74	74	57
2020-07	66	66	64	57
2020-08	64	64	60	57
2020-09	14	14	51	54
2020-10	113	113	75	57
2020-11	59	59	59	59
2020-12	57	57	57	59
2021-01	63	63	64	59
2021-02	66	66	67	63
2021-03	83	83	80	63
2021-04	54	54	53	63
2021-05	50	50	50	64
2021-06	61	61	61	62
2021-07	68	68	68	63
2021-08	62	62	62	62
2021-09	161	161	162	75
2021-10	65	65	65	71
2021-11	49	49	47	70
2021-12	50	50	50	69
2022-01	49	48	50	68
2022-02	60	59	60	68
2022-03	19	19	60	62
2022-04	112	110	73	67
2022-05	27	27	55	65
2022-06	90	88	61	67
2022-07	74	73	71	68
2022-08	70	69	74	68
2022-09	64	63	64	60
2022-10	50	49	48	59
2022-11	83	82	56	61
2022-12	26	26	51	59
2023-01	56	55	56	60
2023-02	14	14	48	56
2023-03	102	101	70	63
2023-04	80	79	79	60
2023-05	83	82	84	65
2023-06	71	70	70	64
2023-07	67	66	67	63
2023-08	163	161	82	71
2023-09	22	22	62	67
2023-10	33	33	73	66
2023-11	76	75	76	65
2023-12	61	60	59	68
2024-01	62	61	64	69
2024-02	100	99	72	76
2024-03	32	32	44	70
2024-04	42	41	57	67
2024-05	69	68	69	66
2024-06	80	79	80	66
2024-07	54	53	54	65
2024-08	62	61	62	57
2024-09	65	64	65	61
2024-10	135	133	65	69
2024-11	23	23	61	64
2024-12	34	34	64	62
2025-01	57	56	58	62
2025-02	146	144	146	66
2025-03	123	122	113	73
2025-04	107	106	117	79
2025-05	68	67	69	78
2025-06	76	75	77	78
2025-07	74	73	76	80
2025-08	68	67	67	80
2025-09	78	77	78	81
2025-10	75	74	69	76
2025-11	63	62	63	80
2025-12	78	77	78	83
2026-01	72	71	73	85
2026-02	88	87	89	80
2026-03	89	88	86	77
2026-04	87	86	89	75
2026-05	85	84	84	77
2026-06	105	103	105	79
2026-07 low	106	104	99	82
2026-08 low	152	150	144	89
2026-09 low	141	139	152	94

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
7:26-cv-05019	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-03375	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
8:26-cv-00691	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-03375	2026-11-11 00:34 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-03363	2026-11-11 23:36 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-03363	2026-11-11 23:34 UTC	court feed entry
8:26-cv-00691	2026-11-11 20:55 UTC	court feed entry
8:26-cv-00669	2026-11-11 20:58 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-03328	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
7:26-cv-05019	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
8:26-cv-00578	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:25-cv-03257	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	4	own	3000	3257
2025	7	own	5000	5011
2025	8	own	0	745
2026	4	own	3000	3328
2026	7	own	5000	5019
2026	8	own	0	578

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	195	40.6%
465	Other Immigration Actions	49	10.2%
440	Other Civil Rights	40	8.3%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	34	7.1%
442	Employment	16	3.3%
510	Motions to Vacate Sentence	11	2.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	1.7%
190	Other Contract	8	1.7%
890	Other Statutory Actions	7	1.5%
550	Civil Rights	7	1.5%
350	Motor Vehicle	7	1.5%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	6	1.2%

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	642				641	CL
2016	769				767	CL
2017	3,349				672	CL
2018	783				777	CL
2019	702				703	CL
2020	708				700	CL
2021	832				829	CL
2022	724	711	711	1.02x	723	CL AO
2023	828	820	820	1.01x	826	CL AO
2024	758	747	747	1.01x	757	CL AO
2025	1,013	1,001	1,001	1.01x	1,011	CL AO
2026 so far	925	911			921	CL

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