Civil filings in the D. Puerto Rico district court

In 2025, 700 civil cases were filed in D. Puerto Rico by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 700.

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. Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, First Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 201
2025, counted: 700
Counted per official: 1.00x
Newest case number: 3:26-cv-01725

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	93	93	93
2015-02	87	87	87
2015-03	157	157	156
2015-04	180	180	180
2015-05	214	214	214
2015-06	162	162	153	149
2015-07	164	164	171	151
2015-08	145	145	145	150
2015-09	199	199	199	156
2015-10	294	294	294	170
2015-11	294	294	293	181
2015-12	206	206	205	183
2016-01	167	167	166	189
2016-02	186	186	186	197
2016-03	232	232	232	204
2016-04	262	262	261	210
2016-05	175	175	158	207
2016-06			284	211
2016-07	399	399	129	233
2016-08	142	142	141	232
2016-09	198	198	198	232
2016-10	140	140	140	218
2016-11	149	149	148	205
2016-12	172	172	172	202
2017-01	142	142	143	200
2017-02	151	151	143	197
2017-03	136	136	131	188
2017-04	135	135	140	176
2017-05	170	170	170	176
2017-06	174	174	174	176
2017-07	116	116	116	152
2017-08	140	140	140	152
2017-09	61	61	60	140
2017-10	43	43	43	132
2017-11	69	69	67	126
2017-12	50	50	50	116
2018-01	53	53	55	108
2018-02	63	63	63	101
2018-03	64	64	63	95
2018-04	67	67	68	89
2018-05	87	87	86	82
2018-06	98	98	96	76
2018-07	101	101	101	75
2018-08	106	106	106	72
2018-09	98	98	98	75
2018-10	79	79	79	78
2018-11	103	103	103	81
2018-12	117	117	117	86
2019-01	192	192	105	98
2019-02	5	5	91	93
2019-03	129	129	87	98
2019-04	99	99	140	101
2019-05	112	112	112	103
2019-06	94	94	94	103
2019-07	103	103	101	103
2019-08	90	90	89	102
2019-09	166	166	114	107
2019-10	45	45	97	105
2019-11	67	67	65	102
2019-12	66	66	64	97
2020-01	60	60	61	86
2020-02	55	55	53	90
2020-03	55	55	49	84
2020-04	35	35	37	79
2020-05	43	43	40	73
2020-06	80	80	63	72
2020-07	45	45	55	67
2020-08	81	81	75	66
2020-09	88	88	63	60
2020-10	89	89	87	64
2020-11	65	65	69	64
2020-12	69	69	83	64
2021-01	51	51	48	63
2021-02	46	46	45	62
2021-03	47	47	47	62
2021-04	66	66	54	64
2021-05	36	36	43	64
2021-06	62	62	62	62
2021-07	43	43	40	62
2021-08	72	72	66	61
2021-09	56	56	61	58
2021-10	43	43	40	55
2021-11	51	51	51	54
2021-12	67	67	66	53
2022-01	57	62	56	54
2022-02	64	69	44	56
2022-03	38	41	53	56
2022-04	40	43	41	54
2022-05	50	54	51	55
2022-06	88	96	68	58
2022-07	42	46	46	58
2022-08	56	61	56	57
2022-09	37	40	52	56
2022-10	50	54	49	57
2022-11	71	77	71	59
2022-12	64	69	63	59
2023-01	51	54	43	59
2023-02	59	63	45	58
2023-03	66	70	60	61
2023-04	32	34	51	60
2023-05	73	78	70	62
2023-06	65	69	60	60
2023-07	43	46	41	60
2023-08	64	68	59	60
2023-09	37	39	39	60
2023-10	59	63	57	61
2023-11	46	49	44	59
2023-12	37	39	36	56
2024-01	48	49	47	56
2024-02	44	45	41	54
2024-03	60	61	58	53
2024-04	45	46	44	54
2024-05	51	52	46	52
2024-06	52	53	49	51
2024-07	50	51	42	51
2024-08	44	45	51	49
2024-09	71	72	63	52
2024-10	39	40	41	50
2024-11	46	47	42	50
2024-12	48	49	47	51
2025-01	65	65	60	52
2025-02	61	61	61	54
2025-03	62	62	62	54
2025-04	51	51	48	54
2025-05	54	54	53	54
2025-06	57	57	56	54
2025-07	60	60	60	55
2025-08	54	54	54	56
2025-09	62	62	62	55
2025-10	55	55	55	56
2025-11	69	69	69	58
2025-12	50	50	51	58
2026-01		65	53	58
2026-02	117	108	66	62
2026-03	78	72	78	63
2026-04	60	55	60	63
2026-05	80	74	80	65
2026-06	90	83	89	67
2026-07 low	76	70	74	68
2026-08 low	67	62	67	69
2026-09 low	58	54	58	68

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
3:26-cv-01725	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-01725	2026-11-11 02:02 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01719	2026-11-11 21:05 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01719	2026-11-11 16:49 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01712	2026-11-11 15:59 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01700	2026-11-11 14:33 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01626	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:25-cv-01700	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	3	own	1000	1700
2026	3	own	1000	1626

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
440	Other Civil Rights	55	14.0%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	38	9.7%
360	Other Personal Injury	38	9.7%
190	Other Contract	22	5.6%
442	Employment	16	4.1%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	14	3.6%
550	Civil Rights	10	2.6%
465	Other Immigration Actions	10	2.6%
220	Foreclosure	10	2.6%
540	Mandamus & Other	9	2.3%
890	Other Statutory Actions	8	2.0%
850	Securities/Commodities/Exchange	8	2.0%

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	2,195				2,190	CL
2016	2,222				2,215	CL
2017	1,387				1,377	CL
2018	1,036				1,035	CL
2019	1,168				1,159	CL
2020	765				735	CL
2021	640				623	CL
2022	657	713	713	0.92x	650	CL AO
2023	632	673	673	0.94x	605	CL AO
2024	598	610	610	0.98x	571	CL AO
2025	700	700	700	1.00x	691	CL AO
2026 so far	626	643			625	CL

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