Civil filings in the D. Rhode Island district court

In 2025, 719 civil cases were filed in D. Rhode Island by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 692.

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. Rhode Island, Rhode Island, First Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 286
2025, counted: 692
Counted per official: 0.96x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-00850

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	35	35	32
2015-02	43	43	42
2015-03	46	46	45
2015-04	51	51	50
2015-05	45	45	45
2015-06	52	52	50	45
2015-07	53	53	53	46
2015-08	39	39	38	46
2015-09	49	49	45	46
2015-10	48	48	47	46
2015-11	43	43	41	46
2015-12	58	58	58	47
2016-01	45	45	45	48
2016-02	52	52	52	48
2016-03	73	73	61	51
2016-04	22	22	34	48
2016-05	47	47	48	48
2016-06	146	146	144	56
2016-07	44	44	45	56
2016-08	60	60	60	57
2016-09	53	53	52	58
2016-10	55	55	54	58
2016-11	44	44	44	58
2016-12	40	40	40	57
2017-01	42	42	40	56
2017-02	33	33	33	55
2017-03	73	73	51	55
2017-04	22	22	44	55
2017-05	91	91	91	59
2017-06	52	52	52	51
2017-07	38	38	38	50
2017-08	58	58	57	50
2017-09	45	45	45	49
2017-10	50	50	50	49
2017-11	55	55	55	50
2017-12	45	45	45	50
2018-01	41	41	41	50
2018-02	59	59	59	52
2018-03	73	73	73	52
2018-04	64	64	64	56
2018-05	50	50	50	52
2018-06	77	77	77	55
2018-07	58	58	58	56
2018-08	62	62	62	57
2018-09	61	61	60	58
2018-10	58	58	58	59
2018-11	46	46	46	58
2018-12	51	51	51	58
2019-01	47	47	47	59
2019-02	56	56	56	59
2019-03	56	56	56	57
2019-04	72	72	72	58
2019-05	79	79	78	60
2019-06	41	41	41	57
2019-07	58	58	58	57
2019-08	48	48	48	56
2019-09	60	60	60	56
2019-10	65	65	65	57
2019-11	46	46	44	57
2019-12	47	47	47	56
2020-01	50	50	51	56
2020-02	49	49	49	56
2020-03	57	57	57	56
2020-04	36	36	37	53
2020-05	50	50	49	51
2020-06	45	45	45	51
2020-07	43	43	44	50
2020-08	48	48	48	50
2020-09	51	51	51	49
2020-10	38	38	38	47
2020-11	31	31	31	45
2020-12	48	48	48	46
2021-01	56	56	56	46
2021-02	39	39	39	45
2021-03	54	54	53	45
2021-04	42	42	42	45
2021-05	45	45	45	45
2021-06	41	41	42	45
2021-07	35	35	35	44
2021-08	42	42	41	44
2021-09	44	44	43	43
2021-10	31	31	31	42
2021-11	43	43	42	43
2021-12	40	40	40	43
2022-01	51	50	51	42
2022-02	39	38	39	42
2022-03	44	43	44	41
2022-04	45	44	45	41
2022-05	36	35	36	41
2022-06	41	40	41	41
2022-07	28	28	28	40
2022-08	35	34	35	39
2022-09	38	37	38	39
2022-10	36	35	35	39
2022-11	33	33	29	38
2022-12	39	38	39	38
2023-01	45	44	44	38
2023-02	41	40	41	38
2023-03	46	45	46	38
2023-04	38	37	37	37
2023-05	54	53	54	39
2023-06	46	45	45	39
2023-07	44	43	39	40
2023-08	46	45	46	41
2023-09	40	39	39	41
2023-10	51	50	51	43
2023-11	54	53	53	44
2023-12	48	47	48	45
2024-01	48	49	48	45
2024-02	42	43	40	46
2024-03	29	30	31	44
2024-04	50	51	50	46
2024-05	49	50	48	45
2024-06	43	44	42	45
2024-07	37	38	35	45
2024-08	49	50	49	45
2024-09	44	45	43	46
2024-10	61	62	60	47
2024-11	48	49	47	46
2024-12	55	56	55	47
2025-01	42	36	43	46
2025-02	33	29	30	45
2025-03	45	39	44	46
2025-04		60	90	46
2025-05		60	68	47
2025-06	190	165	57	57
2025-07	57	49	57	58
2025-08	60	52	60	58
2025-09	73	63	71	60
2025-10	75	65	76	60
2025-11	58	50	58	60
2025-12	59	51	59	60
2026-01	67	67	67	62
2026-02	55	55	54	65
2026-03	64	64	64	67
2026-04	81	81	80	69
2026-05	84	84	83	71
2026-06	76	76	75	63
2026-07 low	98	98	96	67
2026-08 low	86	86	86	70
2026-09 low	102	102	101	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
1:26-cv-00850	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00850	2026-11-11 17:46 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00849	2026-11-11 15:52 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00834	2026-11-11 20:36 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00834	2026-11-11 19:33 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00834	2026-11-11 21:29 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00713	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-00692	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	692
2026	1	own	0	713

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	296	66.8%
360	Other Personal Injury	23	5.2%
440	Other Civil Rights	18	4.1%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	15	3.4%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	9	2.0%
480	Consumer Credit	8	1.8%
890	Other Statutory Actions	5	1.1%
550	Civil Rights	5	1.1%
410	Antitrust	5	1.1%
110	Insurance	5	1.1%
950	Constitutionality of State Statutes	4	0.9%
290	All Other Real Property	4	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	562				546	CL
2016	681				679	CL
2017	604				601	CL
2018	700				699	CL
2019	675				672	CL
2020	546				548	CL
2021	512				509	CL
2022	465	458	458	1.02x	460	CL AO
2023	553	540	540	1.02x	543	CL AO
2024	555	566	566	0.98x	548	CL AO
2025	692	719	719	0.96x	713	CL AO
2026 so far	713	713			706	CL

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