Civil filings in the D. South Dakota district court

In 2025, 380 civil cases were filed in D. South Dakota by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 413.

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. South Dakota, South Dakota, Eighth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 63
2025, counted: 413
Counted per official: 1.09x
Newest case number: 5:26-cv-05117

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	68	68	68
2015-02	20	20	20
2015-03	48	48	27
2015-04	12	12	31
2015-05	27	27	28
2015-06	30	30	30	34
2015-07	19	19	19	32
2015-08	21	21	21	31
2015-09	24	24	23	30
2015-10	302	302	302	57
2015-11	34	34	34	55
2015-12	25	25	24	52
2016-01	42	42	41	50
2016-02	29	29	28	51
2016-03	23	23	23	49
2016-04	48	48	28	52
2016-05	28	28	30	52
2016-06	53	53	62	54
2016-07	23	23	26	54
2016-08	31	31	35	55
2016-09	38	38	38	56
2016-10	30	30	30	34
2016-11	22	22	22	33
2016-12	42	42	42	34
2017-01	19	19	19	32
2017-02	34	34	31	33
2017-03	24	24	26	33
2017-04	37	37	37	32
2017-05	35	35	34	32
2017-06	28	28	22	30
2017-07	27	27	30	31
2017-08	30	30	29	30
2017-09	27	27	27	30
2017-10	31	31	31	30
2017-11	19	19	19	29
2017-12	25	25	25	28
2018-01	29	29	29	29
2018-02	18	18	18	28
2018-03	18	18	18	27
2018-04	29	29	29	26
2018-05	25	25	24	26
2018-06	27	27	27	25
2018-07	31	31	31	26
2018-08	32	32	32	26
2018-09	26	26	26	26
2018-10	26	26	26	25
2018-11	26	26	26	26
2018-12	22	22	22	26
2019-01	70	70	37	29
2019-02	12	12	37	29
2019-03	26	26	34	29
2019-04	30	30	30	29
2019-05	28	28	23	30
2019-06	21	21	22	29
2019-07	37	37	37	30
2019-08	27	27	29	29
2019-09	27	27	28	29
2019-10	13	13	14	28
2019-11	21	21	21	28
2019-12	24	24	24	28
2020-01	34	34	37	25
2020-02	34	34	35	27
2020-03	29	29	29	27
2020-04	28	28	29	27
2020-05	18	18	18	26
2020-06	23	23	23	26
2020-07	21	21	21	25
2020-08	27	27	27	25
2020-09	26	26	26	25
2020-10	36	36	36	27
2020-11	29	29	29	27
2020-12	43	43	43	29
2021-01	24	24	28	28
2021-02	72	72	30	31
2021-03	26	26	33	31
2021-04	11	11	41	30
2021-05	22	22	25	30
2021-06	26	26	26	30
2021-07	25	25	24	31
2021-08	37	37	37	31
2021-09	22	22	22	31
2021-10	36	36	36	31
2021-11	50	50	50	33
2021-12	31	31	31	32
2022-01	31	31	34	32
2022-02	32	32	32	29
2022-03	20	20	20	29
2022-04	28	28	28	30
2022-05	25	25	25	30
2022-06	31	31	30	31
2022-07	34	34	35	32
2022-08	23	23	23	30
2022-09	21	21	22	30
2022-10	30	30	30	30
2022-11	21	21	21	27
2022-12	27	27	27	27
2023-01	28	28	31	27
2023-02	22	22	22	26
2023-03	29	29	28	27
2023-04	40	40	40	28
2023-05	28	28	28	28
2023-06	27	27	27	28
2023-07	26	26	27	27
2023-08	22	22	23	27
2023-09	78	78	35	32
2023-10	11	11	41	30
2023-11	24	24	37	30
2023-12	25	25	25	30
2024-01	27	27	27	30
2024-02	28	28	28	30
2024-03	79	78	44	35
2024-04	25	25	34	33
2024-05	26	26	33	33
2024-06	23	23	35	33
2024-07	26	26	32	33
2024-08	29	29	29	33
2024-09	33	32	32	29
2024-10	36	35	33	31
2024-11	23	23	25	31
2024-12	22	22	21	31
2025-01	25	23	25	31
2025-02	29	27	29	31
2025-03	36	33	36	27
2025-04	32	29	32	27
2025-05	34	31	35	28
2025-06	37	34	36	29
2025-07	50	46	40	30
2025-08	26	24	32	30
2025-09	30	28	31	30
2025-10	35	32	36	29
2025-11	39	36	39	30
2025-12	40	37	39	32
2026-01	129	115	42	39
2026-02	18	16	35	38
2026-03	17	15	40	37
2026-04	27	24	36	36
2026-05	18	16	44	35
2026-06	64	57	34	37
2026-07 low	18	16	43	35
2026-08 low	17	15	36	34
2026-09 low	28	25	28	34

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
5:26-cv-05117	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-04211	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-03025	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-01015	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-05055	2026-11-11 22:12 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-05000	2026-11-11 22:27 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-04211	2026-11-11 17:23 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-04208	2026-11-11 16:07 UTC	court feed entry
4:26-cv-04155	2026-11-11 19:34 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01015	Aug 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-03025	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-04179	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
5:26-cv-05117	Sep 2026	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	1000	1021
2025	3	own	3000	3030
2025	4	own	4000	4259
2025	5	own	5000	5103
2026	1	own	1000	1015
2026	3	own	3000	3025
2026	4	own	4000	4179
2026	5	own	5000	5117

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	10	17.5%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	6	10.5%
360	Other Personal Injury	5	8.8%
820	Copyrights	4	7.0%
480	Consumer Credit	4	7.0%
110	Insurance	4	7.0%
890	Other Statutory Actions	3	5.3%
899	Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision	2	3.5%
550	Civil Rights	2	3.5%
442	Employment	2	3.5%
190	Other Contract	2	3.5%
863	DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	1	1.8%

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	630				627	CL
2016	409				405	CL
2017	336				330	CL
2018	309				308	CL
2019	336				336	CL
2020	348				353	CL
2021	382				383	CL
2022	323	325	325	0.99x	327	CL AO
2023	360	362	362	0.99x	364	CL AO
2024	377	371	371	1.02x	373	CL AO
2025	413	380	380	1.09x	410	CL AO
2026 so far	336	299			338	CL

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