Civil filings in the E.D. Tennessee district court

In 2025, 1,276 civil cases were filed in E.D. Tennessee by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,315.

Data through Sep 2026 from the CourtListener bulk dockets snapshot of Sep 30, 2026, and live case numbers from the court's feed. Court: E.D. Tennessee, Tennessee, Sixth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 355
2025, counted: 1.3k
Counted per official: 1.03x
Newest case number: 3:26-cv-00621

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	188	188	104
2015-02	89	89	88
2015-03	69	69	117
2015-04	147	147	144
2015-05	57	57	84
2015-06	69	69	113	103
2015-07	175	175	123	113
2015-08	156	156	115	119
2015-09	88	88	111	115
2015-10	105	105	115	114
2015-11	105	105	96	113
2015-12	117	117	118	114
2016-01	93	93	89	106
2016-02	114	114	106	108
2016-03	198	198	118	119
2016-04	82	82	139	113
2016-05	157	157	166	122
2016-06	456	456	399	154
2016-07	44	44	104	143
2016-08	90	90	124	137
2016-09	155	155	118	143
2016-10	206	206	126	151
2016-11	77	77	105	149
2016-12	59	59	99	144
2017-01	86	86	84	144
2017-02	87	87	87	141
2017-03	98	98	96	133
2017-04	109	109	105	135
2017-05	119	119	112	132
2017-06	123	123	113	104
2017-07	79	79	88	107
2017-08	127	127	124	110
2017-09	109	109	106	107
2017-10	98	98	94	98
2017-11	103	103	98	100
2017-12	96	96	89	103
2018-01	73	73	74	102
2018-02	78	78	77	101
2018-03	116	116	106	102
2018-04	72	72	75	99
2018-05	110	110	108	99
2018-06	139	139	106	100
2018-07	77	77	91	100
2018-08	101	101	107	98
2018-09	122	122	114	99
2018-10	105	105	92	99
2018-11	93	93	107	98
2018-12	75	75	74	97
2019-01	92	92	91	98
2019-02	89	89	87	99
2019-03	93	93	92	97
2019-04	101	101	99	100
2019-05	117	117	114	100
2019-06	100	100	94	97
2019-07	110	110	107	100
2019-08	100	100	99	100
2019-09	94	94	93	97
2019-10	110	110	108	98
2019-11	113	113	107	100
2019-12	103	103	101	102
2020-01	106	106	105	103
2020-02	87	87	86	103
2020-03	100	100	96	103
2020-04	117	117	112	105
2020-05	85	85	81	102
2020-06	150	150	145	106
2020-07	106	106	104	106
2020-08	119	119	114	108
2020-09	85	85	83	107
2020-10	80	80	77	104
2020-11	105	105	100	104
2020-12	96	96	92	103
2021-01	95	95	70	102
2021-02	65	65	82	100
2021-03	106	106	107	101
2021-04	86	86	85	98
2021-05	78	78	74	98
2021-06	93	93	94	93
2021-07	75	75	73	90
2021-08	84	84	80	87
2021-09	98	98	87	88
2021-10	67	67	77	87
2021-11	85	85	84	86
2021-12	63	63	62	83
2022-01	70	70	70	81
2022-02	99	99	84	84
2022-03	75	75	91	81
2022-04	85	85	84	81
2022-05	81	81	80	81
2022-06	96	96	95	82
2022-07	62	62	63	81
2022-08	92	92	89	81
2022-09	95	95	92	81
2022-10	92	92	88	83
2022-11	90	90	87	83
2022-12	65	65	64	84
2023-01	68	67	68	83
2023-02	82	80	79	82
2023-03	81	79	79	82
2023-04	79	77	75	81
2023-05	94	92	76	82
2023-06	72	70	86	80
2023-07	79	77	76	81
2023-08	112	110	108	83
2023-09	85	83	82	82
2023-10	72	70	71	80
2023-11	88	86	79	80
2023-12	112	110	108	84
2024-01	100	96	95	86
2024-02	200	191	135	95
2024-03	101	97	104	97
2024-04	83	79	105	97
2024-05	83	79	100	96
2024-06	94	90	86	97
2024-07	110	105	105	100
2024-08	111	106	105	99
2024-09	136	130	86	103
2024-10	76	73	92	104
2024-11	63	60	74	101
2024-12	64	61	75	97
2025-01	111	108	99	98
2025-02	91	88	88	90
2025-03	102	99	99	90
2025-04	122	118	117	93
2025-05	123	119	99	97
2025-06	101	98	119	97
2025-07	138	134	116	100
2025-08	101	98	116	99
2025-09	125	121	123	98
2025-10	148	144	107	104
2025-11	79	77	96	105
2025-12	74	72	92	106
2026-01	103	100	101	106
2026-02	99	96	88	106
2026-03	130	126	132	109
2026-04	126	122	115	109
2026-05	131	127	103	110
2026-06	80	78	111	108
2026-07 low	136	132	129	108
2026-08 low	121	117	112	109
2026-09 low	98	95	114	107

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-00621	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00362	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00272	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
4:26-cv-00071	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00621	2026-11-11 22:19 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00620	2026-11-11 21:26 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00591	2026-11-11 19:54 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00486	2026-11-11 14:46 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00485	2026-11-11 18:21 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00275	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-00216	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00478	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
4:26-cv-00055	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	Highest number
2025	1	own	391
2025	2	own	223
2025	3	own	627
2025	4	own	74
2026	1	own	275
2026	2	own	216
2026	3	own	478
2026	4	own	55

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	54	21.3%
442	Employment	24	9.5%
550	Civil Rights	12	4.7%
465	Other Immigration Actions	11	4.3%
190	Other Contract	11	4.3%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	10	4.0%
110	Insurance	10	4.0%
830	Patent	9	3.6%
485	Telephone Consumer Protection Act	9	3.6%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	8	3.2%
360	Other Personal Injury	8	3.2%
840	Trademark	7	2.8%

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	1,365				1,328	CL
2016	1,731				1,693	CL
2017	1,234				1,196	CL
2018	1,161				1,131	CL
2019	1,222				1,192	CL
2020	1,236				1,195	CL
2021	995				975	CL
2022	1,002	1,004	1,004	1.00x	987	CL AO
2023	1,024	1,002	1,002	1.02x	987	CL AO
2024	1,221	1,168	1,168	1.05x	1,162	CL AO
2025	1,315	1,276	1,276	1.03x	1,271	CL AO
2026 so far	1,024	993			1,005	CL

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