Civil filings in the W.D. Tennessee district court

In 2025, 1,473 civil cases were filed in W.D. Tennessee by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 3,350.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 831
2025, counted: 3.4k
Counted per official: 2.27x
Newest case number: 2:26-cv-03536

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	94
2015-02	97	97	98
2015-03	73	73	103
2015-04	130	130	103
2015-05	136	136	107
2015-06	79	79	100	101
2015-07	91	91	98	100
2015-08	93	93	95	99
2015-09	111	111	111	100
2015-10	56	56	73	96
2015-11	62	62	86	93
2015-12	129	129	92	96
2016-01	86	86	86	95
2016-02	99	99	101	95
2016-03	82	82	83	96
2016-04	91	91	117	93
2016-05	85	85	130	89
2016-06			232	90
2016-07	405	405	116	118
2016-08	101	101	101	119
2016-09	77	77	103	116
2016-10	123	123	97	122
2016-11	76	76	107	123
2016-12	121	121	94	122
2017-01	88	88	88	123
2017-02	74	74	87	120
2017-03	83	83	106	120
2017-04	79	79	109	119
2017-05	153	153	93	125
2017-06	84	84	116	122
2017-07	135	135	108	100
2017-08	105	105	106	100
2017-09	112	112	113	103
2017-10	71	71	88	98
2017-11	75	75	95	98
2017-12	130	130	99	99
2018-01	73	73	98	98
2018-02	109	109	88	101
2018-03	73	73	91	100
2018-04	78	78	106	100
2018-05	130	130	89	98
2018-06	77	77	100	97
2018-07	47	47	110	90
2018-08	164	164	109	95
2018-09	66	66	93	91
2018-10	87	87	114	92
2018-11	166	166	85	100
2018-12	78	78	85	96
2019-01	80	80	101	96
2019-02	104	104	81	96
2019-03	84	84	87	97
2019-04	90	90	88	98
2019-05	106	106	108	96
2019-06	85	85	88	96
2019-07			103	101
2019-08	227	227	130	107
2019-09	98	98	120	110
2019-10	61	61	109	107
2019-11	169	169	104	107
2019-12	92	92	93	109
2020-01	78	78	107	109
2020-02	116	116	90	110
2020-03	107	107	138	112
2020-04	121	121	92	115
2020-05	64	64	91	111
2020-06			114	113
2020-07	182	182	115	120
2020-08	92	92	142	107
2020-09	203	203	102	117
2020-10	82	82	79	119
2020-11	77	77	101	110
2020-12	119	119	104	113
2021-01	81	81	81	113
2021-02	80	80	70	110
2021-03	87	87	98	108
2021-04	91	91	94	105
2021-05	106	106	106	109
2021-06	76	76	100	106
2021-07	94	94	74	99
2021-08	64	64	66	97
2021-09	60	60	86	85
2021-10	117	117	94	88
2021-11	84	84	84	88
2021-12	1,702	1,702	98	220
2022-01	79	80	80	220
2022-02	67	68	80	219
2022-03	121	122	110	222
2022-04	85	86	83	222
2022-05	66	67	99	218
2022-06	177	179	128	227
2022-07	56	56	78	224
2022-08	88	89	114	226
2022-09	148	149	126	233
2022-10	81	82	108	230
2022-11	118	119	95	233
2022-12	81	82	82	98
2023-01	47	47	70	95
2023-02	62	62	76	95
2023-03	79	78	99	91
2023-04	161	160	97	97
2023-05	98	97	112	100
2023-06	80	79	81	92
2023-07	86	85	83	94
2023-08	114	113	128	96
2023-09	49	49	86	88
2023-10	155	154	105	94
2023-11	98	97	77	92
2023-12	76	76	100	92
2024-01	103	103	102	96
2024-02	61	61	78	96
2024-03	68	68	95	95
2024-04	82	82	110	89
2024-05	102	102	104	89
2024-06	189	188	114	98
2024-07	73	73	108	97
2024-08	149	148	108	100
2024-09	115	114	132	105
2024-10	131	130	130	103
2024-11	127	126	110	106
2024-12	108	108	126	108
2025-01	108	47	143	104
2025-02	128	56	161	104
2025-03	230	101	163	106
2025-04	120	53	125	104
2025-05	82	36	106	98
2025-06	173	76	152	89
2025-07	86	38	116	86
2025-08	122	54	95	78
2025-09	78	34	102	72
2025-10	136	60	102	66
2025-11	72	32	107	58
2025-12	2,015	886	130	123
2026-01	107	48	105	123
2026-02	125	56	148	123
2026-03	196	87	181	122
2026-04	166	74	165	123
2026-05	115	51	142	125
2026-06		130	199	129
2026-07 low	442	196	217	142
2026-08 low	162	72	170	144
2026-09 low	227	101	227	149

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
2:26-cv-03536	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-02737	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-03536	2026-11-11 22:53 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-03535	2026-11-11 21:26 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-03534	2026-11-11 03:32 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-03533	2026-11-11 00:34 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-03521	2026-11-11 22:51 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-01251	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-03289	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
1:25-cv-03169	Dec 2025	bulk snapshot
2:25-cv-03181	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	1000	3169
2025	2	own	2000	3181
2026	1	own	1000	1251
2026	2	own	2000	3289

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	518	68.2%
440	Other Civil Rights	49	6.5%
442	Employment	24	3.2%
190	Other Contract	23	3.0%
550	Civil Rights	16	2.1%
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	13	1.7%
480	Consumer Credit	10	1.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	10	1.3%
445	Amer. w/Disabilities - Employment	9	1.2%
110	Insurance	9	1.2%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	7	0.9%
465	Other Immigration Actions	6	0.8%

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	1,150				1,160	CL
2016	1,346				1,367	CL
2017	1,189				1,208	CL
2018	1,148				1,168	CL
2019	1,196				1,212	CL
2020	1,241				1,275	CL
2021	2,642				1,051	CL
2022	1,167	1,177	1,177	0.99x	1,183	CL AO
2023	1,105	1,098	1,098	1.01x	1,114	CL AO
2024	1,308	1,302	1,302	1.00x	1,317	CL AO
2025	3,350	1,473	1,473	2.27x	1,502	CL AO
2026 so far	1,540	814			1,554	CL

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