Civil filings in the W.D. Virginia district court

In 2025, 1,541 civil cases were filed in W.D. Virginia by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,461.

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. Virginia, Virginia, Fourth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 456
2025, counted: 1.5k
Counted per official: 0.95x
Newest case number: 7:26-cv-81589

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	22	22	72
2015-02	108	108	68
2015-03	66	66	91
2015-04	91	91	103
2015-05	62	62	84
2015-06	158	158	142	84
2015-07	30	30	100	77
2015-08	126	126	96	83
2015-09	106	106	85	85
2015-10	21	21	120	79
2015-11	166	166	100	87
2015-12	29	29	91	82
2016-01	24	24	61	82
2016-02	32	32	92	76
2016-03	183	183	109	86
2016-04	25	25	92	80
2016-05	11	11	122	76
2016-06			277	68
2016-07	26	26	126	68
2016-08	31	31	102	59
2016-09	29	29	104	52
2016-10	96	96	83	59
2016-11	57	57	87	49
2016-12	44	44	87	51
2017-01	100	100	75	58
2017-02	42	42	84	59
2017-03	33	33	112	45
2017-04	29	29	99	45
2017-05	28	28	120	47
2017-06	77	77	114	49
2017-07	51	51	98	51
2017-08	58	58	122	54
2017-09	32	32	80	54
2017-10	457	457	80	84
2017-11	33	33	81	82
2017-12	132	132	85	89
2018-01	67	67	125	87
2018-02	135	135	84	94
2018-03	102	102	108	100
2018-04	56	56	105	102
2018-05	159	159	89	113
2018-06	119	119	109	117
2018-07	37	37	123	116
2018-08	150	150	109	123
2018-09	76	76	81	127
2018-10	47	47	108	93
2018-11	27	27	96	92
2018-12	214	214	97	99
2019-01	94	94	96	101
2019-02	16	16	183	91
2019-03	254	254	110	104
2019-04	41	41	119	103
2019-05	50	50	116	94
2019-06	27	27	97	86
2019-07	290	290	93	107
2019-08	35	35	96	98
2019-09	175	175	120	106
2019-10	177	177	107	117
2019-11	31	31	110	117
2019-12	108	108	113	108
2020-01	91	91	93	108
2020-02	99	99	98	115
2020-03	80	80	92	100
2020-04	108	108	109	106
2020-05	70	70	80	108
2020-06	10	10	146	106
2020-07	51	51	104	86
2020-08	56	56	132	88
2020-09	323	323	104	100
2020-10	33	33	98	88
2020-11	173	173	125	100
2020-12	36	36	115	94
2021-01	104	104	106	95
2021-02	91	91	93	95
2021-03	37	37	97	91
2021-04	170	170	114	96
2021-05	95	95	110	98
2021-06	93	93	84	105
2021-07	60	60	61	106
2021-08	56	56	58	106
2021-09	64	64	65	84
2021-10	82	82	87	88
2021-11	89	89	89	81
2021-12	58	58	60	83
2022-01	87	96	91	83
2022-02	66	73	80	81
2022-03	112	123	112	88
2022-04	73	80	78	81
2022-05	84	92	86	81
2022-06	185	204	190	90
2022-07	86	95	90	93
2022-08	101	111	104	97
2022-09	92	101	97	100
2022-10	25	28	106	96
2022-11	158	174	93	103
2022-12	81	89	84	106
2023-01	99	106	101	106
2023-02	77	82	76	107
2023-03	84	90	87	104
2023-04	72	77	75	104
2023-05	118	126	131	107
2023-06	94	101	107	98
2023-07	37	40	109	94
2023-08	212	227	127	103
2023-09	86	92	88	103
2023-10	128	137	131	112
2023-11	94	101	93	106
2023-12	79	85	90	105
2024-01	100	104	106	105
2024-02	97	101	91	107
2024-03	103	107	104	108
2024-04	105	109	105	111
2024-05	91	95	92	108
2024-06	101	105	101	108
2024-07	111	115	110	115
2024-08	135	140	134	107
2024-09	103	107	105	109
2024-10	124	129	124	108
2024-11	114	118	115	110
2024-12	111	115	110	112
2025-01	102	108	112	112
2025-02	98	103	91	113
2025-03	43	45	134	107
2025-04	194	205	125	115
2025-05	130	137	113	119
2025-06	101	107	103	119
2025-07	138	146	131	122
2025-08	127	134	128	121
2025-09	140	148	142	125
2025-10	135	142	136	126
2025-11	103	109	119	125
2025-12	150	158	137	128
2026-01	135	158	133	133
2026-02	137	160	137	137
2026-03	153	179	150	148
2026-04	136	159	139	145
2026-05	40	47	110	137
2026-06	63	74	175	134
2026-07 low	302	353	133	152
2026-08 low	99	116	110	150
2026-09 low	55	64	126	143

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
7:26-cv-81589	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-81587	2026-11-12 01:32 UTC	court feed
6:26-cv-81586	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-81583	2026-11-12 01:32 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00115	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00101	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
7:26-cv-00867	2026-11-11 15:05 UTC	court feed entry
7:26-cv-00867	2026-11-11 15:07 UTC	court feed entry
7:26-cv-00781	2026-11-11 14:55 UTC	court feed entry
7:26-cv-00702	2026-11-11 02:51 UTC	court feed entry
7:26-cv-00640	2026-11-11 20:32 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00085	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-81583	Jul 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00101	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
5:26-cv-00126	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	0	80
2025	2	own		81565
2025	3	own	0	102
2025	4	own	0	81576
2025	5	own	0	154
2025	6	own	0	117
2025	7	own	0	954
2026	1	own	0	85
2026	2	own		81583
2026	3	own	0	101
2026	5	own	0	126
2026	6	own	0	115
2026	7	own	0	60107

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

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

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
350	Motor Vehicle	23	16.0%
190	Other Contract	15	10.4%
550	Civil Rights	14	9.7%
440	Other Civil Rights	12	8.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	9	6.2%
555	Prison Condition	6	4.2%
442	Employment	6	4.2%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	5	3.5%
890	Other Statutory Actions	4	2.8%
465	Other Immigration Actions	4	2.8%
840	Trademark	3	2.1%
380	Other Personal Property Damage	3	2.1%

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	985				1,152	CL
2016	558				1,342	CL
2017	1,072				1,150	CL
2018	1,189				1,234	CL
2019	1,298				1,360	CL
2020	1,130				1,296	CL
2021	999				1,024	CL
2022	1,150	1,266	1,266	0.91x	1,211	CL AO
2023	1,180	1,263	1,263	0.93x	1,215	CL AO
2024	1,295	1,345	1,345	0.96x	1,297	CL AO
2025	1,461	1,541	1,541	0.95x	1,471	CL AO
2026 so far	1,120	1,308			1,213	CL

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