Civil filings in the E.D. Wisconsin district court

In 2025, 2,131 civil cases were filed in E.D. Wisconsin by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 2,065.

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. Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Seventh Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 630
2025, counted: 2.1k
Counted per official: 0.97x
Newest case number: 2:26-cv-02096

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	128	128	127
2015-02	101	101	101
2015-03	142	142	141
2015-04	146	146	144
2015-05	143	143	142
2015-06	133	133	133	132
2015-07	134	134	134	132
2015-08	131	131	131	132
2015-09	114	114	113	130
2015-10	121	121	121	129
2015-11	147	147	132	131
2015-12	129	129	144	131
2016-01	114	114	111	130
2016-02	133	133	133	132
2016-03	154	154	154	133
2016-04	122	122	121	131
2016-05	124	124	121	130
2016-06	195	195	196	135
2016-07	162	162	162	137
2016-08	172	172	171	141
2016-09	146	146	137	143
2016-10	134	134	141	144
2016-11	138	138	135	144
2016-12	133	133	133	144
2017-01	145	145	145	146
2017-02	145	145	145	148
2017-03	185	185	183	150
2017-04	140	140	139	152
2017-05	156	156	154	154
2017-06	137	137	137	149
2017-07	145	145	143	148
2017-08	137	137	137	145
2017-09	151	151	150	146
2017-10	160	160	160	148
2017-11	180	180	177	151
2017-12	127	127	127	151
2018-01	173	173	173	153
2018-02	136	136	135	152
2018-03	198	198	198	153
2018-04	174	174	170	156
2018-05	151	151	152	156
2018-06	170	170	166	158
2018-07	175	175	175	161
2018-08	178	178	177	164
2018-09	180	180	180	167
2018-10	202	202	201	170
2018-11	156	156	155	168
2018-12	147	147	149	170
2019-01	165	165	165	169
2019-02	148	148	148	170
2019-03	149	149	149	166
2019-04	171	171	177	166
2019-05	192	192	190	169
2019-06	125	125	125	166
2019-07	161	161	160	164
2019-08	162	162	162	163
2019-09	161	161	159	162
2019-10	169	169	166	159
2019-11	146	146	149	158
2019-12	159	159	160	159
2020-01	161	161	160	159
2020-02	168	168	167	160
2020-03	191	191	189	164
2020-04	163	163	159	163
2020-05	129	129	132	158
2020-06	176	176	178	162
2020-07	198	198	197	165
2020-08	160	160	160	165
2020-09	174	174	172	166
2020-10	131	131	130	163
2020-11	119	119	118	161
2020-12	156	156	155	160
2021-01	129	129	128	158
2021-02	141	141	141	156
2021-03	142	142	142	152
2021-04	148	148	146	150
2021-05	114	114	112	149
2021-06	132	132	132	145
2021-07	93	93	92	137
2021-08	124	124	127	134
2021-09	110	110	109	128
2021-10	127	127	129	128
2021-11	110	110	110	127
2021-12	122	122	122	124
2022-01	126	130	125	124
2022-02	130	134	129	124
2022-03	152	157	151	125
2022-04	112	116	112	122
2022-05	123	127	123	123
2022-06	116	120	116	122
2022-07	110	114	110	124
2022-08	140	144	136	126
2022-09	151	156	151	130
2022-10	126	130	123	130
2022-11	143	148	140	133
2022-12	138	142	139	135
2023-01	128	123	128	134
2023-02	148	142	146	135
2023-03	153	147	149	134
2023-04	120	115	119	134
2023-05	122	117	121	133
2023-06	213	204	205	140
2023-07	140	134	147	142
2023-08	137	131	137	141
2023-09	139	133	139	139
2023-10	157	150	157	140
2023-11	161	154	161	141
2023-12	125	120	124	139
2024-01	140	143	140	141
2024-02	133	136	131	140
2024-03	116	119	116	138
2024-04	133	136	133	140
2024-05	163	167	160	144
2024-06	131	134	127	138
2024-07	151	155	153	140
2024-08	143	147	142	141
2024-09	141	145	139	142
2024-10	152	156	152	143
2024-11	140	143	141	142
2024-12	138	141	139	144
2025-01	165	170	164	146
2025-02	151	156	145	147
2025-03	157	162	158	151
2025-04	158	163	157	153
2025-05	157	162	159	153
2025-06	144	149	144	154
2025-07	195	201	195	158
2025-08	194	200	197	162
2025-09	191	197	195	167
2025-10	185	191	182	170
2025-11	188	194	192	174
2025-12	180	186	183	178
2026-01	167	172	168	178
2026-02	172	177	169	180
2026-03	202	208	203	183
2026-04	238	245	239	190
2026-05	192	198	200	193
2026-06	191	197	192	197
2026-07 low	166	171	169	195
2026-08 low	166	171	162	192
2026-09 low	298	307	302	202

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-02096	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-01934	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-02096	2026-11-11 22:57 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-02096	2026-11-11 22:56 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-02096	2026-11-11 23:00 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-02096	2026-11-11 22:59 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-02095	2026-11-11 20:00 UTC	court feed entry
2:26-cv-01792	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:25-cv-02065	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, 2	shared	0	2065
2026	1, 2	shared	0	1792

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	165	15.8%
446	Amer. w/Disabilities - Other	114	10.9%
442	Employment	87	8.3%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	83	8.0%
410	Antitrust	58	5.6%
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	52	5.0%
190	Other Contract	44	4.2%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	38	3.6%
555	Prison Condition	30	2.9%
360	Other Personal Injury	29	2.8%
110	Insurance	28	2.7%
480	Consumer Credit	25	2.4%

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	1,569				1,563	CL
2016	1,727				1,715	CL
2017	1,808				1,797	CL
2018	2,040				2,031	CL
2019	1,908				1,910	CL
2020	1,926				1,917	CL
2021	1,492				1,490	CL
2022	1,567	1,617	1,617	0.97x	1,555	CL AO
2023	1,743	1,669	1,669	1.04x	1,733	CL AO
2024	1,681	1,723	1,723	0.98x	1,673	CL AO
2025	2,065	2,131	2,131	0.97x	2,071	CL AO
2026 so far	1,792	1,848			1,804	CL

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