Civil filings in the N.D. West Virginia district court

In 2025, 669 civil cases were filed in N.D. West Virginia by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 627.

Data through Sep 2026 from the CourtListener bulk dockets snapshot of Sep 30, 2026, and live case numbers from the court's feed. Court: N.D. West Virginia, West Virginia, Fourth Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 148
2025, counted: 627
Counted per official: 0.94x
Newest case number: 5:26-cv-00199

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	47	47	47
2015-02	49	49	49
2015-03	58	58	58
2015-04	51	51	51
2015-05	98	98	61
2015-06	39	39	54	57
2015-07	46	46	60	55
2015-08	89	89	56	60
2015-09	25	25	51	56
2015-10	40	40	55	54
2015-11	53	53	53	54
2015-12	59	59	58	54
2016-01	42	42	42	54
2016-02	50	50	50	54
2016-03	65	65	65	55
2016-04	84	84	69	58
2016-05	50	50	64	54
2016-06	120	120	121	60
2016-07	70	70	52	62
2016-08	38	38	54	58
2016-09	47	47	49	60
2016-10	41	41	41	60
2016-11	64	64	64	61
2016-12	52	52	52	60
2017-01	40	40	40	60
2017-02	52	52	52	60
2017-03	81	81	81	62
2017-04	60	60	60	60
2017-05	76	76	76	62
2017-06	81	81	81	58
2017-07	49	49	49	57
2017-08	73	73	73	60
2017-09	42	42	41	59
2017-10	74	74	66	62
2017-11	62	62	51	62
2017-12	38	38	58	61
2018-01	75	75	75	64
2018-02	58	58	59	64
2018-03	66	66	65	63
2018-04	46	46	46	62
2018-05	119	119	119	65
2018-06	101	101	44	67
2018-07	40	40	59	66
2018-08	59	59	81	65
2018-09	40	40	56	65
2018-10	73	73	72	65
2018-11	53	53	54	64
2018-12	57	57	57	66
2019-01	46	46	46	63
2019-02	51	51	51	63
2019-03	183	183	183	72
2019-04	78	78	68	75
2019-05	88	88	74	72
2019-06	37	37	51	67
2019-07	54	54	54	68
2019-08	68	68	68	69
2019-09	71	71	71	72
2019-10	59	59	58	70
2019-11	44	44	44	70
2019-12	53	53	52	69
2020-01	53	53	54	70
2020-02	67	67	67	71
2020-03	67	67	67	62
2020-04	164	164	71	69
2020-05	39	39	51	65
2020-06	55	55	81	66
2020-07	171	171	128	76
2020-08	23	23	89	72
2020-09	44	44	66	70
2020-10	52	52	58	69
2020-11	42	42	41	69
2020-12	49	49	50	69
2021-01	52	52	53	69
2021-02	46	46	46	67
2021-03	49	49	49	66
2021-04	48	48	49	56
2021-05	51	51	53	57
2021-06	64	64	58	58
2021-07	72	72	78	49
2021-08	57	57	58	52
2021-09	40	40	40	52
2021-10	39	39	39	51
2021-11	28	28	28	50
2021-12	38	38	38	49
2022-01	39	39	40	48
2022-02	42	42	42	47
2022-03	90	90	90	51
2022-04	66	66	66	52
2022-05	53	53	53	52
2022-06	53	53	47	51
2022-07	39	39	45	49
2022-08	77	77	77	50
2022-09	97	97	65	55
2022-10	25	25	43	54
2022-11	75	75	58	58
2022-12	72	72	72	61
2023-01	63	67	64	63
2023-02	98	104	92	68
2023-03	88	93	94	68
2023-04	69	73	69	69
2023-05	84	89	84	72
2023-06	79	84	71	75
2023-07	41	43	45	75
2023-08	42	45	46	72
2023-09	48	51	48	68
2023-10	42	45	42	70
2023-11	41	43	41	67
2023-12	62	66	62	67
2024-01	49	52	50	66
2024-02	41	43	41	61
2024-03	47	50	47	57
2024-04	51	54	51	55
2024-05	42	45	42	52
2024-06	54	57	52	49
2024-07	53	56	55	51
2024-08	58	61	57	52
2024-09	47	50	46	52
2024-10	40	42	39	52
2024-11	36	38	36	51
2024-12	34	36	34	49
2025-01	39	42	40	48
2025-02	51	54	51	49
2025-03	67	71	66	51
2025-04	50	53	50	51
2025-05	57	61	57	52
2025-06	49	52	50	51
2025-07	65	69	65	53
2025-08	52	55	51	52
2025-09	65	69	63	54
2025-10	59	63	58	55
2025-11	36	38	34	55
2025-12	37	39	37	56
2026-01	49	52	49	57
2026-02	54	57	55	57
2026-03	64	67	64	56
2026-04	60	63	58	57
2026-05	46	48	46	56
2026-06	48	51	47	56
2026-07 low	59	62	59	56
2026-08 low	48	51	47	55
2026-09 low	41	43	41	53

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-00199	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00140	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
1:26-cv-00123	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00036	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-11111	2026-11-11 03:21 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-11111	2026-11-11 19:11 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-00199	2026-11-11 21:05 UTC	court feed entry
5:26-cv-00157	2026-11-11 14:09 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00140	2026-11-11 18:15 UTC	court feed entry
1:26-cv-00123	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:26-cv-00036	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:26-cv-00123	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
5:26-cv-00187	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	127
2025	2	own	34
2025	3	own	190
2025	5	own	276
2026	1	own	123
2026	2	own	36
2026	3	own	123
2026	5	own	187

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	10	11.1%
440	Other Civil Rights	10	11.1%
485	Telephone Consumer Protection Act	7	7.8%
480	Consumer Credit	7	7.8%
110	Insurance	7	7.8%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	5	5.6%
365	Personal Injury - Product Liability	5	5.6%
540	Mandamus & Other	3	3.3%
446	Amer. w/Disabilities - Other	3	3.3%
442	Employment	3	3.3%
360	Other Personal Injury	3	3.3%
190	Other Contract	3	3.3%

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	654				653	CL
2016	723				723	CL
2017	728				728	CL
2018	787				787	CL
2019	832				820	CL
2020	826				823	CL
2021	584				589	CL
2022	728	728	728	1.00x	698	CL AO
2023	757	803	803	0.94x	758	CL AO
2024	552	585	585	0.94x	550	CL AO
2025	627	669	669	0.94x	622	CL AO
2026 so far	469	494			466	CL

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