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

In 2025, 802 civil cases were filed in S.D. West Virginia by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 761.

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

Jul to Sep 2026: 170
2025, counted: 761
Counted per official: 0.95x
Newest case number: 1:26-cv-00603

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.

Show the numbers

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	1,325	1,325	1,322
2015-02	1,017	1,017	1,013
2015-03	1,579	1,579	1,572
2015-04	1,646	1,646	1,595
2015-05	1,399	1,399	1,449
2015-06	1,639	1,639	2,067	1,434
2015-07	3,112	3,112	2,682	1,674
2015-08	1,278	1,278	1,116	1,624
2015-09	631	631	779	1,514
2015-10	938	938	941	1,456
2015-11	1,070	1,070	1,107	1,421
2015-12	986	986	952	1,385
2016-01	774	774	1,150	1,339
2016-02	1,230	1,230	833	1,357
2016-03	1,205	1,205	1,127	1,326
2016-04	910	910	977	1,264
2016-05	941	941	856	1,226
2016-06	1,005	1,005	973	1,173
2016-07	668	668	1,087	970
2016-08	1,905	1,905	1,456	1,022
2016-09	653	653	819	1,024
2016-10	1,300	1,300	1,034	1,054
2016-11	1,117	1,117	1,241	1,058
2016-12	1,077	1,077	1,216	1,065
2017-01	1,108	1,108	1,103	1,093
2017-02	316	316	310	1,017
2017-03	766	766	770	980
2017-04	428	428	424	940
2017-05	544	544	467	907
2017-06	385	385	424	856
2017-07	181	181	212	815
2017-08	170	170	183	670
2017-09	188	188	193	632
2017-10	166	166	151	537
2017-11	191	191	190	460
2017-12	203	203	200	387
2018-01	240	240	238	315
2018-02	133	133	133	300
2018-03	142	142	136	248
2018-04	269	269	266	234
2018-05	195	195	199	205
2018-06	125	125	124	184
2018-07	95	95	94	176
2018-08	76	76	75	169
2018-09	56	56	52	158
2018-10	121	121	63	154
2018-11	32	32	77	141
2018-12	67	67	66	129
2019-01	80	80	70	116
2019-02	63	63	57	110
2019-03	87	87	83	106
2019-04	103	103	109	92
2019-05	90	90	86	83
2019-06	64	64	70	78
2019-07	73	73	70	76
2019-08	70	70	59	76
2019-09	83	83	82	78
2019-10	77	77	80	74
2019-11	58	58	61	76
2019-12	70	70	70	76
2020-01	96	96	93	78
2020-02	61	61	63	78
2020-03	66	66	64	76
2020-04	93	93	84	75
2020-05	53	53	57	72
2020-06	82	82	83	74
2020-07	69	69	67	73
2020-08	54	54	52	72
2020-09	74	74	74	71
2020-10	74	74	71	71
2020-11	57	57	57	71
2020-12	96	96	95	73
2021-01	79	79	79	72
2021-02	75	75	53	73
2021-03	52	52	62	72
2021-04	67	67	75	69
2021-05	48	48	49	69
2021-06	57	57	60	67
2021-07	50	50	52	65
2021-08	56	56	53	65
2021-09	62	62	61	64
2021-10	39	39	39	62
2021-11	37	37	34	60
2021-12	56	56	53	56
2022-01	53	57	55	55
2022-02	59	63	51	54
2022-03	45	48	49	53
2022-04	52	56	51	52
2022-05	35	37	35	51
2022-06	31	33	31	50
2022-07	35	37	35	48
2022-08	57	61	56	49
2022-09	59	63	61	49
2022-10	75	80	72	52
2022-11	47	50	44	54
2022-12	56	60	58	54
2023-01	74	76	76	55
2023-02	99	102	94	59
2023-03	128	132	130	66
2023-04	60	62	59	66
2023-05	56	58	55	68
2023-06	47	48	50	69
2023-07	48	49	47	70
2023-08	77	79	77	72
2023-09	95	98	65	75
2023-10	20	21	49	70
2023-11	64	66	62	71
2023-12	54	56	51	71
2024-01	48	51	47	68
2024-02	52	55	48	65
2024-03	63	66	61	59
2024-04	61	64	65	59
2024-05	48	51	47	59
2024-06	88	93	47	62
2024-07	34	36	74	61
2024-08	72	76	72	61
2024-09	70	74	69	59
2024-10	98	103	91	66
2024-11	56	59	57	65
2024-12	56	59	55	66
2025-01	63	66	62	67
2025-02	73	77	72	69
2025-03	76	80	76	70
2025-04	75	79	76	71
2025-05	80	84	71	74
2025-06	39	41	47	70
2025-07	73	77	72	73
2025-08	42	44	43	70
2025-09	58	61	56	69
2025-10	109	115	61	70
2025-11	18	19	58	67
2025-12	55	58	53	67
2026-01	73	77	73	68
2026-02	95	100	93	70
2026-03	68	71	70	69
2026-04	69	72	67	68
2026-05	67	70	69	67
2026-06	61	64	58	69
2026-07 low	54	57	55	67
2026-08 low	61	64	62	69
2026-09 low	55	58	55	69

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
1:26-cv-00603	2026-11-12 02:29 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-00602	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00601	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
5:26-cv-00594	2026-11-12 02:06 UTC	court feed
2:26-cv-00603	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
2:25-cv-00761	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, 3, 5	shared	0	761
2026	1, 2, 3, 5	shared	0	603

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	79	21.6%
530	Habeas Corpus: General	44	12.0%
555	Prison Condition	40	10.9%
440	Other Civil Rights	33	9.0%
190	Other Contract	19	5.2%
550	Civil Rights	16	4.4%
360	Other Personal Injury	14	3.8%
950	Constitutionality of State Statutes	13	3.6%
110	Insurance	13	3.6%
350	Motor Vehicle	10	2.7%
442	Employment	9	2.5%
890	Other Statutory Actions	8	2.2%

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	16,620				16,595	CL
2016	12,785				12,769	CL
2017	4,646				4,627	CL
2018	1,551				1,523	CL
2019	918				897	CL
2020	875				860	CL
2021	678				670	CL
2022	604	646	646	0.93x	598	CL AO
2023	822	847	847	0.97x	815	CL AO
2024	746	786	786	0.95x	733	CL AO
2025	761	802	802	0.95x	747	CL AO
2026 so far	603	633			602	CL

Publication check: passed 8 of 8

Why this page is published
Sourced facts	156	needs 6
Table rows	141	needs 3
Dated rows with a source link	18	needs 3
Primary identifiers	6	needs 3
Internal links	18	needs 5
Primary-source links	8	needs 2
Visible text bytes	6020	needs 1500
Digits outside a source	0	needs 0

How pages qualify