FJC Research

Updated information (thru Dec. 31, 2025), now available for federal criminal, civil, bankruptcy, and appellate cases. Access the data here: fjc.gov/research/idb

Federal court case data available through Sept. 30, 2025 here: fjc.gov/research/idb

New data (thru 6/30/2025) now available for federal criminal, civil, bankruptcy, and appellate cases. Check it out here: fjc.gov/research/idb

Updated data through March 31, 2025 now available for all case types. fjc.gov/research/idb

Updated information (thru 12/31/24) for civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy cases now available here: fjc.gov/research/idb

The Federal Judicial Center is hiring a Deputy Director of its Research Division. Applications due by March 7, 2025. usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet…

Do you love conducting research about the federal courts? So do we! Join us! The FJC Research Division is hiring: usajobs.gov/job/827523100?…

Data updated thru September 30, 2024 for federal court civil, criminal, appellate and bankruptcy litigation now available. fjc.gov/research/idb

Updated information (thru June 30, 2024) for all federal civil, criminal, bankruptcy, and appellate cases available here: fjc.gov/research/idb

New FJC/NAPA report, Enhancing Efforts to Coordinate Best Workplace Practices Across the Federal Judiciary, available here: fjc.gov/content/388247…

New report on unredacted social security numbers in documents filed in federal courts: fjc.gov/content/387587….

New data for federal court appeals, civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases now available (thru Mar. 31, 2024). Check it out here: fjc.gov/research/idb

New data for federal court appeals, civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases now available (thru Dec. 2023). Check it out here: fjc.gov/research/idb

The Federal Judicial Center has published 513 case studies of how federal judges handle election cases that have to be decided on an emergency basis: “Emergency Election Litigation in Federal Courts: From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19” (fjc.gov/content/382726…).

New data, thru 9/30/23, now available here: fjc.gov/research/idb. Federal court filings in civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy.

The report finds that most recommendations saw some implementation and partly addressed problems identified by the ad hoc committee, yet problems persist. fjc.gov/content/380873… /end

The appendices detail the data used to evaluate the recommendations, including budget and staffing requests, court CJA plans, payment data, a survey of panel attorneys, training programs, and interviews with 200+ stakeholders. 15/x

Now available: A report evaluating implementation of recommendations for improving the independence of the federal defender program. fjc.gov/content/380873… A thread: 1/x