Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Court of Appeals
Court Activity, Division II (4) - 2023 Annual Report

  -------Appeals-------- -----Other Reviews-----  
  Criminal Civil Total Personal
Restraint
Discretionary
Review
Total All
Reviews
FILINGS
Total Filings  390  364  754  367  217  584  1,338 
RESOLUTIONS (5)
Opinions Published  21  36  57  63 
Opinions Unpublished  144  124  268  31  37  305 
Opinion Terminating Review  165  160  325  34  43  368 
Dismissed  231  231  232 
Transferred/Certified  27  37  64  21  22  86 
Review Not Accepted 
Other Terminations  31  33  36 
Order Terminating Review  29  39  68  289  293  361 
Decided on Merits  20  20  29 
Dismissed  57  127  184  37  58  95  279 
Transferred/Certified 
Review Not Accepted  77  77  83 
Other Terminations  18  21  15  15  36 
Ruling Terminating Review  61  159  220  40  170  210  430 
Total Resolved  255  358  613  363  183  546  1,159 
PENDING AT YEAR END (1)
Cases Stayed  17  26 
Brief Not Filed  390  197  587  98  60  158  745 
Appellant Brief Filed 
Respondent Brief Filed  77  58  135  71  72  207 
Set for Commissioners' Calendar  17  17  25 
Set for Oral Argument (2)  29  24  53  55 
Total Awaiting Hearing  499  295  794  180  87  267  1,061 
Opinion/Order in Process  24  28  52  58 
Total Pending Decision  523  323  846  185  88  273  1,119 
MANDATED
Opinion Terminating Review  165  200  365  39  21  60  425 
Order Terminating Review  29  37  66  312  316  382 
Ruling Terminating Review  52  192  244  41  147  188  432 
Other Decision Terminating Review  11 
Total Mandated  250  430  680  395  175  570  1,250 

(1) As a result of the recent transition to the new Appellate Court Records and Data System(ACORDS-II), measurement of resolution types and the various stages of pending caseload are not comparable to measurements for prior years. Extreme caution should be used in interpreting 2003 and future activity relative to that shown for prior years.
(2) Set for Oral Argument counts are influenced by procedural differences among divisions in setting cases. Division III, due to hearings in multiple locations, often delays the setting of cases until there are sufficient numbers to warrant travel, but cases are usually set only six weeks out.
(3) Includes completions for secondary cases, which are those consolidated with a primary case and disposed by mandate/certificate of finality entered in the primary case.
(4) To alleviate case congestion, Division II transferred 50 cases in 2009 and 45 cases in 2010 (which would otherwise have been heard in Division II) to Division I for preparation of opinions and mandates. A transferred resolution appears for each of these cases in Division II figures. Each transferred case is included in filing counts in both divisions. The opinions for those transferred cases are included in Division I figures, only.
(5) As of 2010, Resolution counts have been updated to report only primary case resolutions. Secondary case resolutions have been excluded from all of the resolution counts reported.

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