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RALJ(1) Appeals Case Management Statistics - 2012 Annual Report

  Time Standards (1)  
County/Court 90%
4 Months
98%
5 Months
100%
6 Months
Cases Filed (2) Total Cases
Resolved
Active Cases
Pending
Resolution
Ratio of Active
Cases Pending to
Cases Resolved (3)
Cases Pending
Resolution Over
6 Months (4)
Adams  50.00%  50.00%  100.00%  2.5 
Asotin  100.00%  100.00%  100.00% 
Benton  20.00%  40.00%  50.00%  27  10  23  2.3 
Chelan  18.75%  31.25%  50.00%  21  16  13  0.81 
Clallam  9.09%  9.09%  9.09%  15  11  18  1.64  10 
Clark  18.18%  18.18%  31.82%  48  44  44  21 
Cowlitz  21.43%  21.43%  35.71%  20  14  19  1.36  12 
Douglas  50.00%  50.00%  50.00%  1.5 
Ferry  66.67%  100.00%  100.00% 
Franklin  25.00%  25.00%  50.00%  2.25 
Grant  0.00%  12.50%  12.50%  23  80  10  67 
Grays Harbor  9.09%  27.27%  36.36%  10  11  25  2.27  20 
Island  16.67%  50.00%  66.67%  10  20  3.33  16 
Jefferson  27.78%  38.89%  44.44%  18  18  15  0.83  12 
King  11.24%  13.65%  20.08%  270  249  190  0.76  67 
Kitsap  15.79%  21.05%  21.05%  21  19  28  1.47  18 
Kittitas  35.71%  64.29%  64.29%  14  0.29 
Klickitat  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%  12  12  10 
Lewis  36.36%  36.36%  36.36%  16  11  26  2.36  20 
Lincoln  50.00%  50.00%  50.00%  0.5 
Mason  0.00%  0.00%  23.08%  29  13  29  2.23  15 
Okanogan  40.00%  60.00%  60.00%  38  7.6  34 
Pacific  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%  19  18 
Pend Oreille  0.00%  0.00%  0.00% 
Pierce  23.81%  42.86%  63.10%  95  84  149  1.77  115 
San Juan  0.00%  33.33%  66.67%  0.33 
Skagit  8.33%  16.67%  19.44%  14  36  15  0.42 
Skamania  0.00%  0.00%  100.00% 
Snohomish  21.43%  32.14%  45.24%  89  84  62  0.74  12 
Spokane  16.67%  33.33%  48.33%  45  60  19  0.32 
Stevens  33.33%  33.33%  33.33%  10  1.5 
Thurston  5.88%  11.76%  29.41%  14  17  19  1.12  12 
Wahkiakum  100.00%  100.00%  100.00% 
Walla Walla  25.00%  25.00%  25.00%  21  5.25  18 
Whatcom  9.76%  19.51%  19.51%  28  41  67  1.63  56 
Whitman  0.00%  0.00%  0.00% 
Yakima  38.10%  38.10%  42.86%  23  21  17  0.81 
Statewide  17.19%  25.42%  35.11%  908  826  1,017  1.23  614 

1 Rules for Appeal of Decision of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.
2 Standards adopted by the Board for Judicial Administration recommend that 90 percent of all RALJ appeals cases should be adjudicated within 4 months of the date of filing of the information, 98 percent within 5 months of filing, and 100 percent within 6 months. The figures under this heading reflect the actual percentages of these cases resolved within 4, 5 and 6 months.
3 Lower numbers suggest proportionately smaller backlogs of pending cases.
4 Time-in-process figures do not include the time cases are placed in suspended status. A case is said to be in suspended status if it is out on warrant, in mediation, stayed, in arbitration, on appeal, on post-filing diversion, or has been continued for prosecution or placed on deferred prosecution.

 
 
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