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U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Minnesota · 12 months ending 06/30/2026
- Filings
- 5,789
- Pending
- 11,904
- Judgeships
- 7
- Median civil case
- 9.5 months
- Filing to disposition
Caseload by year
12-month periods
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| Period | Filings | Terminations | Pending | Per judgeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ending 06/30/2026 | 5,789 | 5,888 | 11,904 | 827 |
| Ending 06/30/2025 | 5,677 | 3,821 | 12,025 | 811 |
| Ending 06/30/2024 | 5,180 | 3,676 | 10,183 | 740 |
| Ending 06/30/2023 | 4,500 | 3,855 | 8,694 | 643 |
| Ending 06/30/2022 | 8,943 | 4,101 | 8,048 | 1,278 |
| Ending 06/30/2021 | 3,624 | 3,464 | 3,216 | 518 |
Time to disposition
Median months. Not reported when there were too few cases
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| Period | Civil | Criminal felony | Civil to trial | Civil over 3 years old |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.5 | 13.2 | Not reported | 43.6% |
| 2025 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 42.6 | 43.5% |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 41.9 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 37.0 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 7.4 | 15.1 | 39.6 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 13.7 | Not reported | 20.6% |
Civil cases filed by type
Latest 12 months, 5,156 cases
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| Type | Cases | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Prisoner Petitions | 1,724 | 33.4% |
| Personal Injury/Product Liability | 771 | 15.0% |
| Civil Rights | 692 | 13.4% |
| Labor Suits | 486 | 9.4% |
| All Other Civil | 421 | 8.2% |
| Contracts | 334 | 6.5% |
| Torts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability) | 281 | 5.4% |
| Social Security | 272 | 5.3% |
| Intellectual Property Rights | 150 | 2.9% |
| Real Property | 12 | 0.2% |
| Antitrust | 10 | 0.2% |
| Forfeitures and Penalties | 3 | 0.1% |
Criminal felony defendants by offense
Latest 12 months, 445 defendants
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| Offense | Defendants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 101 | 22.7% |
| All Other Drugs | 98 | 22.0% |
| Fraud | 58 | 13.0% |
| Violent Offenses | 49 | 11.0% |
| Firearms and Explosives | 48 | 10.8% |
| Regulatory Offenses | 43 | 9.7% |
| Sex Offenses | 29 | 6.5% |
| All Other Criminal | 17 | 3.8% |
| Justice System Offenses | 2 | 0.4% |
| Marijuana | 0 | 0.0% |
| Forgery and Counterfeiting | 0 | 0.0% |
| Larceny and Theft | 0 | 0.0% |
Judges serving
Article III judges from the Federal Judicial Center. Magistrate and bankruptcy judges are not listed
Active judges (6)
- Eric Christian Tostrud (chief judge) · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 09/10/2018
- Nancy Ellen Brasel · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 09/13/2018
- Katherine Marie Menendez · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 12/21/2021
- Jerry Wayne Blackwell · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 12/20/2022
- Jeffrey Marc Bryan · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 11/30/2023
- Laura Margarete Provinzino · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 09/16/2024
Senior judges (10)
- Donald Douglas Alsop · appointed by Richard M. Nixon, commissioned 12/20/1974, senior status 08/28/1992
- Paul Arthur Magnuson · appointed by Ronald Reagan, commissioned 10/29/1981, senior status 02/09/2002
- Michael James Davis · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 03/28/1994, senior status 08/01/2015
- John R. Tunheim · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 12/26/1995, senior status 12/01/2023
- Ann D. Montgomery · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 08/06/1996, senior status 05/31/2016
- Donovan W. Frank · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/22/1998, senior status 10/31/2016
- Joan N. Ericksen · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 05/01/2002, senior status 10/15/2019
- Patrick Joseph Schiltz · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 04/28/2006, senior status 07/01/2026
- Susan Richard Nelson · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/21/2010, senior status 12/31/2021
- Wilhelmina Marie Wright · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 02/18/2016, senior status 02/15/2024
Filings count civil cases and criminal felony defendants. Criminal data count defendants rather than cases. These are court statistics and do not describe any person or case.
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Court Management Statistics; Federal Judicial Center · Last updated 06/30/2026