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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
New York · 12 months ending 06/30/2026
- Filings
- 12,798
- Pending
- 17,477
- Judgeships
- 28
- 31.0 vacant judgeship months
- Median civil case
- 6.3 months
- Filing to disposition
Caseload by year
12-month periods
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| Period | Filings | Terminations | Pending | Per judgeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ending 06/30/2026 | 12,798 | 11,829 | 17,477 | 457 |
| Ending 06/30/2025 | 12,309 | 12,272 | 16,549 | 440 |
| Ending 06/30/2024 | 12,557 | 13,509 | 16,535 | 448 |
| Ending 06/30/2023 | 13,113 | 14,179 | 17,541 | 468 |
| Ending 06/30/2022 | 13,298 | 13,848 | 18,672 | 475 |
| Ending 06/30/2021 | 13,869 | 12,981 | 19,216 | 495 |
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 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 38.4 | 24.7% |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 16.5 | 34.2 | 26.3% |
| 2024 | 6.3 | 16.8 | 42.4 | 26.6% |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 19.2 | 47.0 | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 5.7 | 19.6 | 44.4 | 26.3% |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 29.8 | 20.7% |
Civil cases filed by type
Latest 12 months, 11,285 cases
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| Type | Cases | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Rights | 2,896 | 25.7% |
| All Other Civil | 1,595 | 14.1% |
| Prisoner Petitions | 1,473 | 13.1% |
| Contracts | 1,233 | 10.9% |
| Intellectual Property Rights | 1,053 | 9.3% |
| Torts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability) | 965 | 8.6% |
| Labor Suits | 921 | 8.2% |
| Social Security | 575 | 5.1% |
| Real Property | 245 | 2.2% |
| Personal Injury/Product Liability | 237 | 2.1% |
| Antitrust | 64 | 0.6% |
| Forfeitures and Penalties | 28 | 0.2% |
Criminal felony defendants by offense
Latest 12 months, 744 defendants
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| Offense | Defendants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Other Drugs | 235 | 31.6% |
| Fraud | 164 | 22.0% |
| Firearms and Explosives | 159 | 21.4% |
| Violent Offenses | 61 | 8.2% |
| Sex Offenses | 39 | 5.2% |
| All Other Criminal | 39 | 5.2% |
| Immigration | 22 | 3.0% |
| Justice System Offenses | 14 | 1.9% |
| Forgery and Counterfeiting | 6 | 0.8% |
| Larceny and Theft | 5 | 0.7% |
| Marijuana | 0 | 0.0% |
| Regulatory Offenses | 0 | 0.0% |
Judges serving
Article III judges from the Federal Judicial Center. Magistrate and bankruptcy judges are not listed
Active judges (25)
- John George Koeltl · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 08/10/1994
- Laura Taylor Swain (chief judge) · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 07/11/2000
- Kenneth M. Karas · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 06/13/2004
- James Paul Oetken · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 07/20/2011
- Paul Adam Engelmayer · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 07/27/2011
- Edgardo Ramos · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/06/2011
- Andrew Lamar Carter Jr. · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/08/2011
- Jesse Matthew Furman · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 02/17/2012
- Ronnie Abrams · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 03/23/2012
- Katherine Polk Failla · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 03/05/2013
- Analisa Nadine Torres · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 04/23/2013
- Nelson Stephen Román · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 05/13/2013
- Vernon Speede Broderick · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 09/10/2013
- Gregory Howard III Woods · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 11/18/2013
- Mary Kay Vyskocil · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 12/20/2019
- Lewis Jeffrey Liman · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 12/31/2019
- Philip Morgan Halpern · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 02/21/2020
- John Peter Cronan · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 08/10/2020
- Jennifer Louise Rochon · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 06/13/2022
- Jennifer Hutchison Rearden · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 10/07/2022
- Arun Srinivas Subramanian · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 04/13/2023
- Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 04/20/2023
- Dale Edwin Ho · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 08/18/2023
- Margaret M. Garnett · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 01/09/2024
- Jeannette Anne Vargas · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 11/06/2024
Senior judges (21)
- Charles Sherman Haight Jr. · appointed by Gerald Ford, commissioned 03/29/1976, senior status 09/23/1995
- Louis Lee Stanton · appointed by Ronald Reagan, commissioned 07/18/1985, senior status 10/01/1996
- Kimba Maureen Wood · appointed by Ronald Reagan, commissioned 04/20/1988, senior status 06/01/2009
- Loretta A. Preska · appointed by George H.W. Bush, commissioned 08/12/1992, senior status 03/01/2017
- Denise Cote · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 08/10/1994, senior status 12/15/2011
- Lewis A. Kaplan · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 08/10/1994, senior status 02/01/2011
- Sidney H. Stein · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 03/17/1995, senior status 09/01/2010
- Jed Saul Rakoff · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 01/04/1996, senior status 12/31/2010
- Richard M. Berman · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/22/1998, senior status 09/11/2011
- Alvin K. Hellerstein · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/22/1998, senior status 01/30/2011
- Colleen McMahon · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/22/1998, senior status 04/10/2021
- Naomi Reice Buchwald · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 09/22/1999, senior status 03/21/2012
- Victor Marrero · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/05/1999, senior status 12/31/2010
- George B. Daniels · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 03/09/2000, senior status 05/01/2021
- P. Kevin Castel · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 09/22/2003, senior status 08/05/2017
- Paul Austin Crotty · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 04/15/2005, senior status 08/01/2015
- Cathy Seibel · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 07/30/2008, senior status 11/03/2025
- Paul G. Gardephe · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 08/08/2008, senior status 08/09/2023
- Vincent Louis Briccetti · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 04/14/2011, senior status 04/21/2023
- Lorna Gail Schofield · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/13/2012, senior status 01/01/2025
- Valerie Elaine Caproni · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/02/2013, senior status 01/07/2025
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