Civil Filings for June 2025
Table 1. Civil Filings
Number Latest Month 30,203 Percent Change from previous month 12.2% Percent Change from 1 year ago 14.4% Percent Change from 5 years ago -45.8% The latest available data from the federal courts show that during June 2025 the government reported 30,203 new civil filings. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up 12.2% over the previous month when the number of civil filings of this type totaled 26,920.
The comparisons of the number of civil filings are based on case-by-case court records which were compiled and analyzed by TRAC (see Table 1).
When monthly 2025 civil filings of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, their number was up (14.4%). Civil filings for June 2025 are lower than they were for the same period five years ago. Overall, the data show that civil filings of this type are down 45.8% from levels reported in June 2020.
Figure 1. Civil Filings Over the Last Five Years
The long term trend in civil filings for these matters going back five years is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of civil filings of this type recorded each month. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. One-year and five-year change comparisons are based upon the moving averages.
Types of filings
Cases were classified by the federal courts into general types. The single largest number of civil filings of these matters during June 2025 was for "Torts - Personal Injury - Product Liability", accounting for 25.7% of civil filings.
As shown in Figure 2, additional categories with substantial numbers of civil filings were "Civil Rights " (15.7%) , "Prisoner Petitions" (14.4%), "Contract" (8.8%), "Torts - Personal Injury - Other" (7.1%).
Jurisdiction
Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear cases falling under any one of several categories. The single largest number of civil filings of these matters during June 2025 was under the classification "Federal Question", accounting for 45.7% of civil filings.
As shown in Figure 2, additional categories with substantial numbers of civil filings were "Diversity" (40.7%) , "U.S. Government Defendant" (12.9%), "U.S. Government Plaintiff" (0.6%).
Rankings: Specific Nature of Suits
Court filings are also classified based upon the specific nature of the suit. Table 2 shows the top nature of suit categories recorded in the matters filed during June 2025
Table 2. Specific Nature of Suit Types
Nature of Suit Count Rank 1 yr ago 5 yrs ago Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability 5,890 1 7 5 More Other Civil Rights 2,123 2 2 6 More Civil Rights 1,898 3 1 2 More Personal Injury- Product Liability 1,821 4 13 1 More Employment 1,333 5 3 14 More Other Personal Injury 1,249 6 5 15 More General Prisoner Petitions 1,216 7 8 4 More Other Contract 1,210 8 4 8 More Insurance 1,136 9 6 9 More Copyrights 859 10 14 21 More
"Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability" was the most frequent recorded nature of suit category. "Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability" was ranked 7th a year ago, while it was the 5th most frequently invoked five years ago.
Ranked 2nd in frequency was the nature of suit category "Other Civil Rights". "Other Civil Rights" was ranked 2nd a year ago, while it was the 6th most frequently invoked five years ago.
Ranked 3rd was "Civil Rights". "Civil Rights" was ranked 1st a year ago, while it was the 2nd most frequently invoked five years ago.
Among these top nature of suit categories, the one showing the greatest increase in civil filings — up 514.2 percent — compared to one year ago was "Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability". This was the same category that had the largest increase — 289.3 percent — when compared with five years ago.
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
Relative to population, the volume of civil matters of this type filed in federal district courts during June 2025 was 90.2 per every million persons in the United States. One year ago the relative number of filings was 62.3. Understandably, there is great variation in the per capita number of civil filings in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
Table 3. Top Ten Districts (per one million people)
Judicial District Percapita Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago N. J. 645.6 5,998 1 10 5 More D. C. 468.4 318 2 1 2 More S Car 237.5 1,276 3 13 22 More N. Y., S 168.5 871 4 3 3 More Ill, N 144.8 1,332 5 6 29 More Fla, N 132.3 262 6 17 1 More Delaware 127.0 131 7 5 4 More La, M 124.2 106 8 4 10 More Fla, S 121.1 918 9 9 7 More La, E 118.9 195 10 7 6 More
The District of New Jersey — with 645.6 civil filings as compared with 90.2 civil filings per one million people in the United States — was the most active during June 2025. The District of New Jersey was ranked 10th a year ago, while it was ranked 5th five years ago.
The District of Washington, D.C. ranked 2nd. The District of Washington, D.C. was ranked 1st a year ago, while it was ranked 2nd five years ago.
The District of South Carolina now ranks 3rd.
Recent entries to the top 10 list were South Carolina and Northern District of Florida (Pensacola), now ranked 3rd and 6th. These districts ranked 13th and 17th one year ago and 22nd and 1st five years ago.
The federal judicial district which showed the greatest growth in the rate of civil filings compared to one year ago — 572.4 percent — was New Jersey. This was the same district that had the largest increase — 302.6 percent — when compared with five years ago.
Report Generated: July 22, 2025
