Applications 2003

Post-order activity

Check total number of inter. and discr with annual repts. to see if match docket

Interlocutory

Of 402 applications, 23 or 6% filed MFRs, and only 2 were granted. NT's filed 21 or 90% of MFRs. Average time from MFR filing to order was 12 days; median was 8 days. 87% of the applications in which an MFR was filed, an application for certiorari was filed. Overall, an application for certiorari was filed on only 5 % of interlocutory applications. Only 1 was granted. It was still pending as of 8/1/2004. Only one party filed a NOI without following it with a NOA to the Supreme Court. The time from NOA to Supreme Court order was on average 103 days; the median was 105 days.

Discretionary

Of 453 applications, 38 or 8 % filed MFRs; only 2 were granted. NT's filed all the MFRS. The average time from MFR filing to order was 9 days; median was 10.5 days. In 58% of the applications in which an MFR was filed, an application for certiorari was filed. An application for certiorari was filed on only 10 % of discretionary applications. Only 1 was granted. It was still pending as of 8/1/2004. 3 parties filed an NOI without following it with a NOA to the Supreme Court. Time from NOA to Supreme Court order was on average 95 days; the median was 96 days.

Data is in quatropro file MFRcert2002.qpw.