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title: Federal civil caseload — District of Maryland (FY2024)
license: CC0-1.0
source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3
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# Federal civil caseload — District of Maryland (FY2024)

Civil cases commenced by nature of suit in the District of Maryland, FY2024 (3,931 cases across 15 case types), with the government-vs-private split. RECORDED counts from the AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3; the U.S.-party share is a DERIVED ratio. A docket-volume snapshot — not court quality, odds, or legal advice. CC0.

## Claims

### 3,931 civil cases were commenced in the District of Maryland in FY2024

**RECORDED.** The District of Maryland (U.S. district court) had 3,931 civil cases commenced in statistical year 2024, led by prisoner petitions (902). A RECORDED count published in the AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3 (occurred=true; the AOUSC is the adjudicating authority).

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 — https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/judicial-business-united-states-courts
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3; superseded when Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 publishes its next release.

### The U.S. government was a party in 29.8% of District of Maryland civil cases

**DERIVED.** Of the 3,931 civil cases, the U.S. government was a party in 1,171 (29.8%) and 2,760 were between private parties. The 29.8% share is DERIVED — an in-house ratio (U.S.-party count ÷ district total) over the AOUSC counts (occurred=false, adjudged=false).

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 — https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/judicial-business-united-states-courts
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a calculation, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (a transparent in-house formula, not an authority's verdict — no external adjudicator). Reproduce it from its named inputs; falsified if the formula or inputs are wrong. Lower warrant than the adjudged figures above.

### What this docket snapshot is — and is NOT

**INTERPRETATION.** These are RECORDED filing counts and a DERIVED party share — a docket-volume snapshot. They are NOT a measure of court quality, of your odds in a case, or of how long a case takes, and they are NOT legal advice. For a legal decision, consult a licensed attorney in the District of Maryland.

Source: Justice Atlas L5 boundary (docket volume ≠ court quality or case odds) — https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.

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Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/jurisdictions/md.jsonld`

## Data

### Case-type mix — District of Maryland (FY2024)

RECORDED counts (AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3, statistical year 2024). Under correction (reviewStatus=correction_open). Share = count ÷ district total (DERIVED).

| Case type | Cases | Share of district | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prisoner petitions | 902 | 23% | RECORDED |
| All others | 661 | 17% | RECORDED |
| Civil rights | 590 | 15% | RECORDED |
| Contract | 391 | 10% | RECORDED |
| Labor suits | 319 | 8% | RECORDED |
| Other personal injury | 276 | 7% | RECORDED |
| Intellectual property | 260 | 7% | RECORDED |
| Social security | 185 | 5% | RECORDED |
| Motor-vehicle personal injury | 132 | 3% | RECORDED |
| Other tort actions | 89 | 2% | RECORDED |
| Real property | 65 | 2% | RECORDED |
| Tort (U.S. as party) | 40 | 1% | RECORDED |
| Forfeitures & penalties | 18 | 0% | RECORDED |
| Fela | 2 | 0% | RECORDED |
| Marine personal injury | 1 | 0% | RECORDED |