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Data Dashboard
About the Data Dashboard
This dashboard presents historical data and case-flow statistics of King County Superior Court on cases filed, disposed by month or year, the pending active cases at specific time points (usually end of the month), as well as the time to reach disposition and the age of the pending cases since the filing date.
Definitions
Filing: The number of cases filed in King County Superior Court.
Disposition: The number of cases adjudicated by the court and the manner of dispositions.
Pending Caseload: The number of cases that are active and under the court’s management at the reporting time. This data excludes cases on suspended status (on warrant, competency review, stay, appeal, arbitration, etc.)
Age of Disposed Case: The time from the case filing date to the disposition date, minus the time on suspended status if applicable. This can be viewed as the “net time” under the court’s jurisdiction. The average, median, 75th percentiles, and 90th percentiles are provided to show the aggregated measure of the age statistics.
Age of Pending Case: The time from the case filing date to the reporting time (usually at the end of the month), minus the time on suspense status if applicable. Again, the average, median, 75th percentiles, and 90th percentiles are provided to show the aggregated measure of the age statistics.
Location: King County Superior Court has three court locations: the Maleng Regional Justice Center in the city of Kent (KNT); and the King County Courthouse and the Clark Children and Family Justice Center in Seattle (SEA). Cases filed in King County Superior Court have two designations: KNT and SEA based on pre-defined geographic areas,
How to Use the Data Dashboard
The dashboard presents filing information since 1980, the disposition information since 1990, and the monthly pending caseload since 2018. The data shown on this dashboard are downloaded from the production database and are static. It does not reflect real time changes if any. The data are reviewed and updated annually.
The dashboard is divided into 4 main sections: Case Filing, Case Disposition, Active Pending Caseload, and Lookup Tables.
- For Case Disposition, there are two subtabs: Disposition Category (manner of disposition) and Disposition Age (time to reach disposition).
- There is a subtab under Active Pending Caseload showing the age of pending cases from the filing date to the reporting time.
- The 3 subtabs under Lookup Tables serve as glossary for case types, causes of action, and the disposition categories (manners).
The dashboard is interactive.
- Click the tabs at the top to access different areas and the subtabs. Hovering your cursor over the graphs will cause pop-ups with additional information to appear.
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Use the check boxes, drop down menus on the left to select a specific location, particular year and month, specific case type and cause of action to view the data. For unfiltered overall data, make sure all the check boxes on the left sides are unchecked (cleared).
- Use the arrows just about the graphs to change the displayed information if desired.
Data Updates: The Data Dashboard will be updated once per year with data at the year-end. Click HERE and scroll down to view the monthly and quarterly statistics for the current year.