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Superior Court Annual Report 2010 CASE FILING IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT 2000-2010 A. Number of Cases Filed in the Superior Court 2000 – 2010
Year Civil Cases
Criminal Cases
Family Court Cases
Small Claims Cases
Traffic Cases
TOTAL
2000 610 578 623 1543 12235 15589
2001 678 485 598 1656 10320 13737
2002 690 419 674 1574 8391 11748
2003 640 413 549 1227 6142 8971
2004 605 407 612 1347 7544 10515
2005 566 394 701 1008 5407 8076
2006 632 274 762 1183 5399 8250
2007 509 230 780 1020 3091 5630
2008 485 248 776 761 2458 4728
2009 531 247 751 653 2321 4503
2010 368 230 657 976 2422 4653
Total 6314 3925 7483 12948 65730 96400
Statistics show a steady decline in filings for all caseloads in the last three (3) when compared to the year 2002. Specific figures are provided in the activity report.
B. Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District:
SAIPAN CIVIL
CASES CRIMINAL CASES
FAMILY COURT CASES
SMALL CLAIMS
TRAFFIC CASES
TOTAL
2000 564 517 575 1335 9782 12773 2001 641 448 568 1433 9122 12212 2002 657 360 626 1448 7469 10560 2003 607 370 514 1154 5528 8173 2004 580 373 577 1206 6915 9651 2005 556 363 662 935 4958 7474 2006 615 255 720 1102 5141 7833 2007 496 219 735 930 2674 5054 2008 467 220 708 687 2214 4296 2009 515 223 710 616 1938 4002 2010 354 211 620 862 2069 4116 Total 6052 3559 7015 11708 57810 86144
TINIAN CIVIL CASES
CRIMINAL CASES
FAMILY COURT CASES
SMALL CLAIMS
TRAFFIC CASES
TOTAL
2000 20 29 27 151 603 830 2001 30 20 20 121 224 415 2002 18 44 33 94 317 506 2003 17 34 24 48 308 431 2004 15 25 17 94 265 416 2005 3 23 23 41 225 315 2006 7 14 24 42 154 241 2007 5 7 20 62 319 413 2008 4 21 32 54 173 284 2009 6 18 20 27 191 262 2010 10 17 21 88 109 245 Total 135 152 262 822 2888 4358 ROTA CIVIL
CASES CRIMINAL CASES
FAMILY COURT CASES
SMALL CLAIMS
TRAFFIC CASES
TOTAL
2000 26 32 21 57 1850 1986 2001 7 17 10 102 974 1110 2002 15 15 15 32 605 682 2003 16 9 11 25 306 367 2004 10 9 18 47 364 448 2005 7 8 16 32 224 287 2006 10 5 18 39 104 176 2007 8 4 25 28 98 163 2008 14 7 36 20 71 148 2009 10 6 21 10 192 239 2010 4 2 16 26 244 292 Total 127 114 207 418 5032 5898
Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District in 2004
416448
9651
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District in 2005
315287
7474
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District in 2006
7833
176
241
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District in 2007
5054
163
413
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
284148
4296
SaipanRotaTinian
Total Number of Cases Filed by Senatorial District in 2008
C. Break Down of Cases by Senatorial District Civil Cases - Type Breakdown
Saipan 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Other Civil 440 373 417 365 365 326 376 337 341 400 307 Probate 56 40 32 47 61 81 74 71 41 71 47 Immigration 68 228 208 195 154 149 165 87 84 44 0 Total 564 641 657 607 580 556 615 495 466 515 354
Tinian 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Other Civil 17 28 15 12 12 1 3 5 3 6 9 Probate 2 2 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 Immigration 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 Total 20 30 18 17 15 3 7 6 4 6 10
Rota 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Other Civil 20 4 13 11 9 3 4 3 7 4 4 Probate 6 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 Immigration 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 3 7 5 0 Total 26 7 15 16 10 7 10 8 14 10 4
Criminal Cases Breakdown
Saipan 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Felony 198 171 182 165 163 172 114 135 118 70 148 Misdemeanor 319 277 178 205 210 191 141 84 102 153 63 Total 517 448 360 370 373 363 255 219 220 223 211
Tinian 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Felony 16 8 20 16 17 9 9 4 13 14 11 Misdemeanor 13 12 24 18 8 14 5 3 8 4 6 Total 29 20 44 34 25 23 14 7 21 18 17
Rota 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Felony 10 4 9 3 3 4 2 4 6 4 1 Misdemeanor 22 13 6 6 6 4 3 0 1 2 1 Total 32 17 15 9 9 8 5 4 7 6 2
D. Traffic Fines: Fees, Payment, & Collectibles:
ISLAND 2010 FILINGS
NON PAYABLE MISDEMEANOR
PAYABLE IN COURT DISPOSITION
PAID Pending
SAIPAN 2069 253 1816 1519 297 TINIAN 109 2 107 107 0 ROTA 244 16 228 211 17 TOTAL 2422 271 2151 1837 314
Family Court Division Breakdown of Case Type:
Case Type
Saipan Rota Tinian Total
Adoption 44 2 2 48
Alimony
Annulment 5 0 0 5
Change of Name 21 1 0 22
Civil Commitment 6 0 0 6
Divorce 209 6 8 223
Emancipation
Family Protection Act 157 7 7 171
Guardianship 72 2 3 77
Paternity 47 4 6 57
Pet. To Correct Birth Certificate
URESA 13 1 0 14
Wardship 13 0 0 13
Juvenile 19 2 0 21
Total 606 25 26 657
E. Cases Under-Advisement and Published Opinions Below is a breakdown and status of cases under advisement for each judge. 2010 Published Opinion
Case Type PJ Naraja AJ Wiseman AJ Manglona AJ Govendo AJ Inos Civil 3 9 4 1 5 Criminal 1 11 2 0 2
Traffic 0 0 0 0 0 Small Claims 0 0 0 0 0 FCD 0 0 0 0 0 Total 4 20 6 1 7
UNDER ADVISEMENTS
Judge Ending 2009 Under Advisements
2010 Under Advisements
Disposed 2010
Pending 2010
Presiding Judge Naraja 3 17 5 15 AssociateJudge Wiseman 23 51 46 28 AssociateJudge Manglona 4 0 0 4 AssociateJudge Govendo 4 0 0 4 Associate Judge Inos 2 14 10 6 TOTAL 36 82 61 57
F. Jury Trials
There were 11 cases set for jury trial but only six (6) cases were tried. Listed below is the breakdown.
2010 CRIMINAL CIVIL TRAFFIC TOTAL SAIPAN 6 0 0 6 TINIAN 1 0 0 1 ROTA 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 7 0 0 7
Pending and Disposition of Jury Trial cases.
Island Case Type Tried Dismissed Change of Plea Bench Trial
Settled Pending Total
Saipan Criminal 5 1 1 1 0 1 9 Tinian Criminal 1 1 2 Total 6 1 2 1 0 1 11
G. Appointment of Counsel
The following table shows the number of court appointed counsel for indigent defendants for 2010 in Criminal, Traffic, Juvenile and Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) cases.
2010 CRIMINAL TRAFFIC JUVENILE PATERNITY URESA WARDSHIP DIVORCE GUARDIAN ADLITEM
CIVIL COMMITMENT
SMALL CLAIMS
CIVIL TOTALTOTAL
JAN. 18 0 1 0 0 10 10 39 FEB. 3 0 1 7 0 7 2 20 MAR. 14 2 0 8 1 9 10 44 APR. 8 1 0 9 0 3 7 28 MAY 2 0 1 11 0 4 1 19 JUNE 2 0 0 11 1 1 2 17 JULY 8 0 1 4 0 0 0 13 AUG 9 0 0 7 1 0 0 17 SEPT 15 0 0 2 0 1 0 18 OCT 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 NOV. 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 DEC. 5 0 0 4 0 0 5 14 TOTAL 88 3 5 64 3 36 38 237
Below is the breakdown of cases on Court Appointed Counsel.
2010 Criminal
Cases Traffic Cases
Juvenile Cases
Family Court Cases
SMALL CLAIMS
CIVIL Total
Saipan 83 3 5 61 29 28 209
Tinian 4 0 0 4 3 3 14
Rota 1 0 0 2 4 7 14
Total 88 3 5 67 36 38 237 H. Payments of Professional Fees
YEAR APPT. COUNSEL INTERPRETER
TRANSLATOR JURY
2010 $8656.00 $1,648.00 $3930.00
I. Appealed Cases As of December 31, 2010 there were 24 appeal cases awaiting certification. In year 2010 there were 20 cases filed on appeal. Attached are three separate reports regarding cases on appeal. The “Notice of Appeal” Control Register for 2010. The “Appeal Cases Awaiting Certification of Record” shows the number of cases on appeal that remains to be certified to the Supreme Court pending the filing of transcripts. The last report, the “Certification of Cases on Appeal” shows the number of cases certified each month. Activity Report of Superior Court Cases on Appeal - Calendar Year 2010
Appeal Activity Jan Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cases Awaiting Certification (Beginning the Month)
24 26 27 21 17 15 19 15 11 12 11 10
Cases Appealed (During the Month) 3 1 1 1 1 5 0 2 3 1 1 1
Cases Certified (During the Month) 0 0 3 3 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 0
Cases Dismissed (During the Month) 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Cases Pending (During the Month) 26 27 21 17 15 19 15 11 12 11 10 11
Transcript Assignment Upon the filing of the Transcript Order and Designation Form by the appellant in indigent criminal cases, the preparation of the transcripts is assigned to a secretary. There are eight (8) pending transcript assignments at the end of 2010. J. Customer Service Counter The Office of the Clerk of Court also provides the general public with various services as such as the processing of traffic clearances, traffic histories, criminal clearances, and bench warrants as well as copying of documents. Below is the yearly tally of activities of our Customer Service Counter.
Year 2010
Criminal Clearance Traffic Clearance Traffic History Total
Saipan 11630 10397 710 22737
Tinian 492 404 12 908
Rota 676 407 0 1083
Total 12798 11208 722 24728 K. Activity Report on Judge Pro Tempore For calendar year 2010 there is no case assign to be heard by Judge Pro Tempore. This concludes the narrative portion of this report. It is our goal to continue improving the quality of service we provide not just to the general public but also to the other divisions of the Superior Court.