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Superior Court 2011 Annual Report CASE FILING IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT 2000-2011 A. Number of Cases Filed in the Superior Court 2000 – 2011
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
2011 352 314 647 929 3743 5985
Total 6666 4239 8130 13877 69473 102385
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 2011 338 303 625 803 3539 5608 Total 6390 3862 7640 12511 61349 91752
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 2011 8 7 12 87 66 178 Total 143 159 274 909 2954 4538 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 2011 6 4 10 39 138 197 Total 133 118 217 457 5170 6095
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
2002 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Other Civil 440 373 417 365 365 326 376 337 341 400 307 294 Probate 56 40 32 47 61 81 74 71 41 71 47 44 Immigration 68 228 208 195 154 149 165 87 84 44 0 0 TOTAL 564 641 657 607 580 556 615 495 466 515 354 338
Tinian 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Other Civil
17 28 15 12 12 1 3 5 3 6 9 8
Probate 2 2 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 Immigration 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 TOTAL 20 30 18 17 15 3 7 6 4 6 10 8
Rota 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Other Civil
20 4 13 11 9 3 4 3 7 4 4 5
Probate 6 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 Immigration 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 7 4 0 TOTAL 26 7 15 16 10 7 10 8 14 10 4 6
Criminal Cases Breakdown
Saipan 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Felony 198 171 182 165 163 172 114 135 118 70 148 172 Misdemeanor 319 277 178 205 210 191 141 84 102 153 63 131 Total 517 448 360 370 373 363 255 219 220 223 211 303
Tinian 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Felony 16 8 20 16 17 9 9 4 13 14 11 6 Misdemeanor 13 12 24 18 8 14 5 3 8 4 6 1 Total 29 20 44 34 25 23 14 7 21 18 17 7
Rota 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Felony 10 4 9 3 3 4 2 4 6 4 1 3 Misdemeanor 22 13 6 6 6 4 3 0 1 2 1 1 Total 32 17 15 9 9 8 5 4 7 6 2 4
D. Traffic Fines: Fees, Payment, & Collectibles:
ISLAND 2011 FILINGS
NON PAYABLE MISDEMEANOR
PAYABLE IN COURT DISPOSITION
PAID Written Warning
Pending
SAIPAN 3539 383 3156 2626 913 TINIAN 66 0 66 42 24 0 ROTA 138 2 41 34 54 7 TOTAL 3743 384 3263 2702 74 920
Family Court Division Breakdown of Case Type:
Case Type
Saipan Rota Tinian Total
Adoption 36 0 0 36
Child Support 8 0 0 8
Annulment 2 0 0 2
Change of Name 13 0 1 14
Civil Commitment 2 0 0 2
Divorce 261 7 1 269
Emancipation 0 0 0 0
Family Protection Act 133 7 140
Guardianship 65 2 67
Paternity 45 0 3 48
Pet. To Correct Birth Certificate
0 0 0 0
URESA 21 0 0 21
Wardship 12 0 0 12
Juvenile 27 0 1 28
Total 625 9 13 647
E. Cases Under-Advisement and Published Opinions Below is a breakdown and status of cases under advisement for each judge. 2011 Published Opinion
Case Type PJ Naraja AJ Wiseman AJ Manglona AJ Govendo AJ Inos Civil 2 14 2 3 10 Criminal 2 6 0 1 1 Traffic 0 0 2 0 0 Small Claims 0 0 0 0 0 FCD 1 0 0 0 0 Total 5 20 4 4 11
UNDER ADVISEMENTS
Judge Ending 2010 Under Advisements
2011 Under Advisements
Disposed 2011
Pending 2011
Presiding Judge Naraja 15 16 27 4 AssociateJudge Wiseman 28 11 31 8 AssociateJudge Manglona 4 0 4 0 AssociateJudge Govendo 4 3 6 1 Associate Judge Inos 6 6 12 0 TOTAL 57 36 80 13
F. Jury Trials
There were 17 cases set for jury trial but only Eleven (11) cases were tried. Listed below is the breakdown.
2011 CRIMINAL CIVIL TRAFFIC TOTAL SAIPAN 10 0 0 10 TINIAN 1 0 0 1 ROTA 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 11 0 0 1
Pending and Disposition of Jury Trial cases.
Island Case Type Tried Dismissed Change of Plea Bench Trial
Settled Pending Total
Saipan Criminal 10 2 1 3 16 Tinian Criminal 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 11 0 2 0 1 3 17
G. Appointment of Counsel
The following table shows the number of court appointed counsel for indigent defendants for 2011 in Criminal, Traffic, Juvenile and Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) cases.
2011 CRIMINAL
TRAFFIC JUVENILE PATERNITY URESA WARDSHIP DIVORCE GUARDIAN ADLITEM
CIVIL COMMITMENT
SMALL CLAIMS
CIVIL TOTALTOTAL
JAN. 6 0 1 2 1 10 FEB. 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 11 MAR. 5 0 2 4 0 0 0 11 APR. 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 MAY 8 0 7 3 0 3 0 21 JUNE 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 JULY 11 0 0 2 0 2 8 23 AUG 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 SEPT 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 7 OCT 19 0 0 2 0 1 6 28 NOV. 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 DEC. 5 0 0 2 0 4 0 11 TOTAL 88 1 12 28 0 12 20 161
Below is the breakdown of cases on Court Appointed Counsel.
2011 Criminal
Cases Traffic Cases
Juvenile Cases
Family Court Cases
SMALL CLAIMS
CIVIL Total
Saipan 83 1 12 20 11 16 143
Tinian 5 0 0 6 1 2 14
Rota 0 0 0 2 0 2 4
Total 88 1 12 28 12 20 161 H. Payments of Professional Fees
YEAR APPT. COUNSEL INTERPRETER
TRANSLATOR JURY
DISIPLINARY
2011 $-0- $ 1,091.25 $5,730.00 $1,008.72
I. Appealed Cases As of December 31, 2011 there were 11 appeal cases awaiting certification. In year 2011 there were 22 cases filed on appeal. Attached are three separate reports regarding cases on appeal. The “Notice of Appeal” Control Register for 2011. 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 2011
Appeal Activity Jan Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cases Awaiting Certification (Beginning the Month)
11 12 13 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 22 23
Cases Appealed (During the Month) 2 0 1 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 3 1
Cases Certified (During the Month) 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1
Cases Dismissed (During the Month) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Cases Pending (During the Month) 12 13 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 22 23 22
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 16 pending transcript assignments at the end of 2011. 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 2011 Criminal Clearance
Traffic Clearance Traffic History Total
Saipan 15609 9850 659 26118
Tinian 658 403 16 1077
Rota 789 362 1 1152
Total 17056 10615 676 28347 K. Activity Report on Judge Pro Tempore For calendar year 2011 there are two (2) cases assigned to be heard by Judge Pro Tempore.
DATE CASE NUMBER CAPTION PRO TEM JUDGE
7/25/11 99-0004-FCD Timothy P. Villagomez vs. Alicia M. Fleming
Timothy H. Bellas
1/5/2011 10-0223-CV (A) George Litulumar Teregeyo vs. Saipan Cool Water & Ice, Inc. et.al.
Edward Manibusan
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.
