Justice Department statistics show that whereas in a typical circuit. 5.9 percent of all cases filed are administrative appeals. which are generally far more time consuming than other appeals. and 26.7 percent arc prisoner petitions which tend to be disposed of far more quickly than other appeals. While that is true in other circuit courts. 45.3 percent of the cases filed in the D.C. circuit over the past 3 years have been complex administrative appeals and only 7 percent easily disposed of prisoner petitions. Moreover. most of the administrative appeals heard in the D.C. circuit involved the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. the Federal Communications Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency and are much more complex and time consuming than even the Immigration and labor appeals. which comprise most of the administrative agency cases filed in other circuits. In short. simply comparing the number of cases filed in the D.C. circuit to the number filed in other circuits. and even compaxing the number of agency appeals. Is not a reliable indicator of the courts comparative workloads.
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