Housing Court Department
Fiscal Year 2008 Statistics
Additional Departmental Statistics
Percent
of Self-Represented Litigants in Cases Disposed in FY 08
CASE
TYPE |
BOSTON |
NORTHEAST |
SOUTHEAST |
WESTERN |
WORCESTER |
STATEWIDE
AVERAGE |
| Criminal |
41% |
89% |
96% |
79% |
61% |
|
| Civil |
65% |
52% |
82% |
65% |
66% |
|
| Probable Cause |
31% |
99% |
99% |
84% |
100% |
|
| Small Claims |
96% |
89% |
92% |
94% |
95% |
|
| Summary Process |
59% |
69% |
70% |
72% |
71% |
|
| Supplementary
Process |
85% |
- |
85% |
76% |
- |
|
| Search Warrants
/ Utility Warrants |
98% |
- |
- |
99% |
- |
|
| Tickets |
99% |
98% |
97% |
73% |
99% |
|
| Divison Average |
72% |
73% |
77% |
81% |
74% |
75%3 |
|
| 3 |
For all Housing Court cases
disposed in FY 08, there were 102,366 litigants, of which
77,418 (75%) were self-represented. Source: MassCourts
Report run on July 3, 2008.
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