Anon, to get the most out of what's happening here, you need to learn to use search engines to answer questions. Search "Y head" and you'll pull up a vast amount of info. (As much as we hate all things Goog, that actually can be the best SE to use. Just check run your search in a couple of SEs to see what works best.)
>ONLY AROUND A 1,000 ARE NORMAL PER YEAR( nationwide)
Sealed Cases in Federal Courts
Federal Judicial Center
October 23, 2009
http://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/sealed-cases.pdf
[Note: the report is based on 2006 statistics, in order to assure stability/reliability of case group analyzed. This is the only statistical report on this topic we could find publicly available.]
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Sealed Criminal Cases
We found 1,077 sealed criminal cases among 66,458 criminal cases filed in 2006 (1.6%). Among
the sealed cases are 241 grand jury matters and warrant-type applications, which most districts
would have given magistrate judge or miscellaneous case numbers instead of criminal case numbers.
There were 13 districts with no sealed 2006 criminal cases; 10 of these districts are small,
with fewer than six authorized judgeships; four of the districts without sealed civil cases also had
no sealed criminal cases. The median percentage of sealed cases among 2006 criminal cases was
0.96% for the 94 district courts.6
The three principal reasons for sealing a criminal case, accounting for 65% of the sealed
criminal cases in this research, are (1) sealing the indictment so as to not tip off the defendant until
the defendant’s apprehension, (2) protecting the identity of a juvenile defendant, and (3) keeping
secret details of a cooperating defendant’s prosecution. Another 21% of the sealed criminal
cases we observed are warrant-type cases that many districts would have given magistrate judge
or miscellaneous case numbers instead of criminal case numbers.
Anon, you don't understand how Pacer works. Each district has to be searched independently. Can't just post a screenshot with an arrow pointing to "sealed indictments."
Why don't you sign up for a Pacer account and take a look for yourself? There's no cost unless you print out docs.
https://www.pacer.gov/reg_pacer.html
Lots of valuable stuff in there, including data and exhibits from Brazil's Antarctica Station.