def METHOD_NAME(interval):
    # sleep some time
    time.sleep(interval)
    procs = []
    procs_status = {}
    for p in psutil.process_iter():
        try:
            p.dict = p.as_dict(['username', 'nice', 'memory_info',
                                'memory_percent', 'cpu_percent',
                                'cpu_times', 'name', 'status'])
            try:
                procs_status[p.dict['status']] += 1
            except KeyError:
                procs_status[p.dict['status']] = 1
        except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
            pass
        else:
            procs.append(p)
    # return processes sorted by CPU percent usage
    processes = sorted(procs, key=lambda p: p.dict['cpu_percent'],
                       reverse=True)
    return (processes, procs_status)