False Claims Act duration statistics, by court
False Claims Act — FCA and qui tam suits in federal court — take a median of 1.9 years from filing to resolution, based on 12,050 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 266 days and 6.6 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 12,050 cases · median 700 days
How False Claims Act lawsuit cases end
Of 6,547 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
False Claims Act duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most False Claims Act lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Cal. | 623 | 2.0 yr | 6.1 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 592 | 2.2 yr | 7.9 yr |
| S.D.N.Y. | 463 | 3.5 yr | 9.6 yr |
| D.N.J. | 417 | 1.9 yr | 5.3 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 379 | 1.4 yr | 4.4 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 368 | 2.7 yr | 8.2 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 330 | 2.0 yr | 6.0 yr |
| N.D. Ga. | 330 | 2.7 yr | 7.8 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 302 | 321d | 5.1 yr |
| D. Mass. | 296 | 2.7 yr | 6.8 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 272 | 1.6 yr | 7.4 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 261 | 3.8 yr | 10.0 yr |
| D. Md. | 255 | 2.2 yr | 7.8 yr |
| E.D. Va. | 235 | 1.2 yr | 3.9 yr |
| S.D. Tex. | 231 | 2.4 yr | 6.8 yr |
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Tertius, "False Claims Act: how long federal cases take, and how they end" (2026). Analysis of Federal Judicial Center Integrated Data Base records, 9.1M U.S. federal civil cases. https://usetertius.com/benchmarks/false-claims-act
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Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-6. Durations are filing to termination for U.S. federal civil cases. This is observed historical data, not a prediction of any specific case, and not legal advice. Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, never merits or damages.