How long does a federal statutory lawsuit take?
Other federal statutory — other federal statutory suits — take a median of 227 days from filing to resolution, based on 121,321 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 89 days and 3.1 years — here's the full picture.
Filing to termination · 121,321 cases · median 227 days
How federal statutory lawsuit cases end
Of 95,493 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Other federal statutory duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most federal statutory lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.D.N.Y. | 10,210 | 188d | 3.3 yr |
| C.D. Cal. | 8,417 | 180d | 2.1 yr |
| D.N.J. | 7,405 | 116d | 1.7 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 4,513 | 247d | 3.4 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 4,032 | 131d | 1.4 yr |
| E.D. La. | 3,951 | 26d | 1.4 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 3,423 | 221d | 2.4 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 3,356 | 198d | 2.9 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 3,230 | 238d | 3.8 yr |
| S.D. Tex. | 3,048 | 258d | 3.2 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 2,717 | 189d | 2.2 yr |
| W.D. Tex. | 2,218 | 245d | 2.9 yr |
| D. Md. | 2,204 | 230d | 2.6 yr |
| D. Mass. | 2,122 | 281d | 3.1 yr |
| N.D. Ga. | 2,072 | 232d | 2.8 yr |
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Other case types
Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-3. 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.