Other federal statutory duration statistics, by court
Other federal statutory — other federal statutory suits — take a median of 202 days from filing to resolution, based on 169,814 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 85 days and 2.7 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 169,814 cases · median 202 days
How federal statutory lawsuit cases end
Of 160,521 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% |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Cal. | 12,769 | 140d | 1.6 yr |
| D.N.J. | 8,564 | 123d | 1.6 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 7,927 | 146d | 3.0 yr |
| S.D.N.Y. | 7,472 | 239d | 3.3 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 7,220 | 119d | 1.2 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 6,641 | 171d | 1.5 yr |
| E.D. La. | 5,268 | 63d | 3.1 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 4,965 | 260d | 3.0 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 4,957 | 197d | 2.4 yr |
| E.D. Mich. | 3,928 | 191d | 2.0 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 3,479 | 195d | 2.1 yr |
| S.D. Cal. | 3,256 | 185d | 1.9 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 3,132 | 161d | 1.7 yr |
| D. Md. | 3,128 | 218d | 2.1 yr |
| E.D. Va. | 2,727 | 158d | 1.4 yr |
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Tertius, "Other federal statutory: 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/federal-statutory
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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.