Real property (federal) duration statistics, by court
Real property (federal) — federal real-property suits — take a median of 173 days from filing to resolution, based on 68,192 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 52 days and 2.6 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 68,192 cases · median 173 days
How real property lawsuit cases end
Of 79,572 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Real property (federal) duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most real property lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Cal. | 8,150 | 13d | 266d |
| N.D. Ga. | 6,128 | 34d | 273d |
| S.D. Tex. | 4,290 | 196d | 1.7 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 2,492 | 180d | 1.5 yr |
| W.D. Tex. | 2,240 | 147d | 1.5 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 1,978 | 1.1 yr | 5.0 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 1,746 | 127d | 1.6 yr |
| S.D.N.Y. | 1,548 | 291d | 2.9 yr |
| D. Mass. | 1,389 | 258d | 2.8 yr |
| E.D. Cal. | 1,369 | 113d | 2.2 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 1,257 | 155d | 1.7 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 1,240 | 77d | 1.2 yr |
| E.D. Tex. | 1,076 | 237d | 1.9 yr |
| D.N.J. | 1,069 | 278d | 4.1 yr |
| D. Md. | 1,043 | 183d | 1.7 yr |
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Tertius, "Real property (federal): 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/real-property-litigation
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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.