Other torts (federal) duration statistics, by court
Other torts (federal) — fraud and other federal tort suits — take a median of 180 days from filing to resolution, based on 191,334 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 91 days and 1.7 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 191,334 cases · median 180 days
How tort lawsuit cases end
Of 156,552 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Other torts (federal) duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most tort lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Cal. | 14,058 | 153d | 1.5 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 11,055 | 179d | 1.8 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 10,793 | 152d | 1.6 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 9,821 | 139d | 1.2 yr |
| N.D. Ga. | 9,168 | 152d | 1.2 yr |
| D.N.J. | 8,390 | 209d | 2.0 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 7,578 | 118d | 1.1 yr |
| S.D.N.Y. | 6,251 | 195d | 2.5 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 5,638 | 236d | 3.1 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 5,289 | 167d | 1.6 yr |
| D. Minn. | 4,962 | 169d | 1.5 yr |
| S.D. Tex. | 4,455 | 199d | 1.7 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 4,096 | 183d | 1.4 yr |
| W.D. Tex. | 3,748 | 195d | 1.6 yr |
| E.D. Mich. | 3,557 | 191d | 1.6 yr |
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Other case types
Tertius, "Other torts (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/tort-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.