Recovery of overpayments of vet benefits
Federal civil · Contract · 46,450 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
46,450
Cases filed
52.3%
Ended before a merits judgment
24,306 of 46,450 cases
96.4%
Plaintiff win
of 22,144 merits judgments
0.7%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Dismissed47.9%
- Plaintiff win46%
- Settled2.9%
- Remanded1.2%
- Decided — other1.1%
- Defendant win0.3%
- Mixed0.2%
- Other0.2%
- Transferred0.1%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, C.D. California11,287 cases · 4,241 decided92.2%
- District Court, N.D. California4,187 cases · 1,363 decided99.5%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois1,855 cases · 911 decided100%
- District Court, S.D. Texas1,660 cases · 638 decided97.2%
- District Court, W.D. Texas1,371 cases · 656 decided99.5%
- District Court, W.D. Washington1,231 cases · 594 decided100%
- District Court, N.D. Texas1,171 cases · 654 decided99.2%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan1,166 cases · 623 decided97.1%
- District Court, M.D. Florida1,122 cases · 636 decided99.5%
- District Court, D. Arizona1,097 cases · 566 decided98.2%
- District Court, S.D. Ohio823 cases · 553 decided97.1%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio815 cases · 557 decided97.1%
- District Court, S.D. Indiana800 cases · 572 decided94.4%
- District Court, D. South Carolina692 cases · 365 decided99.7%
- District Court, E.D. North Carolina593 cases · 408 decided97.3%
- District Court, D. Minnesota587 cases · 321 decided98.4%
- District Court, D. Maryland566 cases · 289 decided95.2%
- District Court, W.D. North Carolina554 cases · 365 decided97.5%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts553 cases · 309 decided90.6%
- District Court, M.D. North Carolina529 cases · 362 decided97.5%
- District Court, D. Oregon520 cases · 249 decided98.8%
- District Court, S.D. Florida471 cases · 242 decided93%
- District Court, W.D. Missouri465 cases · 271 decided98.5%
- District Court, E.D. Missouri441 cases · 252 decided92.9%
- District Court, D. New Mexico436 cases · 243 decided93.4%
- District Court, N.D. Florida419 cases · 255 decided96.9%
- District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania406 cases · 294 decided100%
- District Court, W.D. Oklahoma405 cases · 269 decided99.3%
- District Court, E.D. Texas393 cases · 163 decided92%
- District Court, N.D. Alabama388 cases · 197 decided93.9%
Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.