Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, C.D. California

931

Cases

82%

Ended before merits

763 of 931 cases

79.2%

Plaintiff win

of 168 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-7.2 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 7.2 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed58%
Settled17.2%
Plaintiff win14.3%
Remanded4%
Defendant win2.6%
Transferred2%
Other0.8%
Mixed0.8%
Decided — other0.4%

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.