Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Arizona

426

Cases

63.6%

Ended before merits

271 of 426 cases

69%

Plaintiff win

of 155 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-17.4 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 17.4 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed36.6%
Plaintiff win25.1%
Settled21.4%
Defendant win10.8%
Remanded3.5%
Transferred1.6%
Other0.5%
Mixed0.5%

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.