Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Colorado

643

Cases

70.1%

Ended before merits

451 of 643 cases

81.3%

Plaintiff win

of 192 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-5.1 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 5.1 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Settled34.5%
Dismissed28.5%
Plaintiff win24.3%
Remanded5.1%
Defendant win4.5%
Transferred1.9%
Mixed0.9%
Other0.2%
Decided — other0.2%

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.