Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Hawaii

481

Cases

29.7%

Ended before merits

143 of 481 cases

94.7%

Plaintiff win

of 338 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+8.3 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 8.3 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win66.5%
Dismissed22.9%
Settled6.2%
Defendant win2.5%
Decided — other1.2%
Remanded0.4%
Transferred0.2%

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.