Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Nevada

1,171

Cases

44%

Ended before merits

515 of 1,171 cases

94.1%

Plaintiff win

of 656 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+7.7 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 7.7 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win52.7%
Dismissed34.5%
Settled7%
Defendant win2.3%
Transferred1%
Remanded0.8%
Other0.7%
Decided — 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.