Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, E.D. New York

1,098

Cases

55.6%

Ended before merits

610 of 1,098 cases

93%

Plaintiff win

of 488 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+6.6 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 6.6 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win41.3%
Dismissed41.2%
Settled11.3%
Defendant win2.2%
Other1.5%
Remanded0.8%
Transferred0.7%
Decided — other0.7%
Mixed0.2%

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.