Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, E.D. Virginia

818

Cases

67.5%

Ended before merits

552 of 818 cases

92.5%

Plaintiff win

of 266 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+6.1 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 6.1 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed44.7%
Plaintiff win30.1%
Settled20.2%
Defendant win1.7%
Transferred1.2%
Other0.9%
Remanded0.5%
Mixed0.5%
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.