Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, N.D. California

408

Cases

72.8%

Ended before merits

297 of 408 cases

63.1%

Plaintiff win

of 111 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-23.3 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 23.3 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed46.3%
Settled18.9%
Plaintiff win17.2%
Defendant win7.1%
Remanded3.2%
Transferred2.9%
Mixed2.7%
Other1.5%
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.