Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, N.D. Georgia

600

Cases

57%

Ended before merits

342 of 600 cases

82.9%

Plaintiff win

of 258 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-3.5 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 3.5 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win35.7%
Dismissed30.7%
Settled22.8%
Defendant win6.7%
Other2%
Transferred1%
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.