Foreclosure
Federal civil · Real Property · 168,632 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
168,632
Cases filed
47.5%
Ended before a merits judgment
80,047 of 168,632 cases
87.6%
Plaintiff win
of 88,585 merits judgments
9%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Plaintiff win46%
- Dismissed32.4%
- Settled8.4%
- Remanded4.8%
- Defendant win4.7%
- Decided — other1.5%
- Transferred1%
- Other0.9%
- Mixed0.4%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, N.D. Illinois30,464 cases · 17,559 decided99.2%
- District Court, D. South Carolina10,785 cases · 6,454 decided97%
- District Court, D. Puerto Rico10,522 cases · 6,549 decided96.8%
- District Court, C.D. California6,966 cases · 610 decided6.6%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia4,666 cases · 1,781 decided6.6%
- District Court, W.D. Oklahoma4,165 cases · 3,235 decided94.9%
- District Court, E.D. Kentucky4,091 cases · 3,181 decided93.9%
- District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania3,598 cases · 2,596 decided83.1%
- District Court, E.D. Arkansas3,410 cases · 2,736 decided97.5%
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana3,305 cases · 2,724 decided98.1%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio3,072 cases · 1,960 decided82.2%
- District Court, S.D. Indiana3,007 cases · 1,555 decided88.9%
- District Court, N.D. Indiana2,987 cases · 2,174 decided96.6%
- District Court, W.D. Kentucky2,695 cases · 2,023 decided93.5%
- District Court, S.D. Texas2,590 cases · 454 decided15%
- District Court, D. Kansas2,428 cases · 1,787 decided94.1%
- District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania2,404 cases · 1,992 decided98.8%
- District Court, N.D. California2,275 cases · 431 decided4.6%
- District Court, E.D. New York2,248 cases · 523 decided87.4%
- District Court, W.D. Arkansas2,121 cases · 1,665 decided97.1%
- District Court, M.D. Florida2,094 cases · 924 decided97.2%
- District Court, S.D. Ohio2,048 cases · 941 decided91.7%
- District Court, N.D. Texas2,031 cases · 427 decided17.6%
- District Court, D. Nevada2,031 cases · 642 decided14.8%
- District Court, C.D. Illinois1,959 cases · 1,277 decided93.7%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania1,929 cases · 1,103 decided97.9%
- District Court, N.D. Florida1,898 cases · 1,285 decided95.5%
- District Court, N.D. Oklahoma1,722 cases · 1,196 decided90.8%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan1,686 cases · 557 decided10.8%
- District Court, S.D. Florida1,684 cases · 454 decided90.3%
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.