Table C-5.

U.S. District CourtsMedian Time Intervals From Filing to Disposition of Civil Cases
Terminated, by District and Method of Disposition,
During the 12-Month Period Ending September 30, 2012

Total Cases
No Court Action

Before Pretrial

Court Action
During or After Pretrial

Trial

Median
Median Median Median Median

Number
Time Interval
Number Time Interval Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval

Circuit and District
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months


TOTAL
214,439 7.8 43,715 4.9 143,742 7.6 24,178 12.6 2,804
23.5

DC
1,996
9.2
718
7.4
1,239
9.7
9
-
30
48.8

1ST
5,055
9.4
1,036 4.2
2,584 8.9
1,334
15.1
101
25.0
ME
419
8.2
111
5.8
285
9.4
14
15.0
9
MA
2,531
8.6
558
3.2
916
7.0
1,011
14.8
46
26.1
NH
520
9.7
103
3.7
211
7.9
189
15.1
17
20.7
RI
505
11.4
95
8.3
348
11.8
54
14.8
8
PR
1,080
10.8 169
7.5 824
10.6 66
19.8 21 26.3

2ND
18,644
8.5
3,849 4.8
10,945 8.3
3,537
11.9
313
30.1
CT
1,766
9.5 780
6.3 858
10.9 83
24.9 45 33.3
NY,N
1,092
11.2
285
4.6
486
10.3
287
18.3
34
28.3
NY,E
5,595
8.7
1,131
5.8
3,165
8.3
1,200
11.6
99
28.3
NY,S
8,550
7.8
1,298
4.0
5,203
7.0
1,932
11.0
117
29.1
NY,W
1,354
8.5 332
3.3 981
10.5 31
36.9 10 54.7
VT
287
9.7
23
4.9
252
9.9
4
-
8

3RD
37,903
4.3
2,486 4.0
31,479 2.6
3,605
11.5
333
25.1
DE
1,180
8.6 358
4.6 681
8.8 81
19.2 60 32.6
NJ
6,383
6.0
588
4.3
3,678
3.9
2,042
13.0
75
31.8
PA,E
26,734
1.5
655
3.3
24,640
1.5
1,322
9.2
117
18.7
PA,M
1,498
7.8 460
4.5 939
8.7 56
19.8 43 27.6
PA,W
1,858
6.6 286
3.4
1,523
7.3 25
24.7 24 31.3
VI
250
16.8 139
14.4 18
14.4 79
19.1 14 24.6

4TH
12,147
7.2
2,264 5.0
8,270 6.9
1,423
10.7
190
20.7
MD
3,108
6.6
398
5.8
2,062
5.1
604
14.1
44
26.0
NC,E
987
8.9
281
6.4
687
9.5
8
-
11
30.5
NC,M
541
8.9
353
8.0
161
10.7
23
14.2
4
NC,W
940
8.4 295
5.3 556
8.9 72
14.8 17 23.0
SC
2,474
8.3
224
2.7
2,079
8.8
135
10.8
36
27.3
VA,E
2,313
5.2
358
2.7
1,396
4.5
512
7.9
47
11.3
VA,W
669
8.5 162
5.6 460
8.9 31
13.1 16 13.7
WV,N
391
8.3
132
5.7
241
9.0
14
25.0
4
WV,S
724
9.9 61
1.7 628
10.5 24
16.6 11 19.0

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Table C-5. (September 30, 2012Continued)

Before Pretrial

Court Action
During or After Pretrial

Trial

Median
Median Median Median Median

Number
Time Interval
Number Time Interval Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval

Circuit and District
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months

5TH
19,430
9.0
5,033 5.5
12,307 9.3
1,752
13.8
338
19.8
LA,E
3,394
12.9
163
0.9
2,352
13.2
825
13.8
54
18.1
LA,M
604
11.4 257
9.1 316
12.0 18
22.3 13 35.5
LA,W
1,138
11.4 446
7.4 613
12.5 52
23.7 27 22.2
MS,N
655
10.5
189
7.0
282
9.3
162
13.7
22
20.4
MS,S
1,428
9.9 619
7.2 757
11.0 18
18.8 34 19.7
TX,N
3,130
7.1
635
5.4
2,446
7.5
9
-
40
19.2
TX,E
2,102
10.1 568
6.2
1,446
10.7 51
31.0 37 26.8
TX,S
4,708
7.6
1,388
4.2
2,732
8.3
520
11.7
68
19.9
TX,W
2,271
6.8 768
5.5
1,363
6.7 97
14.9 43 18.6

6TH
17,090
9.1
4,938 5.0
8,194 9.2
3,758
12.5
200
26.4
KY,E
1,335
7.9 214
5.3
1,087
7.9 24
25.9 10 25.1
KY,W
1,251
9.6
380
7.6
840
9.9
22
27.2
9
MI,E
4,138
8.1
903
3.1
1,437
5.6
1,753
13.2
45
24.8
MI,W
1,088
6.8
194
1.6
636
6.7
245
11.0
13
27.0
OH,N
3,542
10.3
973
4.8
1,664
13.7
871
10.0
34
24.6
OH,S
2,296
9.8
889
5.8
709
10.7
667
12.4
31
27.8
TN,E
1,197
10.6
495
4.2
535
12.7
148
15.7
19
27.5
TN,M
1,206
9.7
173
15.0
1,007
9.0
8
-
18
25.3
TN,W
1,037
10.6 717
8.3 279
12.0 20
22.8 21 27.4

7TH
14,942
7.6
4,229 5.5
8,212 6.9
2,277
12.6
224
27.7
IL,N
8,384
6.5
2,417
5.4
5,122
6.1
717
11.8
128
31.2
IL,C
695
9.6
279
7.2
395
9.9
8
-
13
36.7
IL,S
1,137
10.5
531
11.0
583
9.5
6
-
17
23.5
IN,N
1,288
10.5
383
3.2
383
9.0
503
15.5
19
26.4
IN,S
1,862
9.5
247
4.6
843
7.1
755
12.2
17
22.2
WI,E
975
6.9 170
3.3 769
7.6 23
19.3 13 30.9
WI,W
601
6.2
202
2.5
117
5.0
265
11.0
17
17.5

8TH
13,321
11.8
4,819 7.2
7,374 12.8
965
13.8
163
20.9
AR,E
3,750
45.3
1,231
46.6
2,479
43.9
8
-
32
17.3
AR,W
775
12.2
63
8.5
694
12.2
2
-
16
17.5
IA,N
382
10.8
91
11.8
281
10.5
2
-
8
IA,S
529
7.4
107
4.3
299
6.5
113
14.6
10
19.9
MN
2,826
5.8
1,239
2.8
763
5.0
800
13.5
24
24.6
MO,E
1,928
10.4
879
8.8
1,017
10.9
5
-
27
23.5
MO,W
2,186
7.1
1,058
3.3
1,096
10.2 14
20.0 18 18.5
NE
535
7.7 34
2.9 469
7.7 15
19.6 17 19.5
ND
145
9.3
8
-
133
9.3
1
-
3
SD
265
11.0
109
9.6
143
12.2
5
-
8
-

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Table C-5. (September 30, 2012Continued)

Before Pretrial

Court Action
During or After Pretrial

Trial

Median
Median Median Median Median

Number
Time Interval
Number Time Interval Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval
Number
Time Interval

Circuit and District
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months
of Cases
in Months

9TH
34,519
6.7
9,749 4.7
21,784 6.8
2,544
13.6
442
23.2
AK
245
7.4
71
4.4
170
9.4
1
-
3
AZ
2,643
7.0 86
2.2
2,506
7.1 30
26.0 21 31.5
CA,N
5,014
6.4
922
3.5
2,650
4.8
1,381
12.9
61
29.0
CA,E
3,117
7.4
1,118
5.2
1,924
8.8 48
20.4 27 28.6
CA,C
11,898
5.2
4,320
4.9
7,316
5.2
133
17.2
129
18.6
CA,S
2,216
6.5
293
3.4
1,289
5.1
599
12.5
35
26.9
HI
702
9.3 369
7.4 257
9.0 58
23.2 18 16.4
ID
489
11.0 51
2.0 347
10.9 75
15.1 16 29.3
MT
362
9.3
125
5.0
132
8.8
98
13.9
7
NV
2,237
8.9 281
5.8
1,847
9.2 94
8.9 15 36.9
OR
1,914
10.8 771
7.3
1,077
11.9 14
20.1 52 23.0
WA,E
698
9.9
318
4.9
366
13.1
1
-
13
26.4
WA,W
2,937
6.2
998
3.4
1,887
7.6
9
-
43
20.0
GUAM
25 12.7
8 -
14 13.7
3
-
0
NMI
22
17.1
18
13.9
2
-
0
-
2

10TH
8,795
8.0
2,179 4.7
5,259 7.9
1,205
12.6
152
21.9
CO
2,683
5.5
695
3.0
1,802
5.9
133
18.2
53
23.2
KS
1,254
7.8 369
4.9 768
8.1 97
18.1 20 23.5
NM
961
8.5
274
6.3
356
8.1
314
10.9
17
17.2
OK,N
721
11.8
53
5.0
644
12.1
17
18.0
7
OK,E
373
12.4
292
13.2
68
8.6
10
14.2
3
OK,W
1,233
8.3
325
3.6
482
7.9
404
10.8
22
17.2
UT
1,284
9.9
152
5.2
1,006
9.9
107
18.0
19
39.5
WY
286
8.0
19
3.5
133
6.0
123
10.3
11
13.1

11TH
30,597
9.2
2,415 3.7
26,095 9.5
1,769
12.3
318
18.8
AL,N
2,724
7.4 180
6.4
2,496
7.3 17
21.8 31 20.8
AL,M
670
9.6 60
4.7 568
9.1 30
18.5 12 18.0
AL,S
612
7.8
101
4.6
499
7.9
3
-
9
FL,N
1,169
7.6
31
2.4
1,102
7.5
16
10.3
20
14.6
FL,M
12,884
38.4
360
5.3
12,327
49.2
117
17.7
80
21.5
FL,S
6,683
5.0
628
3.5
5,812
5.0
132
10.5
111
15.6
GA,N
4,489
5.8
555
2.3
2,470
3.9
1,432
11.5
32
27.8
GA,M
775
8.3
293
6.6
458
9.7
8
-
16
22.7
GA,S
591
8.1
207
5.0
363
9.6
14
21.5
7
NOTE: Median time intervals are not computed when fewer than 10 cases reported. This table excludes land condemnations, prisoner petitions, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments, and enforcement of judgments.
Includes cases filed in previous years as consolidated cases that thereafter were severed into individual cases. For fiscal years prior to 2001, this table included data on recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments.

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