Table of Contents
Published On: July 18, 20230.8 min readViews: 76

About

The Time to Trial page provides data about the time to trial before a selected U.S. District Court or judge. View a court or judge’s Average, Median, Maximum, and Minimum months to trial compared to their respective national statistics, visualize the time to trial data in various chart forms, and address common questions such as:

  • How long should my client expect for their case to get to trial?
  • Is this judge faster or slower than other judges to hear cases?
  • How many cases in this district took between 18 and 24 months from filing to trial?
  • Will it change my estimated time to trial if I opt for a bench trial?
  • Does case size affect time to trial? If so, can I alter my accusations to expedite the case?

Available Filters

Judges/Courts Selection

Toggle between searchable lists of Judges and Courts, and select specific judges or courts to compare their results.

Case Filing Date

By default, results include all data from January 1, 2008 to present. Input a new date range to limit the dates.

Dates to Exclude

Exclude a date range to account for events that may temporarily alter trial schedules, such as a natural disaster or a pandemic.

Trial Type

Include results of factual and legal conclusions issued by a judge, jury verdicts, or both.

Case Size

Include cases with certain numbers of accusations. Small cases have four or fewer, Medium cases have five to nine, and Large cases have ten or more accusations.

Exclusion Options

Choose whether to include outliers and cases with transfers, stays, or consolidation in the results.

Location

Search Page > Analytics Toolkit > Timing Analysis > Time to Trial

Analytics Toolkit Features

We’ve been hard at work on a full spectrum rebuild of our analytics toolkit to give our users faster, more focused data visualizations and easy access to the data behind the charts. Here are a few of the features that come with the upgraded analytics toolkit.

One Click Results

Click on slices of charts, buttons, and names throughout the dashboards to quickly access underlying data and detailed profile binders.

Faster Load Times

Slow load times are a thing of the past. Our development team upgraded the analytics toolkit to provide our users with a faster, more seamless research experience.

Better Filter Interactions

We’ve upgraded some of the filters in our analytics toolkit to provide a more consistent experience across the platform.

Improved Accessibility Features

The new toolkit provides WAI standard features to help all of our research tools be more accessible to more people.

Transparent Descriptions

Dashboards now have more information icons or data source description buttons to help you understand the information in a chart.  Go even further by clicking on links in descriptions to visit the glossary.

For a thorough explanation of Docket Navigator coverage, please visit the scope of data page.