How long does a immigration lawsuit take?
Immigration litigation — immigration-related federal suits — take a median of 86 days from filing to resolution, based on 102,310 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 47 days and 314 days — here's the full picture.
Filing to termination · 102,310 cases · median 86 days
How immigration lawsuit cases end
Of 27,576 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Immigration litigation duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most immigration lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.D.N.Y. | 10,633 | 64d | 215d |
| C.D. Cal. | 9,924 | 107d | 1.1 yr |
| S.D. Tex. | 4,163 | 124d | 1.5 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 4,061 | 138d | 359d |
| W.D. Tex. | 4,053 | 62d | 321d |
| N.D. Ill. | 3,725 | 91d | 241d |
| D.N.J. | 3,646 | 93d | 312d |
| S.D.N.Y. | 3,589 | 79d | 276d |
| E.D. Cal. | 3,568 | 107d | 342d |
| E.D. Va. | 3,032 | 95d | 256d |
| D. Mass. | 2,717 | 69d | 282d |
| S.D. Fla. | 2,593 | 70d | 288d |
| D. Minn. | 2,570 | 56d | 248d |
| W.D. Wash. | 2,540 | 95d | 277d |
| D. Md. | 2,475 | 107d | 287d |
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Other case types
Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-3. Durations are filing to termination for U.S. federal civil cases. This is observed historical data, not a prediction of any specific case, and not legal advice. Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, never merits or damages.