The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade

By Bob Tata (April 30, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT) -- The annual statistics from the United States Courts Judicial Business report have been released. The Eastern District of Virginia "rocket docket" is the fastest in the country for the 10th straight year with a median time of 12.3 months from case filing to trial for the period ending Sept. 30, 2017.[1] So this year's "gold," "silver" and "bronze" medals for civil speed and efficiency for getting a federal civil case from filing to trial go to the Eastern District of Virginia (12.3 months), the Southern District of Florida (14.3 months), and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (14.7 months). The slowest federal courts to trial last year were the District of D.C. (40.1 months), the Central District of Illinois (41.9 months), and, bringing up the rear, the Northern District of Indiana (44.2). ...

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