3 months? Small claims? Federal civil court averages 33.7 months from filing to trial. Needless to say, it can be a lot busier than that in slower districts.

3 months? Small claims? Federal civil court averages 33.7 months from filing to trial. Needless to say, it can be a lot busier than that in slower districts. (~43 months in the 2nd District!) And then there are appeals, etc... Best case, we were looking at 40 months from filing to trial in the 9th District, which is statistically nominal, but the whole process would probably have taken far longer. Current statistical table: https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/data-tables/2024/12/31/statistical-tables-federal-judiciary/t-3 https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/data-tables/2024/12/31/st... I've never heard of a single 21st century US (Federal) civil case that went to trial in less than a year, to say nothing of three months. I can point to a mountain of cases that have been dragging for many years.