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U.S. District Court, District of Maine: court analysis

1,558 linked cases · High confidence · Computed Oct 7, 2026

Speed vs peers
Medium
trial general
Median days to close
251
546 closed cases
Cases in the index
1,558
811 with no closing date
Judges with cases
14

How fast cases close here

Compared with courts at the same level. Fast is the quickest third of those courts, slow the slowest third.

Medium

Median 251 days from filing to closing (n=546) vs 274 days median across 94 federal trial general courts; fast is the quickest third (≤248 days), slow the slowest third (>301 days).

Official figure: U.S. Courts Federal Court Management Statistics report a median of 6.4 months from filing to disposition for civil cases and 11.6 months for felony defendants (12 months ending June 30, 2026). Source PDF

Median
251 days
Half of cases closed sooner
Faster quarter
77 days or less
Slower quarter
more than 521 days

Based on 546 closed cases · High confidence

Caseload

Linked cases by filing year and type. A count is not an outcome.

2000–2005: 1 cases in total.

TypeCases
Civilcv760
Criminalcr294
Not classified231
Magistrate judge mattermj137
Miscellaneousmc134
Petty offensepo2

How civil cases ended

Only results stated in a source document count.

Plaintiff win rate
50%
130 judgments for one side
Dismissal rate
21%
156 dismissed of 734 with a stated result

Jury or judge decided

Share of trials before a jury
Insufficient data
28 trials
Jury demanded on the docket
46%
221 of 483 dockets with the flag. A demand is not a trial.

Criminal cases

Resolved by guilty plea
88%
251 criminal outcomes
Convicted at trial
Insufficient data
15 trials

Judges with the most cases here

JudgeCases
Lance E. WalkerU.S. District Court, District of Maine261
John A. WOODCOCK, JRU.S. District Court, District of Maine232
Stacey D. NeumannU.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts224

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Law firms most active here

An appearance is not an endorsement.

No attorney appearances with a firm are linked to this court yet.

How these figures are calculated

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Computed nightly from the cases linked to this court in the JudgeFinder record and sourced case outcomes.

Every figure carries its sample size. Confidence tiers: insufficient (fewer than 30), low (30–99), medium (100–499), high (500 or more). Below the minimum a rate is not shown and the page says "Insufficient data".

Speed compares this court's median days from filing to closing with other courts at the same level (for example, federal district courts with each other). Courts are split into thirds: fast is the quickest third, slow the slowest third. A label needs 30+ closed cases here and 3+ comparable courts. Federal district courts also cite the official median from the U.S. Courts Federal Court Management Statistics.

Caseload counts linked docket entries by filing year and type; open means no closing date is recorded.

Outcome rates follow the same definitions as judge analysis pages.