Judge Reggie B. Walton

Judge, D.D.C.

Republican Court: DCD Born: 1949-02-08

1,181

Cases in Database

13%

Settlement Rate

28%

Dismissal Rate

18%

Trial Rate

107,640

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
West Virginia State University	B.A.
American University	J.D.

Court	Position	Start	End
D.D.C.	Judge	2001	Active
D.C. Circuit	Judge	1991	2001

How 107,640 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

13%

Settled

28%

Dismissed

18%

Went to Trial

$244,728

Avg Award

$10,000

Median Award

9,214

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Other Statutory Actions	11,963	9%	29%	22%	1%	$572,458
Employment	9,302	22%	23%	27%	0%	$324,615
Other Civil Rights	9,224	9%	52%	16%	0%	$451,061
Civil Rights	8,479	3%	55%	21%	0%	$266,615
Freedom of Information Act	6,741	17%	19%	26%	0%	$1,091,909
Other Contract	5,759	24%	23%	17%	5%	$384,044
General	4,369	1%	60%	9%	0%	—
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	4,038	14%	14%	16%	26%	$231,594
Other Personal Injury	3,956	26%	29%	16%	1%	$519,770
Recovery of Student Loans	3,775	4%	8%	14%	56%	$96,677
Motor Vehicle	2,878	51%	18%	12%	0%	$289,277
Personal Injury - Product Liability	1,767	16%	15%	5%	0%	$183,538
Motions to Vacate Sentence	1,608	0%	43%	21%	0%	—
Code 465	1,512	2%	9%	2%	0%	—
Health Care/Pharmaceutical	1,344	0%	0%	0%	0%	—
Environmental Matters	1,318	17%	19%	30%	0%	$380,100
Medicare Act	1,147	9%	17%	14%	0%	$200,500
Securities/Commodities/Exchange	1,082	11%	11%	51%	4%	$453,451
Administrative Procedure Act/Review of Agency Decision	1,067	4%	20%	12%	0%	—
Antitrust	1,017	8%	12%	26%	0%	$859,000

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	7,303	28.5%	31.2%	2.1%	33.4%	42d
Divorce/Family	4,787	52.3%	22.1%	4.8%	14.5%	310d
Contract	3,753	38.6%	24.1%	2.9%	28.7%	275d
Personal Injury	1,584	67.8%	18.4%	3.1%	5.2%	385d
Consumer Protection	852	34.2%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	195d
Workers' Comp	628	71.2%	12.4%	6.8%	3.2%	445d
Employment	497	64.2%	21.3%	4.5%	4.8%	420d
Wrongful Death	77	72.5%	14.8%	5.2%	3.1%	520d

Source: District of Columbia Administrative Office of the Courts

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