{"id":63,"date":"2018-11-27T15:41:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T19:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2018-12-27T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T18:31:36","slug":"rate-of-case-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/rate-of-case-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Forrest\u00a0Hangen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Case-Outcomes.png\" alt=\"\nThis chart displays the various case outcomes for the 2017 dataset from largest to smallest: Warrant and Judgment, Warrant Only, Withdrawn, Dismissed, and Judgement only.\" class=\"wp-image-343\" width=\"832\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Case-Outcomes.png 832w, https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Case-Outcomes-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Case-Outcomes-768x534.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><figcaption>This chart displays the rates of the various case outcomes for the 2017 dataset. One square represents one case in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Eviction Warrants Are the Norm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">The vast majority of cases culminated in an eviction warrant to be issued (over 70%). Counting all cases heard in front of a judge (excluding cases that were withdrawn) almost all these cases (88.8% of cases) culminated in an eviction warrant to be issued and over half of all theses cases (58.5%) received a judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dismissals Are Rare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">Less than 10% of cases are dismissed by a judge (8.9% \u00b1 2.1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adjournments Are Also Rare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">Only 6.7% (\u00b1 1.8%) of cases were adjourned to a later date, meaning that the vast majority of cases&nbsp;are decided by a judge on the same day those cases are called to court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Eviction Warrant &#8220;Stayed To&#8221; Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">In most cases where an eviction warrant is issued (75.2&nbsp;\u00b1 4.4%), the judge delays the enforcement of the eviction warrant for some number of days.&nbsp;In these cases, a stayed warrant won\u2019t be enforced if the tenant pays back rent owed before the stayed-to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Immediate vs. Stayed Eviction Warrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-Outcomes.png\" alt=\"\nThis chart shows that most eviction warrants are stayed to a later date, meaning the tenant is given more time before the actual eviction warrant was issued.\" class=\"wp-image-341\" width=\"835\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-Outcomes.png 835w, https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-Outcomes-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-Outcomes-768x219.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><figcaption>This chart displays the proportions of cases that either received an immediate warrant or a stayed warrant (meaning the tenant was given time before the actual eviction warrant was issued). One square represents one case in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stayed Eviction Warrants Are The Norm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">Only about a quarter (25.1%&nbsp;\u00b1 4.4%) of warrants issued were immediate warrants (meaning the warrant was issued the same day the court decision was made).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two Weeks or Less&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">The median stated to date is 15 days, meaning that half of tenants were given about 2 weeks or less before an eviction warrant would be issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Distribution of Warrant Stayed to Dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-date-diff.png\" alt=\"This histogram displays the frequencies of the eviction warrant stayed to dates and demonstrates that over half of tenants are given about two weeks or less to move out.\" class=\"wp-image-370\" width=\"810\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-date-diff.png 600w, https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Warrant-date-diff-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption>This histogram display the frequencies of the eviction warrant stayed to dates. A small number (22) of cases with stayed to dates well above 100 were omitted from the chart for ease of interpretation. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Judgment Amounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left\">In cases where a tenant owes money to the landlord (e.g., for unpaid rent, damages, etc.), a judgement may be issued with an eviction warrant. These amounts can vary widely, with the lowest amount in the data at $54, the highest at $6,300, and an average amount of around $1,556.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">Distribution of Judgement Amounts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Judgment-Dist.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" width=\"718\" height=\"376\"\/><figcaption><br>This histogram displays the frequencies of the judgement amounts in U.S. dollars.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the rates of evictions, judgments, withdrawals and dismissals within the 2017 cases.<\/p>\n<a class=\"moretag noptoppad\" href=\"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/rate-of-case-outcomes\/\">Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuvjordan.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/rocltcourt2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}