ADA lawsuits by federal district court
Where are ADA lawsuits actually filed? This page ranks every US federal district court by the number of non-employment ADA cases it received, counted docket by docket from public court records rather than estimated. Every count links to the search that reproduces it.
Last refreshed 2026-10-02. No parties are named here; this page reports filing volume only.
Every district, June 2026
All 208 filings of June 2026, the most recent month with substantially complete records, by the district they were filed in. Districts with no filing that month are left out.
| Rank | District | Filings | Share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.D. Florida | 61 | 29% | View the query |
| 2 | S.D. New York | 34 | 16% | View the query |
| 3 | W.D. Pennsylvania | 27 | 13% | View the query |
| 4 | C.D. California | 26 | 13% | View the query |
| 5 | M.D. Florida | 15 | 7% | View the query |
| 6 | N.D. Illinois | 10 | 5% | View the query |
| 7 | E.D. New York | 8 | 4% | View the query |
| 8 | D. Minnesota | 2 | <1% | View the query |
| 8 | D. Oregon | 2 | <1% | View the query |
| 8 | E.D. Missouri | 2 | <1% | View the query |
| 8 | E.D. Wisconsin | 2 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | C.D. Illinois | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | D. Colorado | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | D. Massachusetts | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | D. South Carolina | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | D.C. | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. California | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. Kentucky | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. Louisiana | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. Michigan | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. Tennessee | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | E.D. Virginia | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | M.D. Alabama | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | N.D. California | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | N.D. Georgia | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | S.D. California | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | S.D. Indiana | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | W.D. Oklahoma | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | W.D. Texas | 1 | <1% | View the query |
| 12 | W.D. Wisconsin | 1 | <1% | View the query |
Top 10 districts by month, February to August 2026
The 10 districts with the most filings across all 7 months (2,710 filings nationally), month by month. Each cell links to its query. Months marked * are still receiving records, so their counts will rise.
| District | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul* | Aug* | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.D. Florida | 90 | 98 | 88 | 87 | 61 | 75 | 93 | 592 |
| C.D. California | 94 | 65 | 141 | 92 | 26 | 31 | 104 | 553 |
| S.D. New York | 62 | 80 | 61 | 62 | 34 | 77 | 69 | 445 |
| N.D. Illinois | 66 | 84 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 272 |
| M.D. Florida | 12 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 155 |
| E.D. New York | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 84 |
| E.D. Wisconsin | 13 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 67 |
| D. Massachusetts | 6 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| W.D. Pennsylvania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| D. New Jersey | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 35 |
| All districts | 475 | 487 | 497 | 392 | 208 | 280 | 371 | 2,710 |
How this was counted
- Every docket, not a sample. For each month we paged through every case filed under nature-of-suit code 446 in the CourtListener/RECAP archive and counted them by court. Each month’s district counts add up to the national total on the main tracker.
- What is counted. Code 446, “Americans with Disabilities – Other”, covers every non-employment ADA suit: website accessibility and physical premises alike. The code does not tell them apart, and we don’t guess. State courts are not included.
- Recent months rise. Court records reach the public archive with a delay, so true totals are higher than any number here, and months marked * keep rising for weeks after they end.
- Reproducibility. Every count links to a public search filtered to that court and month. A higher number than ours means the archive has received more records since 2026-10-02, the expected direction of drift.
Compiled from public US federal court records. A lawsuit filing is an allegation only; we assert no wrongdoing by any party, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Corrections or questions: support@screenmy.site.
Frequently asked questions
- Which federal courts see the most ADA lawsuits?
- In June 2026, S.D. Florida received the most non-employment ADA filings of any US federal district court (61 of 208), followed by S.D. New York (34) and W.D. Pennsylvania (27). Together those three took 59% of the month's filings. The ranking covers every district, counted from public court records as of 2026-10-02, and includes premises suits as well as website suits.
- How many federal districts receive ADA filings?
- 30 of the 94 federal district courts received at least one non-employment ADA filing in June 2026, and 76 received at least one between February to August 2026. Most filings still concentrate in a handful of districts.
- Is this a ranking of website accessibility lawsuits?
- No. It counts nature-of-suit code 446, which covers every non-employment ADA suit: website accessibility cases and physical-premises cases together. Federal court records do not separate the two, so a district with many premises suits ranks high here too. State-court cases are not included.
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