Federal Court — AK
District of Alaska
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Alaska compiled from verified federal court records. Judge caseload counts, criminal docket fractions, and sentencing departure rates — never a prediction about a specific defendant.
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB × USSC FY14-23 — generated May 5, 2026
District Aggregate
Total Dockets
27,120
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
16
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
9.0%
across district judges
Booker Inflection
—
mean downward departure
Criminal fraction = criminal dockets ÷ total dockets per judge, averaged across the district. Booker inflection = mean downward-departure rate for judges in this district per USSC FY14-23. Aggregate frequencies only — not a prediction about any specific case.
Top Judges by Docket Volume
Judges ranked by total indexed docket count. Criminal fraction reflects the share of their docket classified as criminal (vs. civil).
| Judge | Total Dockets | Criminal Dockets | Criminal Fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hezekiah Holland | 5,209 | 466 | 8.9% |
| James Singleton | 3,520 | 475 | 13.5% |
| John Sedwick | 3,511 | 481 | 13.7% |
| James von der Heydt | 3,346 | 12 | 0.4% |
| James Fitzgerald | 2,727 | 55 | 2.0% |
| Ralph Beistline | 2,542 | 368 | 14.5% |
| Sharon Gleason | 2,169 | 260 | 12.0% |
| Timothy Burgess | 1,662 | 220 | 13.2% |
| Andrew Kleinfeld | 1,083 | 84 | 7.8% |
| Raymond Plummer | 773 | 0 | 0.0% |
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB via mv_judge_docket_caseload. Counts reflect dockets indexed as of corpus build date.
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.