Federal Court — AL
Middle District of Alabama
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Middle District of Alabama 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
40,392
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
16
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
13.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myron Thompson | 11,090 | 2,320 | 20.9% |
| William Albritton | 8,427 | 2,273 | 27.0% |
| Ira De Ment | 5,200 | 1,897 | 36.5% |
| William Watkins | 4,378 | 116 | 2.6% |
| Mark Fuller | 3,442 | 304 | 8.8% |
| Emily Marks | 1,801 | 37 | 2.1% |
| Truman Hobbs | 1,619 | 367 | 22.7% |
| Charles Coody | 1,427 | 73 | 5.1% |
| Susan Walker | 1,212 | 39 | 3.2% |
| Wallace Capel | 463 | 2 | 0.4% |
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.