Federal Court — AR
Western District of Arkansas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western District of Arkansas 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
33,071
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
14
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
8.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimm Hendren | 6,932 | 1,042 | 15.0% |
| Harry Barnes | 3,582 | 593 | 16.6% |
| Susan Hickey | 3,544 | 162 | 4.6% |
| Robert Dawson | 3,533 | 369 | 10.4% |
| Hugh Waters | 3,161 | 536 | 17.0% |
| Timothy Brooks | 3,098 | 290 | 9.4% |
| Paul Holmes | 2,915 | 211 | 7.2% |
| Barry Bryant | 1,985 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Erin Wiedemann | 1,315 | 14 | 1.1% |
| Mark Ford | 1,170 | 2 | 0.2% |
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.