Federal Court — CA
Central District of California
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Central District of California 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
407,347
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
114
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
7.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Wilson | 14,655 | 1,504 | 10.3% |
| David Carter | 12,543 | 1,056 | 8.4% |
| Manuel Real | 11,886 | 1,564 | 13.2% |
| Virginia Phillips | 11,473 | 981 | 8.6% |
| Percy Anderson | 11,095 | 519 | 4.7% |
| John Walter | 11,002 | 574 | 5.2% |
| Robert Klausner | 10,762 | 550 | 5.1% |
| Dale Fischer | 10,016 | 527 | 5.3% |
| Terry Hatter | 9,967 | 1,574 | 15.8% |
| Christina Snyder | 9,809 | 942 | 9.6% |
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.