Federal Court — CA
Eastern District of California
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern 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
156,311
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
39
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Shubb | 11,819 | 2,582 | 21.9% |
| Anthony Ishii | 11,249 | 2,261 | 20.1% |
| Lawrence Karlton | 10,828 | 2,802 | 25.9% |
| Garland Burrell | 10,814 | 2,477 | 22.9% |
| Oliver Wanger | 9,534 | 3,301 | 34.6% |
| Morrison England | 9,179 | 518 | 5.6% |
| John Mendez | 8,739 | 96 | 1.1% |
| Troy Nunley | 7,889 | 107 | 1.4% |
| Lawrence O'Neill | 7,476 | 214 | 2.9% |
| David Levi | 7,415 | 2,655 | 35.8% |
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.