Federal Court — CA
Northern District of California
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern 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
233,834
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
60
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Breyer | 15,765 | 828 | 5.3% |
| William Orrick | 10,303 | 28 | 0.3% |
| Susan Illston | 8,807 | 1,058 | 12.0% |
| Saundra Armstrong | 8,697 | 1,435 | 16.5% |
| Vince Chhabria | 8,668 | 115 | 1.3% |
| Phyllis Hamilton | 8,038 | 645 | 8.0% |
| William Alsup | 8,022 | 755 | 9.4% |
| Claudia Wilken | 7,844 | 1,390 | 17.7% |
| Vaughn Walker | 7,669 | 1,630 | 21.3% |
| Marilyn Patel | 7,512 | 1,349 | 18.0% |
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.