Federal Court — CA
Southern District of California
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern 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
96,727
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
49
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
9.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Huff | 6,119 | 1,069 | 17.5% |
| Barry Moskowitz | 5,285 | 955 | 18.1% |
| Rudi Brewster | 4,857 | 492 | 10.1% |
| Judith Keep | 4,747 | 1,152 | 24.3% |
| Irma Gonzalez | 4,690 | 1,081 | 23.1% |
| Thomas Whelan | 4,593 | 690 | 15.0% |
| Dana Sabraw | 4,365 | 550 | 12.6% |
| Myron Lorenz | 4,184 | 496 | 11.8% |
| Larry Burns | 3,994 | 473 | 11.8% |
| William Hayes | 3,972 | 401 | 10.1% |
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.