Federal Court — CO
District of Colorado
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Colorado 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
161,125
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
34
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
7.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Babcock | 20,698 | 6,280 | 30.3% |
| Zita Weinshienk | 12,418 | 3,692 | 29.7% |
| Wiley Daniel | 10,622 | 1,284 | 12.1% |
| Robert Blackburn | 9,241 | 355 | 3.8% |
| Richard Matsch | 8,897 | 896 | 10.1% |
| Philip Brimmer | 8,096 | 278 | 3.4% |
| Marcia Krieger | 7,526 | 331 | 4.4% |
| Edward Nottingham | 7,440 | 977 | 13.1% |
| Christine Arguello | 6,597 | 278 | 4.2% |
| Daniel Sparr | 6,373 | 1,397 | 21.9% |
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.