Federal Court — FL
Northern District of Florida
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern District of Florida 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
457,025
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
21
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
14.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Rodgers | 407,806 | 652 | 0.2% |
| Robert Hinkle | 8,536 | 1,923 | 22.5% |
| Maurice Paul | 6,803 | 2,454 | 36.1% |
| Lacey Collier | 6,342 | 2,027 | 32.0% |
| Clyde Vinson | 6,131 | 2,146 | 35.0% |
| Mark Walker | 5,421 | 385 | 7.1% |
| William Stafford | 5,372 | 2,005 | 37.3% |
| Stephan Mickle | 3,628 | 846 | 23.3% |
| John Smoak | 2,707 | 191 | 7.1% |
| Allen Winsor | 2,659 | 54 | 2.0% |
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.