Federal Court — GA
Southern District of Georgia
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern District of Georgia 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
41,568
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
12
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
15.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Bowen | 7,605 | 1,849 | 24.3% |
| William Moore | 6,986 | 1,461 | 20.9% |
| Berry Edenfield | 6,888 | 1,959 | 28.4% |
| Lisa Wood | 6,428 | 438 | 6.8% |
| James Hall | 5,703 | 202 | 3.5% |
| Anthony Alaimo | 5,062 | 1,224 | 24.2% |
| R. Baker | 1,815 | 28 | 1.5% |
| Christopher Ray | 339 | 11 | 3.2% |
| Benjamin Cheesbro | 254 | 14 | 5.5% |
| James Graham | 224 | 85 | 38.0% |
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.