Federal Court — HI
District of Hawaii
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Hawaii 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
29,774
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
17
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Ezra | 4,891 | 592 | 12.1% |
| Helen Gillmor | 4,652 | 413 | 8.9% |
| Alan Kay | 3,935 | 456 | 11.6% |
| Susan Mollway | 3,796 | 235 | 6.2% |
| John Seabright | 3,166 | 168 | 5.3% |
| Leslie Kobayashi | 2,173 | 72 | 3.3% |
| Derrick Watson | 1,921 | 45 | 2.3% |
| Samuel King | 1,762 | 29 | 1.7% |
| Jill Otake | 1,119 | 9 | 0.8% |
| Barry Kurren | 828 | 10 | 1.2% |
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.