Federal Court — IA
Northern District of Iowa
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern District of Iowa 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
15,893
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
10
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
23.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bennett | 4,364 | 1,217 | 27.9% |
| Linda Reade | 3,001 | 902 | 30.1% |
| Michael Melloy | 2,488 | 1,091 | 43.9% |
| Edward McManus | 2,107 | 275 | 13.1% |
| Leonard Strand | 1,493 | 188 | 12.6% |
| Charles Williams | 1,352 | 84 | 6.2% |
| Jon Scoles | 673 | 7 | 1.0% |
| Kelly Mahoney | 209 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Mark Roberts | 198 | 0 | 0.0% |
| David Hansen | 8 | 8 | 100.0% |
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.