Federal Court — IA
Southern District of Iowa
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern 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
30,195
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
15
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
22.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Wolle | 5,629 | 1,664 | 29.6% |
| Ronald Longstaff | 5,338 | 2,035 | 38.1% |
| Robert Pratt | 4,087 | 1,351 | 33.1% |
| Harold Vietor | 3,324 | 1,202 | 36.2% |
| James Gritzner | 2,707 | 966 | 35.7% |
| John Jarvey | 2,347 | 809 | 34.5% |
| Stephanie Rose | 2,210 | 364 | 16.5% |
| Rebecca Ebinger | 1,735 | 226 | 13.0% |
| Celeste Bremer | 857 | 169 | 19.7% |
| Ross Walters | 816 | 100 | 12.3% |
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.