Federal Court — IL
Central District of Illinois
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Central District of Illinois 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
45,868
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
16
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
17.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Mihm | 7,311 | 1,947 | 26.6% |
| Harold Baker | 6,542 | 2,844 | 43.5% |
| Joe McDade | 5,766 | 1,629 | 28.2% |
| Richard Mills | 4,472 | 1,093 | 24.4% |
| Colin Bruce | 4,179 | 906 | 21.7% |
| Sue Myerscough | 3,380 | 725 | 21.4% |
| James Shadid | 3,279 | 1,031 | 31.4% |
| Sara Darrow | 3,173 | 568 | 17.9% |
| Michael McCuskey | 3,068 | 464 | 15.1% |
| Jeanne Scott | 1,991 | 249 | 12.5% |
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.