Federal Court — IL
Northern District of Illinois
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern 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
344,389
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
79
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
7.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Rowland | 18,915 | 137 | 0.7% |
| Matthew Kennelly | 18,170 | 803 | 4.4% |
| Rebecca Pallmeyer | 11,857 | 769 | 6.5% |
| Charles Norgle | 10,646 | 1,167 | 11.0% |
| Harry Leinenweber | 9,490 | 741 | 7.8% |
| James Zagel | 9,287 | 918 | 9.9% |
| Elaine Bucklo | 9,194 | 718 | 7.8% |
| Robert Gettleman | 9,111 | 819 | 9.0% |
| Charles Kocoras | 8,782 | 678 | 7.7% |
| Milton Shadur | 8,577 | 577 | 6.7% |
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.