Federal Court — KS
District of Kansas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Kansas 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
64,268
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
29
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lungstrum | 9,241 | 433 | 4.7% |
| Sam Crow | 6,802 | 1,496 | 22.0% |
| Kathryn Vratil | 5,975 | 368 | 6.2% |
| George VanBebber | 4,789 | 2,174 | 45.4% |
| John Marten | 4,499 | 348 | 7.7% |
| Richard Rogers | 4,331 | 1,859 | 42.9% |
| Monti Belot | 3,975 | 271 | 6.8% |
| Julie Robinson | 3,950 | 233 | 5.9% |
| Carlos Murguia | 3,535 | 199 | 5.6% |
| Dale Saffels | 3,383 | 2,240 | 66.2% |
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.