Federal Court — KY
Eastern District of Kentucky
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Kentucky 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
58,623
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
16
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Unthank | 8,750 | 899 | 10.3% |
| Joseph Hood | 6,456 | 1,019 | 15.8% |
| Henry Wilhoit | 6,393 | 1,554 | 24.3% |
| Danny Reeves | 5,974 | 505 | 8.5% |
| Karen Caldwell | 5,811 | 627 | 10.8% |
| Jennifer Coffman | 5,581 | 1,100 | 19.7% |
| Karl Forester | 4,943 | 1,280 | 25.9% |
| David Bunning | 4,685 | 454 | 9.7% |
| William Bertelsman | 4,466 | 794 | 17.8% |
| Gregory Van Tatenhove | 1,617 | 210 | 13.0% |
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.