Federal Court — KY
Western District of Kentucky
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western 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
50,043
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Russell | 10,034 | 1,396 | 13.9% |
| Joseph McKinley | 8,625 | 1,226 | 14.2% |
| Charles Simpson | 7,942 | 1,255 | 15.8% |
| John Heyburn | 6,564 | 1,112 | 16.9% |
| Edward Johnstone | 3,526 | 778 | 22.1% |
| David Hale | 3,036 | 145 | 4.8% |
| Gregory Stivers | 2,966 | 127 | 4.3% |
| Rebecca Jennings | 1,991 | 55 | 2.8% |
| Claria Boom | 1,769 | 66 | 3.7% |
| Charles Allen | 933 | 331 | 35.5% |
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.