Federal Court — LA
Eastern District of Louisiana
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Louisiana 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
208,071
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
42
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
12.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldon Fallon | 47,506 | 444 | 0.9% |
| Carl Barbier | 20,810 | 501 | 2.4% |
| Jane Milazzo | 17,794 | 97 | 0.5% |
| Martin Feldman | 10,191 | 1,304 | 12.8% |
| Kurt Engelhardt | 9,881 | 363 | 3.7% |
| Sarah Vance | 9,451 | 767 | 8.1% |
| Ivan Lemelle | 7,761 | 561 | 7.2% |
| Helen Berrigan | 7,077 | 794 | 11.2% |
| Lance Africk | 7,010 | 370 | 5.3% |
| Jay Zainey | 6,927 | 319 | 4.6% |
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.