Federal Court — LA
Middle District of Louisiana
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Middle 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
38,664
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
12
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
13.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Polozola | 9,610 | 2,993 | 31.1% |
| Brian Jackson | 5,198 | 394 | 7.6% |
| John Parker | 4,984 | 1,760 | 35.3% |
| James Brady | 4,854 | 954 | 19.7% |
| Shelly Dick | 4,372 | 251 | 5.7% |
| John deGravelles | 4,008 | 248 | 6.2% |
| Ralph Tyson | 3,764 | 1,139 | 30.3% |
| Stephen Riedlinger | 700 | 61 | 8.7% |
| Christine Noland | 495 | 81 | 16.4% |
| Richard Bourgeois | 255 | 1 | 0.4% |
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.