Federal Court — LA
Western District of Louisiana
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western 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
98,550
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
30
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Doherty | 11,097 | 540 | 4.9% |
| Donald Walter | 10,670 | 2,005 | 18.8% |
| James Cain | 8,758 | 61 | 0.7% |
| James Trimble | 7,491 | 2,338 | 31.2% |
| F. Little | 6,829 | 2,287 | 33.5% |
| Thomas Stagg | 6,399 | 1,500 | 23.4% |
| Robert James | 5,777 | 1,244 | 21.5% |
| Richard Haik | 5,437 | 488 | 9.0% |
| S. Hicks | 5,106 | 710 | 13.9% |
| Tucker Melancon | 4,673 | 654 | 14.0% |
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.