Federal Court — MA
District of Massachusetts
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Massachusetts 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
121,083
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
38
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
5.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Woodlock | 11,191 | 645 | 5.8% |
| William Young | 9,441 | 939 | 10.0% |
| Patti Saris | 9,225 | 635 | 6.9% |
| Richard Stearns | 7,691 | 648 | 8.4% |
| Nathaniel Gorton | 7,548 | 642 | 8.5% |
| Rya Zobel | 7,140 | 476 | 6.7% |
| Joseph Tauro | 6,004 | 518 | 8.6% |
| Mark Wolf | 5,770 | 509 | 8.8% |
| F. Saylor | 5,443 | 269 | 4.9% |
| Edward Harrington | 4,290 | 363 | 8.5% |
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.