Federal Court — MD
District of Maryland
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Maryland 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
146,159
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
43
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Motz | 12,465 | 2,439 | 19.6% |
| Catherine Blake | 9,594 | 1,434 | 14.9% |
| Deborah Chasanow | 8,779 | 1,354 | 15.4% |
| Peter Messitte | 7,753 | 1,365 | 17.6% |
| Marvin Garbis | 6,686 | 1,305 | 19.5% |
| William Nickerson | 6,353 | 1,376 | 21.7% |
| Benson Legg | 6,303 | 1,373 | 21.8% |
| Alexander Williams | 6,268 | 1,323 | 21.1% |
| Frederic Smalkin | 6,267 | 1,565 | 25.0% |
| Richard Bennett | 6,136 | 689 | 11.2% |
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.