Federal Court — MI
Western District of Michigan
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western District of Michigan 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
59,541
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
19
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
14.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bell | 9,550 | 2,384 | 25.0% |
| Gordon Quist | 8,826 | 1,995 | 22.6% |
| Richard Enslen | 6,283 | 1,948 | 31.0% |
| Paul Maloney | 6,166 | 393 | 6.4% |
| Robert Jonker | 5,997 | 386 | 6.4% |
| Janet Neff | 4,807 | 399 | 8.3% |
| David McKeague | 4,270 | 1,620 | 37.9% |
| Benjamin Gibson | 2,943 | 949 | 32.3% |
| Douglas Hillman | 2,204 | 802 | 36.4% |
| Wendell Miles | 2,019 | 644 | 31.9% |
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.