Federal Court — MN
District of Minnesota
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Minnesota 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
138,018
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
32
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
2.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Davis | 18,011 | 579 | 3.2% |
| Joan Ericksen | 15,311 | 282 | 1.8% |
| John Tunheim | 14,944 | 492 | 3.3% |
| Donovan Frank | 13,453 | 392 | 2.9% |
| Paul Magnuson | 11,260 | 732 | 6.5% |
| David Doty | 10,795 | 793 | 7.3% |
| Richard Kyle | 9,404 | 593 | 6.3% |
| James Rosenbaum | 9,181 | 720 | 7.8% |
| Ann Montgomery | 7,162 | 487 | 6.8% |
| Patrick Schiltz | 6,450 | 179 | 2.8% |
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.