Federal Court — MO
Western District of Missouri
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western District of Missouri 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
87,734
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
29
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
18.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wright | 8,584 | 3,864 | 45.0% |
| Fernando Gaitan | 7,963 | 1,820 | 22.9% |
| Dean Whipple | 7,794 | 2,014 | 25.8% |
| Gary Fenner | 6,433 | 1,708 | 26.6% |
| Howard Sachs | 6,412 | 1,930 | 30.1% |
| Nanette Laughrey | 6,406 | 1,450 | 22.6% |
| Ortrie Smith | 5,334 | 1,390 | 26.1% |
| David Kays | 3,954 | 659 | 16.7% |
| Russell Clark | 3,630 | 1,648 | 45.4% |
| Brian Wimes | 3,142 | 472 | 15.0% |
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.