Federal Court — MS
Southern District of Mississippi
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern District of Mississippi 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
79,653
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
19
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
16.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Wingate | 10,096 | 1,503 | 14.9% |
| Tom Lee | 9,299 | 1,629 | 17.5% |
| David Bramlette | 8,782 | 1,565 | 17.8% |
| Keith Starrett | 6,979 | 652 | 9.3% |
| William Barbour | 6,479 | 1,149 | 17.7% |
| Louis Guirola | 5,867 | 525 | 8.9% |
| Carlton Reeves | 5,718 | 404 | 7.1% |
| Walter Gex | 5,698 | 1,085 | 19.0% |
| Halil Ozerden | 5,267 | 395 | 7.5% |
| Daniel Jordan | 4,935 | 518 | 10.5% |
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.