Federal Court — MT
District of Montana
Federal Court Docket Intelligence
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Montana compiled from verified federal court records. Judge caseload counts, criminal docket fractions, and total dockets describe historical caseloads. Departure rates are unavailable pending field-level source verification. These records do not predict a specific defendant’s outcome.
Generated October 3, 2026
District Aggregate
Total Dockets
22,262
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
17
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
10.5%
across district judges
Booker Inflection
—
unavailable pending verification
Criminal fraction = criminal dockets ÷ total dockets per judge, averaged across the district. Booker inflection is unavailable: historical departure averages do not establish a Booker effect, and source categories and record periods require verification. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Molloy | 4,606 | 672 | 14.6% |
| Dana Christensen | 2,229 | 230 | 10.3% |
| Sam Haddon | 2,122 | 330 | 15.6% |
| Brian Morris | 2,065 | 167 | 8.1% |
| Richard Cebull | 1,995 | 284 | 14.2% |
| Charles Lovell | 1,742 | 381 | 21.9% |
| Jack Shanstrom | 1,449 | 259 | 17.9% |
| Susan Watters | 1,320 | 184 | 13.9% |
| Paul Hatfield | 1,263 | 139 | 11.0% |
| Richard Anderson | 1,096 | 130 | 11.9% |
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.