Federal Court — MT
District of Montana
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Montana 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
22,262
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
17
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
10.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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.