Federal Court — NC
Middle District of North Carolina
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Middle District of North Carolina 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
37,897
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
15
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
18.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Tilley | 6,242 | 2,189 | 35.1% |
| James Beaty | 5,049 | 1,860 | 36.8% |
| William Osteen | 4,585 | 1,189 | 25.9% |
| Thomas Schroeder | 4,452 | 1,184 | 26.6% |
| Frank Bullock | 3,923 | 1,145 | 29.2% |
| Catherine Eagles | 3,888 | 978 | 25.1% |
| William Osteen | 3,779 | 1,245 | 33.0% |
| Loretta Biggs | 2,611 | 463 | 17.7% |
| Richard Erwin | 1,288 | 226 | 17.5% |
| P Sharp | 484 | 95 | 19.6% |
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.