Federal Court — ND
District of North Dakota
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of North Dakota 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
11,044
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
11
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
6.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Hovland | 2,540 | 205 | 8.1% |
| Rodney Webb | 2,209 | 203 | 9.2% |
| Patrick Conmy | 2,069 | 169 | 8.2% |
| Ralph Erickson | 1,729 | 254 | 14.7% |
| Alice Senechal | 557 | 55 | 9.9% |
| Karen Klein | 549 | 37 | 6.7% |
| Peter Welte | 526 | 5 | 0.9% |
| Charles Miller | 333 | 11 | 3.3% |
| Clare Hochhalter | 331 | 10 | 3.0% |
| Paul Benson | 149 | 11 | 7.4% |
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.