Federal Court — NJ
District of New Jersey
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of New Jersey 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
307,667
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
61
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
5.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Shipp | 57,639 | 108 | 0.2% |
| Claire Cecchi | 17,766 | 180 | 1.0% |
| Jerome Simandle | 11,547 | 1,587 | 13.7% |
| Freda Wolfson | 10,373 | 555 | 5.3% |
| Brian Martinotti | 10,047 | 64 | 0.6% |
| Robert Kugler | 9,369 | 595 | 6.3% |
| Susan Wigenton | 9,176 | 225 | 2.5% |
| Renee Bumb | 8,788 | 441 | 5.0% |
| Mary Cooper | 7,648 | 845 | 11.1% |
| Stanley Chesler | 7,343 | 358 | 4.9% |
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.