Federal Court — NY
Southern District of New York
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern District of New York 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
367,193
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
114
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
6.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Hellerstein | 17,937 | 387 | 2.2% |
| Loretta Preska | 13,157 | 4,006 | 30.4% |
| Colleen McMahon | 11,250 | 1,711 | 15.2% |
| Laura Swain | 10,109 | 325 | 3.2% |
| Robert Sweet | 9,124 | 316 | 3.5% |
| Thomas Griesa | 8,935 | 4,097 | 45.9% |
| John Koeltl | 8,840 | 376 | 4.3% |
| Denise Cote | 8,702 | 456 | 5.2% |
| Jed Rakoff | 8,287 | 359 | 4.3% |
| Charles Brieant | 8,141 | 2,163 | 26.6% |
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.