Federal Court — OH
Northern District of Ohio
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern District of Ohio 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
154,450
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
46
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
7.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Carr | 18,998 | 555 | 2.9% |
| Kathleen O'Malley | 16,905 | 428 | 2.5% |
| David Katz | 13,365 | 371 | 2.8% |
| Dan Polster | 9,870 | 638 | 6.5% |
| Donald Nugent | 6,982 | 655 | 9.4% |
| Patricia Gaughan | 6,455 | 592 | 9.2% |
| Solomon Oliver | 5,986 | 634 | 10.6% |
| James Gwin | 5,913 | 566 | 9.6% |
| Jeffrey Helmick | 5,759 | 107 | 1.9% |
| John Adams | 5,216 | 405 | 7.8% |
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.