Federal Court — OH
Southern District of Ohio
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern 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
131,859
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
32
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
5.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Sargus | 35,087 | 592 | 1.7% |
| Walter Rice | 9,881 | 682 | 6.9% |
| James Graham | 7,972 | 1,060 | 13.3% |
| George Smith | 6,774 | 955 | 14.1% |
| Algenon Marbley | 6,772 | 463 | 6.8% |
| Susan Dlott | 6,415 | 539 | 8.4% |
| Sandra Beckwith | 6,165 | 846 | 13.7% |
| S. Spiegel | 5,891 | 772 | 13.1% |
| Herman Weber | 5,663 | 778 | 13.7% |
| Michael Watson | 5,205 | 183 | 3.5% |
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.