Federal Court — PA
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 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
423,856
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
79
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
9.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Robreno | 177,175 | 834 | 0.5% |
| Harvey Bartle | 16,174 | 800 | 5.0% |
| Cynthia Rufe | 11,416 | 456 | 4.0% |
| Jan DuBois | 6,932 | 836 | 12.1% |
| Anita Brody | 6,815 | 593 | 8.7% |
| John Padova | 6,571 | 730 | 11.1% |
| Louis Bechtle | 6,478 | 330 | 5.1% |
| Stewart Dalzell | 6,390 | 833 | 13.0% |
| J. Joyner | 6,233 | 812 | 13.0% |
| Norma Shapiro | 6,219 | 2,132 | 34.3% |
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.