Federal Court — PA
Western District of Pennsylvania
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western 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
92,177
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
37
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donetta Ambrose | 6,626 | 752 | 11.3% |
| Sean McLaughlin | 5,805 | 1,234 | 21.3% |
| Gary Lancaster | 5,634 | 670 | 11.9% |
| Joy Conti | 5,044 | 251 | 5.0% |
| Arthur Schwab | 4,731 | 259 | 5.5% |
| Kim Gibson | 4,565 | 1,560 | 34.2% |
| William Standish | 4,529 | 653 | 14.4% |
| David Cercone | 4,436 | 297 | 6.7% |
| Alan Bloch | 3,947 | 570 | 14.4% |
| David Smith | 3,873 | 1,063 | 27.5% |
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.