Federal Court — RI
District of Rhode Island
Aggregate docket intelligence for the District of Rhode Island 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
26,538
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
12
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
5.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lisi | 6,697 | 333 | 5.0% |
| William Smith | 4,762 | 237 | 5.0% |
| John McConnell | 4,253 | 191 | 4.5% |
| Ernest Torres | 3,265 | 293 | 9.0% |
| Ronald Lagueux | 3,238 | 289 | 8.9% |
| Mary McElroy | 1,328 | 26 | 2.0% |
| Francis Boyle | 1,049 | 149 | 14.2% |
| Raymond Pettine | 895 | 63 | 7.0% |
| Lincoln Almond | 458 | 0 | 0.0% |
| David Martin | 248 | 0 | 0.0% |
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.