Federal Court — TN
Eastern District of Tennessee
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Tennessee 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
50,005
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
20
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
9.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Collier | 6,233 | 1,039 | 16.7% |
| Thomas Varlan | 5,526 | 468 | 8.5% |
| Robert Jordan | 5,410 | 887 | 16.4% |
| Thomas Hull | 5,115 | 1,385 | 27.1% |
| James Jarvis | 4,785 | 943 | 19.7% |
| Robert Edgar | 4,525 | 1,063 | 23.5% |
| J. Greer | 4,070 | 489 | 12.0% |
| Thomas Phillips | 3,110 | 248 | 8.0% |
| Harry Mattice | 3,011 | 399 | 13.3% |
| Travis McDonough | 2,438 | 218 | 8.9% |
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.