Federal Court — TN
Middle District of Tennessee
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Middle 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
59,582
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
19
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
13.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleta Trauger | 11,143 | 2,234 | 20.1% |
| Todd Campbell | 7,655 | 1,756 | 22.9% |
| William Haynes | 5,988 | 1,307 | 21.8% |
| Robert Echols | 5,791 | 1,380 | 23.8% |
| John Nixon | 5,514 | 1,442 | 26.2% |
| Waverly Crenshaw | 4,734 | 898 | 19.0% |
| Thomas Higgins | 4,003 | 1,288 | 32.2% |
| Thomas Wiseman | 3,509 | 778 | 22.2% |
| William Campbell | 3,233 | 290 | 9.0% |
| Kevin Sharp | 3,056 | 902 | 29.5% |
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.