Federal Court — TX
Eastern District of Texas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Texas 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
124,203
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
31
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
16.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Schell | 12,536 | 2,353 | 18.8% |
| James Gilstrap | 11,852 | 288 | 2.4% |
| Ron Clark | 9,340 | 1,120 | 12.0% |
| Thad Heartfield | 7,988 | 2,262 | 28.3% |
| Marcia Crone | 7,704 | 611 | 7.9% |
| Amos Mazzant | 6,577 | 192 | 2.9% |
| Paul Brown | 6,058 | 1,874 | 30.9% |
| David Folsom | 5,816 | 1,794 | 30.9% |
| William Steger | 5,783 | 2,526 | 43.7% |
| Michael Schneider | 5,658 | 670 | 11.8% |
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.