Federal Court — TX
Northern District of Texas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Northern 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
193,878
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
41
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
16.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Cummings | 18,547 | 6,705 | 36.1% |
| James Kinkeade | 17,004 | 814 | 4.8% |
| John McBryde | 13,272 | 3,321 | 25.0% |
| Terry Means | 12,666 | 3,263 | 25.8% |
| Sidney Fitzwater | 12,397 | 2,052 | 16.6% |
| Allen Fish | 10,961 | 1,942 | 17.7% |
| Reed O'Connor | 10,514 | 1,713 | 16.3% |
| Sam Lindsay | 9,822 | 1,091 | 11.1% |
| Mary Robinson | 9,487 | 3,202 | 33.8% |
| Jorge Solis | 9,146 | 1,848 | 20.2% |
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.