Federal Court — TX
Southern District of Texas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Southern 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
219,656
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
63
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Hoyt | 19,109 | 2,274 | 11.9% |
| Lynn Hughes | 18,626 | 2,050 | 11.0% |
| Lee Rosenthal | 13,576 | 1,966 | 14.5% |
| Simeon Lake | 12,420 | 1,959 | 15.8% |
| David Hittner | 11,818 | 2,179 | 18.4% |
| Samuel Kent | 10,365 | 2,924 | 28.2% |
| Vanessa Gilmore | 10,077 | 1,821 | 18.1% |
| Melinda Harmon | 9,846 | 1,972 | 20.0% |
| Ewing Werlein | 8,762 | 1,859 | 21.2% |
| Keith Ellison | 8,589 | 562 | 6.5% |
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.