Federal Court — TX
Western District of Texas
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western 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
110,759
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
43
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
14.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Garcia | 10,339 | 2,063 | 20.0% |
| Sam Sparks | 10,163 | 2,433 | 23.9% |
| Samuel Biery | 9,541 | 1,803 | 18.9% |
| Earl Yeakel | 8,754 | 1,507 | 17.2% |
| Robert Pitman | 7,646 | 637 | 8.3% |
| Alan Albright | 7,600 | 466 | 6.1% |
| Walter Smith | 7,352 | 3,592 | 48.9% |
| Xavier Rodriguez | 7,213 | 906 | 12.6% |
| David Briones | 3,611 | 1,029 | 28.5% |
| James Nowlin | 3,564 | 1,136 | 31.9% |
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.