Federal Court — VA
Western District of Virginia
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western District of Virginia 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
55,818
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
16
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
15.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Turk | 8,692 | 3,901 | 44.9% |
| Jackson Kiser | 8,239 | 3,415 | 41.4% |
| Samuel Wilson | 7,429 | 2,778 | 37.4% |
| James Jones | 6,276 | 1,304 | 20.8% |
| Glen Conrad | 5,376 | 1,366 | 25.4% |
| Norman Moon | 4,798 | 460 | 9.6% |
| Michael Urbanski | 3,835 | 305 | 8.0% |
| Glen Williams | 2,986 | 386 | 12.9% |
| Elizabeth Dillon | 2,548 | 253 | 9.9% |
| James Michael | 2,154 | 219 | 10.2% |
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.