Federal Court — WA
Eastern District of Washington
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Eastern District of Washington 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
28,258
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
17
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
14.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Rice | 2,528 | 94 | 3.7% |
| Justin Quackenbush | 2,481 | 688 | 27.7% |
| Frederick Van Sickle | 2,354 | 532 | 22.6% |
| Alan McDonald | 2,325 | 710 | 30.5% |
| Lonny Suko | 2,282 | 429 | 18.8% |
| Edward Shea | 2,274 | 313 | 13.8% |
| Robert Whaley | 2,162 | 411 | 19.0% |
| Cynthia Imbrogno | 2,123 | 493 | 23.2% |
| Stanley Bastian | 1,826 | 69 | 3.8% |
| William Nielsen | 1,663 | 544 | 32.7% |
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.