Federal Court — WA
Western District of Washington
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western 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
114,871
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
29
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
5.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Coughenour | 12,454 | 1,080 | 8.7% |
| Barbara Rothstein | 10,949 | 825 | 7.5% |
| Thomas Zilly | 10,604 | 1,057 | 10.0% |
| Robert Bryan | 9,079 | 1,424 | 15.7% |
| Robert Lasnik | 8,668 | 665 | 7.7% |
| Marsha Pechman | 7,307 | 597 | 8.2% |
| Ricardo Martinez | 6,897 | 283 | 4.1% |
| James Robart | 6,168 | 221 | 3.6% |
| Ronald Leighton | 5,246 | 291 | 5.5% |
| Franklin Burgess | 5,177 | 1,155 | 22.3% |
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.