Federal Court — WI
Western District of Wisconsin
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Western District of Wisconsin 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
36,863
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
5
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
11.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Crabb | 13,227 | 2,992 | 22.6% |
| John Shabaz | 10,699 | 3,164 | 29.6% |
| William Conley | 6,186 | 109 | 1.8% |
| James Peterson | 4,803 | 93 | 1.9% |
| Stephen Crocker | 1,948 | 20 | 1.0% |
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.