A new study of criminal case activity in the federal courts since October 2006 shows that judicial caseloads varied widely not only between courts in different districts, but also among judges serving in the same court.
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, or TRAC, which is based at Syracuse University, released the results of its latest study of judicial activity on November 12. Average judicial caseloads, as measured by the number of defendants sentenced per judge, ranged from a high of 7,020 in the Las Cruces federal court in New Mexico to a low of 147 in the District of Columbia.
