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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Virginia · 12 months ending 06/30/2026

Filings
6,750
Pending
5,179
Judgeships
11
Median civil case
6.3 months
Filing to disposition

Caseload by year

12-month periods

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PeriodFilingsTerminationsPendingPer judgeship
Ending 06/30/20266,7505,9655,179614
Ending 06/30/20255,1634,9124,420469
Ending 06/30/20245,0194,5344,199456
Ending 06/30/20234,2004,2853,687382
Ending 06/30/20224,1454,4633,754377
Ending 06/30/20214,4864,2584,014408

Time to disposition

Median months. Not reported when there were too few cases

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PeriodCivilCriminal felonyCivil to trialCivil over 3 years old
20266.37.518.810.3%
20255.47.611.611.3%
20245.87.815.211.4%
20236.67.721.414.4%
20226.98.618.19.9%
20216.28.517.55.0%

Civil cases filed by type

Latest 12 months, 5,758 cases

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TypeCasesShare
Prisoner Petitions2,54444.2%
All Other Civil93016.2%
Civil Rights79913.9%
Contracts4017.0%
Torts (other than Personal Injury/Product Liability)3335.8%
Intellectual Property Rights2854.9%
Social Security1913.3%
Labor Suits1903.3%
Real Property480.8%
Personal Injury/Product Liability170.3%
Antitrust110.2%
Forfeitures and Penalties90.2%

Criminal felony defendants by offense

Latest 12 months, 623 defendants

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OffenseDefendantsShare
All Other Drugs13922.3%
Fraud13922.3%
Firearms and Explosives12720.4%
Immigration6911.1%
Sex Offenses558.8%
All Other Criminal335.3%
Violent Offenses284.5%
Larceny and Theft142.2%
Justice System Offenses101.6%
Regulatory Offenses81.3%
Marijuana10.2%
Forgery and Counterfeiting00.0%

Judges serving

Article III judges from the Federal Judicial Center. Magistrate and bankruptcy judges are not listed

Active judges (10)

  • Leonie M. Brinkema · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 10/20/1993
  • Mark Steven Davis · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 06/23/2008
  • M[ary] Hannah Lauck (chief judge) · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 06/10/2014
  • Rossie David Alston Jr. · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 06/12/2019
  • David John Novak · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 10/17/2019
  • Roderick Charles Young · appointed by Donald J. Trump, commissioned 09/29/2020
  • Patricia Tolliver Giles · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 11/01/2021
  • Michael Stefan Nachmanoff · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 11/02/2021
  • Elizabeth Wilson Hanes · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 08/05/2022
  • Jamar Kentrell Walker · appointed by Joseph R. Biden, commissioned 03/03/2023

Senior judges (8)

  • Claude M. Hilton · appointed by Ronald Reagan, commissioned 07/11/1985, senior status 12/31/2005
  • Rebecca Beach Smith · appointed by George H.W. Bush, commissioned 10/25/1989, senior status 08/01/2019
  • Robert E. Payne · appointed by George H.W. Bush, commissioned 05/13/1992, senior status 05/07/2007
  • Raymond Alvin Jackson · appointed by William J. Clinton, commissioned 11/22/1993, senior status 11/23/2021
  • Henry E. Hudson · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 08/02/2002, senior status 06/01/2018
  • Anthony John Trenga · appointed by George W. Bush, commissioned 10/14/2008, senior status 06/01/2021
  • John Adrian Gibney Jr. · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 12/17/2010, senior status 11/01/2021
  • Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen · appointed by Barack Obama, commissioned 05/12/2011, senior status 05/13/2026

Filings count civil cases and criminal felony defendants. Criminal data count defendants rather than cases. These are court statistics and do not describe any person or case.

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Court Management Statistics; Federal Judicial Center · Last updated 06/30/2026