The busiest federal judges in the country are overseeing multidistrict litigation, prisoner petitions and patent cases, according to a report released Thursday.

Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) compiled data for the first time on case-management trends in the federal district courts. A previous TRAC report drawing upon the same data found that criminal and civil filings in federal courts nationwide continued to outpace the appointment of new judges.

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