Judge Claire V. Eagan
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Oklahoma North
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
Program Area: Weapons
District Court - Oklahoma North
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
Program Area: Weapons
For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge Claire V. Eagan in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the average prison sentence was 62.0 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" falling under the broad category of "Weapons". During the current fiscal year, Judge Claire V. Eagan has sentenced 2 defendants compared with 2 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year.
Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Eagan was 142.1 months. This was 24.5% higher than the 114.1 months typical in Oklahoma North and 32.7% higher than the 107.1 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced 20 defendants during the past five years.
(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled, available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)
Figure 1 compares Judge Eagan's numbers to those for judges in this district and in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.
During the last five years there were 3 other judges in the Northern District of Oklahoma with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 55.0 months to 93.9 months, putting Judge Eagan's average prison sentence of 142.1 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole Northern District of Oklahoma during that time was 114.1 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1950 in Bronx, NY
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Thomas Rutherford Brett; Confirmed by the Senate on October 23, 2001, and received commission on October 24, 2001. Served as chief judge, 2005-2012.
Education:
Trinity College, Washington, DC, B.A., 1972
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1976
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Allen E. Barrow, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1976-1978
Private practice, Oklahoma, 1978-1998
Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled
The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Claire V. Eagan for the past five years was the Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury). It accounted for 55.0% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Claire V. Eagan over the past five years were: Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (40.0%), Other - State/Local Authorities (5.0%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) | 55.0% | 76.6% | 67.0% | More |
| Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration | 40.0% | 17.0% | 15.4% | |
| Other - State/Local Authorities | 5.0% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)