Judge Claire V. Eagan
September 2012: Median Prison Sentence

District Court - Oklahoma North
Referring Agency: Department of Homeland Security Secret Service

Show Details   Judge Compared
To District
Compared
To U.S.
Latest Fiscal Year 97.0 - -
Previous Fiscal Year 10.5 - -
Past 5 Years 21.0 74.5% 40.0%
Percent not reported where cases too few to provide
meaningful comparison.

Table 1: Current and 5 Year
Median Prison Sentence Comparison

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 median prison sentence was 97.0 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Department of Homeland Security Secret Service. During the current fiscal year, Judge Claire V. Eagan has sentenced one defendant compared with 4 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year.

Over the last five years, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Eagan was 21.0 months. This was 74.5% higher than the 12.0 months typical in Oklahoma North and 40.0% higher than the 15.0 months median prison sentence for the nation. Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced 13 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.)

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Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Median Prison Sentence
in Months

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. Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 5.0 months to 14.5 months, putting Judge Eagan's median prison sentence of 21.0 months at the higher end of the range. The median prison sentence for the whole Northern District of Oklahoma during that time was 12.0 months.

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Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the Northern District of Oklahoma

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

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Claire V. Eagan for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was White Collar Crime accounting for 61.5% of cases.

Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Claire V. Eagan over the past five years were: Government Regulatory (15.4%), Withheld by Govt from TRAC (15.4%), Other (7.7%).

Program Area Judge District US  
White Collar Crime 61.5% 51.3% 55.3%  
Government Regulatory 15.4% 30.8% 28.2%  
Not specified 15.4% 7.7% 4.9%  
Other 7.7% 10.3% 9.4%  

Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)

Lead Charges in Cases Handled

The lead charge with the most cases disposed of by Judge Claire V. Eagan for the past five years was "18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud". It accounted for 30.8% of all cases.

Other lead charges with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Claire V. Eagan over the past five years were: "Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)" (15.4%), "18 USC 471 - Obligations or securities of United States" (7.7%), "18 USC 472 - Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities" (7.7%), "18 USC 495 - Contracts, deeds, and powers of attorney" (7.7%), "18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents" (7.7%), "18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft" (7.7%), "18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes" (7.7%), "18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors" (7.7%).

Lead Charge Judge District US  
18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud 30.8% 17.9% 13.2%  
Not specified 15.4% 7.7% 5.0%  
18 USC 471 - Obligations or securities of United States 7.7% 17.9% 8.5%  
18 USC 472 - Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities 7.7% 10.3% 10.0%  
18 USC 495 - Contracts, deeds, and powers of attorney 7.7% 2.6% 0.0%  
18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents 7.7% 5.1% 7.2%  
18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft 7.7% 2.6% 1.2%  
18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes 7.7% 2.6% 0.1%  
18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors 7.7% 2.6% 1.5%  

Table 3: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)

Number of Defendants in Judge Claire V. Eagan's Cases

Case Def. Sentence (Months) Sentencing Date Program Category  
1 1 97.00 07/27/12 Project Safe Childhood Details

Table 4: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year