Judge Claire V. Eagan
September 2012: Median Prison Sentence
District Court - Oklahoma North
Lead Charge: Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)
District Court - Oklahoma North
Lead Charge: Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)
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 37.0 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)". This number is 9.8% lower than the median prison sentence for all the Northern District of Oklahoma matters disposed in the same period. At the same time, the judge's median prison sentence was 19.6% lower than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Claire V. Eagan has sentenced 17 defendants compared with 18 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year.
Focusing on a five-year period, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Eagan was 51.0 months. This was 18.6% higher than the 43.0 months typical in Oklahoma North and 6.3% higher than the 48.0 months median prison sentence for the nation. Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced 77 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. Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 33.0 months to 50.5 months, putting Judge Eagan's median prison sentence of 51.0 months at the higher end of the range. The median prison sentence for the whole Northern District of Oklahoma during that time was 43.0 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
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 Withheld by Govt from TRAC accounting for 98.7% of cases.
| Program Area | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not specified | 98.7% | 99.0% | 99.2% | More |
| White Collar Crime | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)
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 41.6% 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 (22.1%), Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation (19.5%), Postal Service (6.5%), Other - District of Columbia (5.2%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) | 41.6% | 44.2% | 12.9% | More |
| Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration | 22.1% | 20.4% | 34.1% | More |
| Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | 19.5% | 18.0% | 23.8% | More |
| Postal Service | 6.5% | 3.9% | 3.0% | |
| Other - District of Columbia | 5.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | |
| Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) | 2.6% | 1.5% | 2.2% | |
| Other - State/Local Authorities | 2.6% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
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 | 0.00 | 09/05/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 2 | 1 | 10.00 | 07/27/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 3 | 1 | 87.00 | 07/24/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 37.00 | 07/05/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 5 | 1 | 151.00 | 06/26/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 5 | 2 | 60.00 | 06/22/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 180.00 | 06/15/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 0.00 | 05/17/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 17.00 | 05/16/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 5 | 3 | 70.00 | 04/10/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 37.00 | 04/03/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 11.00 | 02/14/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 11 | 1 | 111.00 | 01/04/12 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 12 | 1 | 44.00 | 12/12/11 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 13 | 1 | 30.00 | 11/18/11 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 14 | 1 | 0.00 | 10/14/11 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
| 15 | 1 | 87.00 | 10/06/11 | Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) | Details |
Table 4: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year