Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Median Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Program Area: White Collar Crime
District Court - Oregon
Program Area: White Collar Crime
For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon, the median prison sentence was 6.0 months, when looking only at cases falling under the broad category of "White Collar Crime". This number is 60116.7% higher than the median prison sentence for all the District of Oregon matters disposed in the same period. At the same time, the judge's median prison sentence was 50.0% lower than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 12 defendants compared with 9 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 Mosman was 12.0 months. This was 200.8% higher than the 4.0 months typical in Oregon and 0.0% higher than the 12.0 months median prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 43 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 Mosman'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 10 other judges in the District of Oregon with information on convictions during that period. Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 0.0 months to 51.0 months, putting Judge Mosman's median prison sentence of 12.0 months at the higher end of the range. The median prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 4.0 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1956 in Eugene, OR
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Oregon
Nominated by George W. Bush on May 8, 2003, to a seat vacated by Robert E. Jones; Confirmed by the Senate on September 25, 2003, and received commission on September 26, 2003.
Education:
Ricks College, A.B., 1979
Utah State University, B.S., 1981
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 1984
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1984-1985
Private practice, 1985
Law clerk, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Supreme Court of the United States, 1985-1986
Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1986-1988
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Oregon, 1988-2001
U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, 2001-2003
Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled
The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Michael W. Mosman for the past five years was the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service. It accounted for 34.9% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Michael W. Mosman over the past five years were: Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation (27.9%), Postal Service (11.6%), Other - Social Security Administration (7.0%), Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) (4.7%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury - Internal Revenue Service | 34.9% | 16.0% | 11.2% | More |
| Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | 27.9% | 37.4% | 32.5% | More |
| Postal Service | 11.6% | 14.3% | 11.6% | |
| Other - Social Security Administration | 7.0% | 13.9% | 4.9% | |
| Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) | 4.7% | 5.8% | 17.4% | |
| Agriculture | 2.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | |
| Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2.3% | 3.7% | 4.0% | |
| Labor | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.2% | |
| State Department | 2.3% | 1.7% | 0.8% | |
| Transportation | 2.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
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 Michael W. Mosman for the past five years was "18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US". It accounted for 16.3% of all cases.
Other lead charges with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Michael W. Mosman over the past five years were: "18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents" (16.3%), "18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud" (16.3%), "18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (14.0%), "18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft" (4.7%), "18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles" (4.7%).
| Lead Charge | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US | 16.3% | 5.8% | 7.6% | |
| 18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents | 16.3% | 11.6% | 6.1% | |
| 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud | 16.3% | 20.1% | 13.0% | |
| 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television | 14.0% | 7.1% | 8.5% | |
| 18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft | 4.7% | 7.1% | 1.5% | |
| 18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles | 4.7% | 3.7% | 10.2% | |
| 18 USC 152 - Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; etc | 2.3% | 1.7% | 0.7% | |
| 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records | 2.3% | 4.1% | 4.8% | |
| 18 USC 656 - Theft/embezzlement/misapplication by bank off, emp | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.7% | |
| 18 USC 664 - Theft or embezzlement from employee benefit plan | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
Table 3: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)
Number of Defendants in Judge Michael W. Mosman's Cases
| Case | Def. | Sentence (Months) | Sentencing Date | Program Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 08/20/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 2 | 1 | 18.00 | 08/20/12 | Fraud-Other | Details |
| 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 06/28/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 24.00 | 05/18/12 | Fraud-Identity Theft-Aggravated | Details |
| 5 | 1 | 48.00 | 05/04/12 | Fraud-Other | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 04/30/12 | Fraud-Against Ins. Provider | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 12.03 | 03/12/12 | Fraud-Other | Details |
| 4 | 2 | 30.00 | 02/27/12 | Fraud-Identity Theft-Aggravated | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 0.00 | 01/11/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 0.00 | 12/12/11 | Fraud-Federal Program | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 11/15/11 | Fraud-Bankruptcy | Details |
| 11 | 1 | 36.00 | 10/03/11 | Fraud-Identity Theft-Aggravated | Details |
Table 4: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year