Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Median Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation
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 referred by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This number is 87.5% lower 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 86.2% lower than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 19 defendants compared with 28 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 40.0 months. This was 11.1% higher than the 36.0 months typical in Oregon and 4.8% lower than the 42.0 months median prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 99 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 6.0 months to 90.0 months, putting Judge Mosman's median prison sentence of 40.0 months at the higher end of the range. The median prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 36.0 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
Program Areas of Cases Handled
Cases disposed of by Judge Michael W. Mosman for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Other accounting for 54.5% of cases.
Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Michael W. Mosman over the past five years were: Narcotics/Drugs (22.2%), White Collar Crime (12.1%), Civil Rights (6.1%).
| Program Area | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 54.5% | 60.5% | 32.8% | More |
| Narcotics/Drugs | 22.2% | 6.8% | 23.1% | More |
| White Collar Crime | 12.1% | 17.0% | 20.7% | More |
| Civil Rights | 6.1% | 3.1% | 0.8% | |
| Weapons | 2.0% | 2.2% | 4.5% | |
| Not specified | 2.0% | 5.3% | 10.4% | |
| Government Regulatory | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
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 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes". It accounted for 33.3% 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: "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" (10.1%), "21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy" (10.1%), "18 USC 113 - Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdictions" (4.0%), "18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud" (4.0%), "18 USC 1591 - Sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion" (4.0%), "18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (3.0%), "18 USC 1791 - Providing or possessing contraband in prison" (3.0%), "18 USC 2314 - Transportation of stolen goods, etc" (3.0%).
| Lead Charge | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes | 33.3% | 35.9% | 11.0% | More |
| 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A | 10.1% | 4.8% | 11.0% | More |
| 21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy | 10.1% | 1.5% | 11.0% | More |
| 18 USC 113 - Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdictions | 4.0% | 4.2% | 2.1% | |
| 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud | 4.0% | 6.8% | 3.8% | |
| 18 USC 1591 - Sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion | 4.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | |
| 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.2% | |
| 18 USC 1791 - Providing or possessing contraband in prison | 3.0% | 1.2% | 0.8% | |
| 18 USC 2314 - Transportation of stolen goods, etc | 3.0% | 3.3% | 0.6% | |
| 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
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 | 6.00 | 09/10/12 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 2 | 1 | 0.01 | 08/20/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 3 | 1 | 51.00 | 08/09/12 | Violence-Other | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 06/28/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 5 | 1 | 120.00 | 06/25/12 | Violence-Indian Country | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 48.00 | 05/04/12 | Fraud-Other | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 0.00 | 04/30/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 0.00 | 04/30/12 | Fraud-Against Ins. Provider | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 6.00 | 04/06/12 | Violence-Indian Country | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 72.00 | 03/16/12 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 11 | 1 | 72.00 | 03/16/12 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 12 | 1 | 37.00 | 02/24/12 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 13 | 1 | 70.00 | 01/30/12 | Project Safe Childhood | Details |
| 14 | 1 | 0.00 | 01/11/12 | Fraud-Financial Institution | Details |
| 15 | 1 | 71.00 | 11/18/11 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 16 | 1 | 0.00 | 11/15/11 | Fraud-Bankruptcy | Details |
| 17 | 1 | 6.00 | 11/10/11 | Violence-Other | Details |
| 18 | 1 | 0.00 | 11/04/11 | Civil Rights-Other | Details |
| 19 | 1 | 57.00 | 10/13/11 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
Table 4: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year