Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Federal Bureau of InvestigationFor all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon, the average prison sentence was 32.4 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This number is 49.9% lower than the average prison sentence for all the District of Oregon matters disposed in the same period. At the same time, the judge's average prison sentence was 58.0% 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 average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Mosman was 60.9 months. This was 1.5% higher than the 60.0 months typical in Oregon and 21.3% lower than the 77.4 months average 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. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 26.7 months to 109.7 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 60.9 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 60.0 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, 2001-2003Program 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