Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Lead Charge: 18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimesFor 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 51.6 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes". During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 5 defendants compared with 6 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year.
Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Mosman was 64.2 months. This was 21.0% lower than the 81.3 months typical in Oregon and 41.4% lower than the 109.7 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 33 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 9 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 55.7 months to 146.2 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 64.2 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 81.3 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 100.0% of cases.
Program Area Judge District US Other 100.0% 99.1% 95.3% More
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 Michael W. Mosman for the past five years was the Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation. It accounted for 100.0% of all cases.
Agency Judge District US Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation 100.0% 100.0% 96.9% More
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 72.00 03/16/12 Bank Robbery Details 3 1 72.00 03/16/12 Bank Robbery Details 4 1 37.00 02/24/12 Bank Robbery Details 5 1 71.00 11/18/11 Bank Robbery Details
Table 4: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year