Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Massachusetts
Lead Charge: 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts
District Court - Massachusetts
Lead Charge: 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts
For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV in the District of Massachusetts, the average prison sentence was 143.0 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts". During the current fiscal year, Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV has sentenced 2 defendants compared with 4 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 Saylor was 77.2 months. This was 11.7% lower than the 87.4 months typical in Massachusetts and 14.2% higher than the 67.6 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV sentenced 11 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 Saylor'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 11 other judges in the District of Massachusetts with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 50.0 months to 133.0 months, putting Judge Saylor's average prison sentence of 77.2 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Massachusetts during that time was 87.4 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1955 in Royal Oak, MI
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Nominated by George W. Bush on July 30, 2003, to a seat vacated by Robert E. Keeton; Confirmed by the Senate on June 1, 2004, and received commission on June 2, 2004.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.S., 1977
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
Professional Career:
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981-1987, 1993-2004
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1987-1990
Special counsel & chief of staff to the assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1990-1993
Program Areas of Cases Handled
Cases disposed of by Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Weapons accounting for 72.7% of cases.
Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV over the past five years were: Other (27.3%).
Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled
The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV for the past five years was the Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury). It accounted for 81.8% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV over the past five years were: Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (18.2%).