Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration
Program Area: Narcotics/Drugs
District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration
Program Area: Narcotics/Drugs
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 average prison sentence was 56.3 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Drug Enforcement Administration falling under the broad category of "Narcotics/Drugs". This number is 10.9% 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 23.4% lower than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 15 defendants compared with 12 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 55.1 months. This was 15.2% lower than the 65.0 months typical in Oregon and 28.1% lower than the 76.7 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 44 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 8 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 53.3 months to 118.9 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 55.1 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 65.0 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 Charges in Cases Handled
The lead charge with the most cases disposed of by Judge Michael W. Mosman for the past five years was "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A". It accounted for 93.2% 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 846 - Attempt and conspiracy" (6.8%).
| Lead Charge | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A | 93.2% | 89.0% | 52.2% | More |
| 21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy | 6.8% | 8.6% | 42.8% |
Table 2: 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 | 3 | 0.01 | 09/17/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 2 | 1 | 12.00 | 09/13/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 2 | 2 | 60.00 | 09/12/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 3 | 1 | 87.00 | 09/10/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 4 | 2 | 60.00 | 08/27/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 5 | 1 | 63.00 | 08/06/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 06/25/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 120.00 | 06/18/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 97.00 | 05/18/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 60.00 | 05/18/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 87.00 | 05/15/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 02/03/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 7 | 2 | 120.00 | 01/03/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 1 | 1 | 48.00 | 11/22/11 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 30.00 | 10/13/11 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
Table 3: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year