Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Oregon
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
Program Area: Narcotics/Drugs
District Court - Oregon
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
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 59.6 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" falling under the broad category of "Narcotics/Drugs". This number is 6.3% 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 10.6% 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 25 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 61.4 months. This was 6.0% lower than the 65.3 months typical in Oregon and 12.5% lower than the 70.2 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 92 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 54.7 months to 152.3 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 61.4 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 65.3 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, 2001-2003
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 - Drug Enforcement Administration. It accounted for 44.6% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Michael W. Mosman over the past five years were: Other - State/Local Authorities (32.6%), Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (12.0%), Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation (8.7%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration | 44.6% | 56.2% | 49.8% | More |
| Other - State/Local Authorities | 32.6% | 24.4% | 8.4% | More |
| Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 12.0% | 6.6% | 18.0% | More |
| Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | 8.7% | 4.5% | 10.0% | |
| Treasury - Internal Revenue Service | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
| Other | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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 | 150.00 | 08/24/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 63.00 | 08/06/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 25.00 | 07/23/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 0.00 | 06/25/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 70.00 | 06/20/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 120.00 | 06/18/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 97.00 | 05/18/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 11 | 1 | 60.00 | 05/18/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 12 | 1 | 87.00 | 05/15/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 13 | 1 | 44.00 | 03/12/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 02/03/12 | Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force | Details |
| 10 | 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 |
| 14 | 1 | 30.00 | 10/13/11 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
Table 3: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year