Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence

District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Lead Charge: 08 USC 1326 - Reentry of deported alien

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To U.S.
Latest Fiscal Year 3.8 - -
Previous Fiscal Year 21.1 - -
Past 5 Years 23.7 19.8% 15.9%
Percent not reported where cases too few to provide
meaningful comparison.
Table 1: Current and 5 Year
Average Prison Sentence Comparison

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 3.8 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a lead charge of "08 USC 1326 - Reentry of deported alien". During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 4 defendants compared with 7 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 23.7 months. This was 19.8% higher than the 19.8 months typical in Oregon and 15.9% higher than the 20.5 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 53 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.)

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Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Average Prison Sentence
in Months

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 13.2 months to 26.4 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 23.7 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 19.8 months.

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Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Oregon

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

Program 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 Immigration accounting for 100.0% of cases.

Program Area Judge District US  
Immigration 100.0% 99.9% 99.2% More

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 1 0.01 05/14/12 Immigration Details
2 1 0.01 03/19/12 Immigration Details
3 1 0.01 01/12/12 Immigration Details
4 1 15.00 11/21/11 Immigration Details

Table 3: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year