Judge Reggie B. Walton
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence

District Court - Washington, D.C.
Referring Agency: Other
Lead Charge: Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)
Program Area: Withheld by Govt from TRAC

Show Details   Judge Compared
To District		 Compared
To U.S.
Latest Fiscal Year 48.0 - -
Previous Fiscal Year - - -
Past 5 Years 42.4 -37.7% -30.4%
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 Reggie B. Walton in the District of Washington, D.C., the average prison sentence was 48.0 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Other with a lead charge of "Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)" falling under the broad category of "Withheld by Govt from TRAC". During the current fiscal year, Judge Reggie B. Walton has sentenced 3 defendants compared with no 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 Walton was 42.4 months. This was 37.7% lower than the 68.0 months typical in Washington, D.C. and 30.4% lower than the 60.9 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Reggie B. Walton 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.)

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

Figure 1 compares Judge Walton'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 13 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 7.2 months to 375.8 months, putting Judge Walton's average prison sentence of 42.4 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 68.0 months.

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Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Washington, D.C.

Professional Biography

Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.

Education:
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974

Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001

Number of Defendants in Judge Reggie B. Walton's Cases

Case Def. Sentence (Months) Sentencing Date Program Category  
1 1 0.01 11/17/11 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details
2 1 0.01 10/28/11 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details
3 1 144.00 10/28/11 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details

Table 2: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year