Judge Claire V. Eagan
September 2012: Median Prison Sentence

District Court - Oklahoma North
Referring Agency: Department of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
Program Area: Narcotics/Drugs

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Latest Fiscal Year - - -
Previous Fiscal Year 9.0 - -
Past 5 Years 60.0 0.0% -16.7%
Percent not reported where cases too few to provide
meaningful comparison.
Table 1: Current and 5 Year
Median Prison Sentence Comparison

Judge Claire V. Eagan didn't dispose of any cases in the Northern District of Oklahoma in the current fiscal year (2012) and disposed of 1 cases in the previous year.

Over the last five years, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Eagan was 60.0 months. This was 0.0% higher than the 60.0 months typical in Oklahoma North and 16.7% lower than the 72.0 months median prison sentence for the nation. Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced 15 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 Median Prison Sentence
in Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Eagan'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 3 other judges in the Northern District of Oklahoma with information on convictions during that period. Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 27.5 months to 60.0 months, putting Judge Eagan's median prison sentence of 60.0 months at the highest end of the range. The median prison sentence for the whole Northern District of Oklahoma during that time was 60.0 months.

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Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Professional Biography

Born 1950 in Bronx, NY

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma

Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Thomas Rutherford Brett; Confirmed by the Senate on October 23, 2001, and received commission on October 24, 2001. Served as chief judge, 2005-2012.

Education:
Trinity College, Washington, DC, B.A., 1972
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1976

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Allen E. Barrow, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1976-1978
Private practice, Oklahoma, 1978-1998

Number of Defendants in Judge Claire V. Eagan's Cases

Judge Claire V. Eagan didn't handle any convictions of this type in the current fiscal year 2012.