Judge Michael W. Mosman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence

District Court - Oregon
Referring Agency: State/Local Authorities
Lead Charge: 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A
Program Area: Narcotics/Drugs

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To District		 Compared
To U.S.
Latest Fiscal Year 72.3 - -
Previous Fiscal Year 91.0 - -
Past 5 Years 68.3 9.6% -16.4%
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 Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon, the average prison sentence was 72.3 months, when looking only at cases referred by the State/Local Authorities with a lead charge of "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" falling under the broad category of "Narcotics/Drugs". During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has sentenced 4 defendants compared with 3 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 68.3 months. This was 9.6% higher than the 62.3 months typical in Oregon and 16.4% lower than the 81.7 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 30 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 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 45.8 months to 152.3 months, putting Judge Mosman's average prison sentence of 68.3 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 62.3 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

Number of Defendants in Judge Michael W. Mosman's Cases

Case Def. Sentence (Months) Sentencing Date Program Category  
1 1 150.00 08/24/12 Drugs-Drug Trafficking Details
2 1 25.00 07/23/12 Drugs-Drug Trafficking Details
3 1 70.00 06/20/12 Drugs-Drug Trafficking Details
4 1 44.00 03/12/12 Drugs-Drug Trafficking Details

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