> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Administration of Justice Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-administration-of-justice-sentences-district-of-oregon/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:09:06.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:09:06.000Z - Description: In the District of Oregon, 53 people were sentenced in the Commission's "Administration of Justice" category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 64% received a prison term, and the median prison term was 9 months, which is lower than the 12 months in all 94 federal districts together. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-oregon/) › Administration of Justice Offense: District of Oregon **In brief:** In the District of Oregon, 53 people were sentenced in the Commission's "Administration of Justice" category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 64% received a prison term, and the median prison term was 9 months, which is lower than the 12 months in all 94 federal districts together. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 53 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## Obstruction and Related Offenses This category groups offenses that interfere with the work of courts and law enforcement. The most common primary guideline here was §2A2.4 (Obstructing or Impeding Officers), with 29 people. §2X4.1 (Misprision of Felony) had 16, §2J1.6 (Failure to Appear by Defendant) had 3, and §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) had 2. These cases were 1% of the 4,319 people sentenced in the District of Oregon in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. The Commission assigns each person to an offense type by the primary guideline, so this category reflects the guideline used and not the full list of charges. ## Prison and Probation Only 34 of the 53 people (64%) received a prison term, and 13 (25%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. In all districts, 72% were sent to prison. Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 9 months. A quarter received 17.8 months or more, and a quarter received 0.2 months or less. The median for all offenses in the District of Oregon was 32 months. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 4 | 51 months | 3 of 4 | | 2017 | 10 | 8.5 months | 100% | | 2018 | 11 | 12 months | 82% | | 2019 | 4 | 0 months | 4 of 4 | | 2020 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 | | 2021 | 6 | 2 months | 6 of 6 | | 2022 | 2 | n/a | 2 of 2 | | 2023 | 8 | 0.6 months | 8 of 8 | | 2024 | 5 | 14.5 months | 5 of 5 | | 2025 | 2 | 10.3 months | 2 of 2 | ## Pleas and Trials 50 of 53 people (94%) pleaded guilty, and 3 were convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 8 months. After a trial it was 21 months, based on 3 people sent to prison. All of the guilty pleas (100%) had a written plea agreement. Guilty pleas were 93% for this category in all districts and 98% for all offenses in this district. ## Against the Guideline Range Within the range: 30% (16 people). Below the range at the government's request: 51% (27). Below the range without a government request: 9% (5). Above the range: 9% (5). For all districts, 48% were within the range, and for all offenses in this district, 22%. A mandatory minimum applied to 0 of the 53 people. ## Supervision, Restitution, and Criminal History Supervised release was ordered for 30 people (57%), with a median term of 36 months. Restitution was ordered for 17 (32%), and no fine was ordered. By criminal history, 58% were in the lowest category and 9% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Very Small Yearly Counts 29 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 24 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. The fiscal year runs October 1 to the end of September. Some years have only 1 or 2 people, and the table shows n/a for the median in those years. The yearly medians do not support any trend. Probation only means a sentence with no prison or other confinement. The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not included, and no case facts are given. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Oregon (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oregon") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Administration of Justice" (53). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [Federal Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-oregon/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.