> ## 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 Western District of New York, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-administration-of-justice-sentences-western-district-of-new-york/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:00:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:00:17.000Z - Description: Most of the 90 people sentenced under the Commission's "Administration of Justice" offense type in the Western District of New York in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 had one of these primary guidelines: Misprision of Felony (35), Obstruction of Justice (25), and Obstructing or Impeding Officers (24). A p - 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 Western District of New York, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-new-york/) › Administration of Justice Offense: Western District of New York **In brief:** Most of the 90 people sentenced under the Commission's "Administration of Justice" offense type in the Western District of New York in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 had one of these primary guidelines: Misprision of Felony (35), Obstruction of Justice (25), and Obstructing or Impeding Officers (24). A prison term went to 69 people (77%), with a median of 9 months, compared with 12 months nationally. 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 90 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/). ## What Kinds of Cases Are in This Offense Type? The Commission assigns each case to an offense type from its primary guideline. In this district, §2X4.1 (Misprision of Felony) was the primary guideline in 35 of the 90 cases. §2J1.2 (Obstruction of Justice) was the guideline in 25, and §2A2.4 (Obstructing or Impeding Officers) in 24. §2J1.6 (Failure to Appear by Defendant) was the guideline in 3 cases. Administration of Justice cases were 2% of the 4,205 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. ## Prison, Probation, and Median Terms Of the 90 people, 69 (77%) received a prison term, and 16 (18%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. For all 94 districts, 6,448 people were sentenced in this offense type, and 72% were sent to prison. Among those sent to prison here, the median prison term was 9 months. A quarter received 24 months or more, and a quarter received 0.4 months or less. The national median was 12 months, and the median for all offenses in the district was 41 months. ## Guilty Pleas and Trials A total of 86 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 4 were convicted after a trial. The median prison term was 8 months after a guilty plea and 40.5 months after a trial, based on 4 people. All guilty pleas (100%) had a written plea agreement. Nationally, 93% pleaded guilty in this offense type, and the district's rate for all offenses was 97%. ## The Guideline Range and Mandatory Minimums Within the range: 40 people (44%). Below the range at the government's request: 25 (28%). Below the range without a government request: 20 (22%). Above the range: 5 (6%). For all districts, 48% of sentences in this offense type were within the range. The figure for all offenses in the district was 42%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 2 of the 89 people with that information recorded (2%). ## Supervised Release, Fines, and Criminal History Supervised release after prison was ordered for 67 people (74%), with a median term of 12 months. A fine was ordered for 7 (8%), and restitution for 11 (12%). On criminal history, 63% were in the lowest category, category I, and 7% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Counts by Fiscal Year There were 32 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 58 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. The later period covers more years. The table gives each year, with 5 to 12 people. The median was 42 months in 2018 and 0.2 months in 2022\. With groups this small, single-year medians are not a trend. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 5 | 6 months | 5 of 5 | | 2017 | 9 | 12 months | 8 of 9 | | 2018 | 8 | 42 months | 6 of 8 | | 2019 | 10 | 12 months | 100% | | 2020 | 5 | 6 months | 5 of 5 | | 2021 | 10 | 8 months | 100% | | 2022 | 9 | 0.2 months | 9 of 9 | | 2023 | 11 | 9.1 months | 100% | | 2024 | 11 | 6 months | 100% | | 2025 | 12 | 13 months | 92% | ## What Is Not in These Records Only people convicted and sentenced are counted, so acquittals and dismissals do not appear. The records do not describe the underlying cases or the reasons for any sentence below the range. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of New York (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "New York West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Administration of Justice" (90). 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. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## 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 Western District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-new-york/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-new-york/) (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.