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# Federal Assault Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-assault-sentences-district-of-oregon/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:09:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:09:02.000Z
- Description: In the District of Oregon, 101 people were sentenced for assault in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and the median prison term was 22 months. That is lower than the 42 months for assault in all 94 federal districts together. Within-range sentences were 37% here, compared with 48% across all districts.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the District of Oregon, 101 people were sentenced for assault in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and the median prison term was 22 months. That is lower than the 42 months for assault in all 94 federal districts together. Within-range sentences were 37% here, compared with 48% across all districts.

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 101 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/).

## Prison Terms for Assault Convictions

84 of the 101 people (83%) received a prison term, and 15 (15%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 22 months. A quarter received 40 months or more, and a quarter received 10.2 months or less.

In all districts, 90% were sent to prison. The median for all offenses in the District of Oregon was 32 months, which is higher than the assault median. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.

## Which Assault Guidelines Applied

Assault is the Commission's own offense category, and these cases were 2% of the 4,319 people sentenced in the district. The most common primary guideline was §2A2.2 (Aggravated Assault), with 67 people.

Next were §2A2.3 (Assault) with 27 people, §2A2.1 (Assault with Intent to Commit Murder) with 4, and §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) with 1.

## Pleas Compared With Trials

97 of 101 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 4 were convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 21 months. After a trial it was 178.5 months, based on 4 people sent to prison.

A group of 4 people is very small, so the trial figure shows what happened in those cases and does not describe trials in general. All of the guilty pleas (100%) had a written plea agreement.

## Sentences Against the Guideline Range

For 37% of people (37), the sentence was within the guideline range. Below the range at the government's request was 38% (38), below it without a government request was 22% (22), and above the range was 4% (4).

Across all offenses in this district, 22% of sentences were within the range. Assault sentences were within the range more often than the district overall, and less often than in all districts.

## Yearly Counts

The table shows 7 to 16 people sentenced in each fiscal year, and the medians move from 12 months to 57.5 months. With counts this small, a year's median can reflect a few cases. 42 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 59 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025.

The fiscal year runs October 1 to the end of September.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 10               | 29.5 months   | 100%           |
| 2017        | 8                | 18 months     | 8 of 8         |
| 2018        | 14               | 57.5 months   | 100%           |
| 2019        | 10               | 12 months     | 100%           |
| 2020        | 7                | 18 months     | 6 of 7         |
| 2021        | 9                | 27 months     | 9 of 9         |
| 2022        | 16               | 17 months     | 100%           |
| 2023        | 7                | 18 months     | 7 of 7         |
| 2024        | 13               | 22.5 months   | 85%            |
| 2025        | 7                | 21 months     | 6 of 7         |

## Other Measures

A mandatory minimum applied to 7 of the 101 people (7%). Supervised release was ordered for 84 people (83%), with a median term of 36 months. Restitution was ordered for 33 (33%), and no fine was ordered.

By criminal history, 42% were in the lowest category and 11% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## What the Data Leaves Out

Only people who were convicted and sentenced are counted. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data, and the records do not describe the facts of any case.

### 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 "Assault" (101). 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 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.