Federal Other Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025
In the District of Oregon, 47 people were sentenced in the Commission's catch-all "Other" offense category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 34% received probation only, and 85% of sentences were within the guideline range, compared with 22% for all offenses in the district.
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In brief: In the District of Oregon, 47 people were sentenced in the Commission's catch-all "Other" offense category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 34% received probation only, and 85% of sentences were within the guideline range, compared with 22% for all offenses in the district.
This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 47 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 series, which builds on Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System. How the numbers were built: How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built.
Sentences Mostly Within the Guideline Range
For 85% of the people with the information (33 of 39), the sentence was within the guideline range. Below the range at the government's request was 10% (4), below it without a government request was 3% (1), and above the range was 3% (1).
Across all districts, 90% of sentences in this category were within the range. Across all offenses in the District of Oregon, the figure was 22%.
What the Other Category Contains
"Other" is a Commission label for cases that do not fit its named offense types, so it mixes unrelated offenses. The primary guidelines listed were §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge) with 9 people, §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant) with 6, and §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)) with 6.
§2D1.12 (Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Distribution, Transportation, Exportation, or Importation of Prohibited Flask, Equipment, Chemical, Product, or Material) had 1. These cases were 1% of the 4,319 people sentenced in the district.
Short Prison Terms and Probation
27 of the 47 people (57%) received a prison term, and 16 (34%) received probation only. Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 1.8 months. A quarter received 11.6 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less.
In all districts, 38% were sent to prison, and the median was 0.2 months. The median for all offenses in this district was 32 months. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.
| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 11.2 months | 4 of 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 30 months | 5 of 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 months | 7 of 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 months | 7 of 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 months | 7 of 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0.9 months | 6 of 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0.3 months | 4 of 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 months | 3 of 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 months | 2 of 2 |
Pleas and Other Orders
46 of 47 people (98%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. All of the guilty pleas (100%) had a written plea agreement. A mandatory minimum applied to 0 of the 36 people with that information recorded.
Supervised release was ordered for 25 people (53%), with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 1 person (2%) and restitution for 3 (6%). By criminal history, 57% were in the lowest category and 7% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.
Counts by Year and Limits
24 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 23 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025. The fiscal year runs October 1 to the end of September. Yearly counts are 1 to 8 people, and several medians are 0 months, so the table does not show a trend.
Only people who were convicted and sentenced are counted. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data. Because the category is a mix, these figures cannot describe any single kind of offense.
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 "Other" (47). 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 (the background article)
- Federal Prosecution Analysis (all federal posts)
- How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built (sources and method)
- Federal Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 (overview)
- Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles (source)
- Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants) (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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.