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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-eastern-district-of-california/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:08:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:08:24.000Z
- Description: In the Eastern District of California, 26 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 under the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type "Other." All 26 pleaded guilty, and 54% received a prison term. The median prison term was 6 months, compared with 48 months for all offenses in the distri
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Eastern District of California, 26 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 under the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type "Other." All 26 pleaded guilty, and 54% received a prison term. The median prison term was 6 months, compared with 48 months for all offenses in the district.

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 26 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 the Category "Other" Covers

"Other" is a catch-all offense type used by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. It is not one crime. The most common primary guideline here was §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 13 cases.

Other guidelines were §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)) with 3, §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) with 1, and §2D1.11 (Unlawfully Distributing, Importing, Exporting or Possessing a Listed Chemical) with 1\. These cases were less than 1% of the 4,546 people sentenced in the district.

## Every Person Pleaded Guilty

All 26 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. In all 94 districts, 98% pleaded guilty for this offense type.

Among the guilty pleas, 69% had a written plea agreement, and 27% were straight pleas with no agreement. A straight plea is a guilty plea without a plea agreement.

## Prison, Probation, and Median Terms

A total of 14 of the 26 (54%) received a prison term, and 8 (31%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. In all districts, 38% of people in this offense type were sent to prison.

The median prison term was 6 months. A quarter received 1.5 months or less, and a quarter received 18 months or more. The median in all districts was 0.2 months, and the median for all offenses in this district was 48 months. All prison terms here are sentences, not time served.

## Sentences Against the Guideline Range

The guideline range is the range calculated under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Of the 20 people with this information, 65% (13) were sentenced within the range. In all districts, 90% were within the range, and in this district, all offenses together had 40%.

A below-range sentence without a government request applied to 25% (5), and a below-range sentence at the government's request applied to 10% (2). No one was above the range. A mandatory minimum applied to 0 of the 20 people.

## Yearly Counts

Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 11 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 15 people. The table lists 8 fiscal years, and the counts run from 1 to 6 people per year. The yearly medians range from 0 months to 60 months. With a mixed category and counts this small, the table does not show a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 6                | 12 months     | 6 of 6         |
| 2017        | 4                | 0 months      | 4 of 4         |
| 2018        | 1                | 18 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2020        | 6                | 27 months     | 6 of 6         |
| 2022        | 1                | 60 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2023        | 5                | 2 months      | 5 of 5         |
| 2024        | 1                | 24 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2025        | 2                | 0.3 months    | 2 of 2         |

## Supervision, Fines, and Criminal History

Supervised release after prison was ordered for 12 (46%), with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 11 (42%), and restitution for 2 (8%).

In this group, 60% were in the lowest criminal history category, and 10% were in the highest. Military records used on this site do not include criminal history.

## Installations and Limits

Beale, Edwards, and Travis Air Force Bases lie within the district's boundaries. A court-martial is held in a military court, so none of the cases above were tried at those bases.

The data starts at sentencing. Anyone acquitted or whose case was dismissed is not counted.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of California (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "California East") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (26). 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 Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-california/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-eastern-district-of-california/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-eastern-district-of-california/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-eastern-district-of-california/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of California, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-eastern-district-of-california/) (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.