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E.D. Mich. · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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Eastern District of Michigan, fiscal year 2021

E.D. Mich. · Sixth Circuit · FY2021 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2021 (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 489 sentenced cases in the Eastern District of Michigan appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 39 months (3 yr 3 mo); 95% of cases carried a prison term. 38% of sentences were within the guideline range, 15% below it on a government motion, 46% below it for other reasons and — above it.

489cases sentencedFY2020: 533
39median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
38%within guideline rangenational 43%
95%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Firearms15030.7%—3641%8%49%
Drug Trafficking12425.4%—7225%28%45%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement5711.7%79%2326%19%54%
Immigration5511.2%100%373%—26%
Child Pornography183.7%100%148———
Sex Abuse183.7%100%205——61%
Robbery163.3%100%110———
Assault102.0%100%44———
13 other offence types, pooled418.4%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureE.D. Mich.6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced4894,00857,287
Median prison months395729
Cases with a prison term95%91%91%
Within guideline range38%40%43%
Below range, government sponsored15%32%32%
Below range, other46%26%23%
Above range—2%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, E.D. Mich.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201893492%3042%22%35%—
FY201987994%3043%18%38%1%
FY202053393%3044%18%36%—
FY202148995%3938%15%46%—
FY202271991%4032%20%47%—
FY202369695%3732%15%52%—
FY202464294%4030%16%54%—
FY202585196%2443%8%48%1%

← FY2020FY2022 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2021 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Eastern District of Michigan, FY2018–FY2025.