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N.D. Ohio · fiscal year 20191 Oct 2018 – 30 Sep 2019

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Northern District of Ohio, fiscal year 2019

N.D. Ohio · Sixth Circuit · FY2019 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 2019 (1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), 901 sentenced cases in the Northern District of Ohio appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2018 had 69,425.

The median prison term was 41 months (3 yr 5 mo); 93% of cases carried a prison term. 50% of sentences were within the guideline range, 25% below it on a government motion, 22% below it for other reasons and 4% above it.

901cases sentencedFY2018: 716
41median prison monthsnational FY2019: 21
50%within guideline rangenational 51%
93%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2019

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking33737.4%96%6038%45%14%
Firearms17519.4%—4554%10%30%
Immigration13114.5%—587%—9%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement788.7%71%2442%22%31%
Child Pornography343.8%100%11435%—62%
Robbery252.8%100%9752%——
Money Launder212.3%—30—48%—
Sex Abuse192.1%100%210———
Tax151.7%—24———
Forgery/Counter/Copyright111.2%100%21———
13 other offence types, pooled556.1%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2019 compared

MeasureN.D. Ohio6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced9015,32176,538
Median prison months414221
Cases with a prison term93%92%92%
Within guideline range50%46%51%
Below range, government sponsored25%28%26%
Below range, other22%24%20%
Above range4%2%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, N.D. Ohio

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201871691%4144%29%24%3%
FY201990193%4150%25%22%4%
FY202078786%4248%25%25%3%
FY202181988%4641%27%30%2%
FY20221,14192%4642%28%25%4%
FY202388091%4839%31%28%2%
FY202482992%5438%35%25%2%
FY202566290%5138%29%30%2%

← FY2018FY2020 →

§ 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 2019 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Northern District of Ohio, FY2018–FY2025.