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W.D. Wis. · fiscal year 20181 Oct 2017 – 30 Sep 2018

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Western District of Wisconsin, fiscal year 2018

W.D. Wis. · Seventh Circuit · FY2018 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 2018 (1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018), 156 sentenced cases in the Western District of Wisconsin appear in the Commission's datafile.

The median prison term was 54 months (4 yr 6 mo); 87% of cases carried a prison term. 41% of sentences were within the guideline range, 7% below it on a government motion, 51% below it for other reasons and — above it.

156cases sentenced
54median prison monthsnational FY2018: 24
41%within guideline rangenational 51%
87%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2018

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking5434.6%—7233%—59%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement2415.4%50%2742%—42%
Immigration2214.1%100%681%0%—
Firearms2113.5%—48——57%
Robbery138.3%100%120———
9 other offence types, pooled2214.1%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2018 compared

MeasureW.D. Wis.7th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced1562,44269,425
Median prison months545624
Cases with a prison term87%90%91%
Within guideline range41%37%51%
Below range, government sponsored7%23%27%
Below range, other51%37%20%
Above range—3%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, W.D. Wis.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201815687%5441%7%51%—
FY201918894%4838%6%53%—
FY202015191%4636%11%50%—
FY2021132—6028%10%60%—
FY2022143—7325%24%49%—
FY202314691%6024%36%37%—
FY202411790%5426%24%44%—
FY2025129—6926%16%56%—

FY2019 →

§ 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 2018 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Western District of Wisconsin, FY2018–FY2025.