Federal Bench — District of Minnesota
Joan Ericksen
Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Joan Ericksen compiled from verified federal court records. Statistical frequencies only — never a prediction about a specific case or defendant.
Source: USSC FY14-23 × CourtListener federal dockets — generated May 6, 2026
Sentencing & Caseload Snapshot
USSC Sentences
776
FY14-23 indexed
Median Sentence
57.0 mo
across indexed cases
Total Dockets
15,311
indexed in corpus
Criminal Fraction
1.8%
of indexed dockets
Aggregate frequencies from public USSC sentencing datafiles and CourtListener docket records. Not a prediction about any specific case.
Sentencing Distribution
Distribution metrics from 776 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Median sentence | 57.0 mo |
| Mean sentence | 126.5 mo |
| Interquartile range (P25 — P75) | 24.0 mo — 108.0 mo |
| Downward departure rate | 54.0% |
| Upward departure rate | 1.0% |
| Substantial-assistance rate | — |
| Government-sponsored below-range rate | — |
Source: USSC FY14-23 individual offender datafiles.
Offense Mix
Top offense categories among indexed sentences. A judge's offense mix reflects the docket they were assigned, not their personal selection.
- drug trafficking325 (41.9%)
- gambling102 (13.1%)
- extortion racketeering80 (10.3%)
- prison47 (6.1%)
- burglary43 (5.5%)
- robbery19 (2.4%)
- money laundering19 (2.4%)
- assault11 (1.4%)
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.