Federal Bench — Southern District of Iowa
John Jarvey
Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for John Jarvey 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
1,430
FY14-23 indexed
Median Sentence
80.0 mo
across indexed cases
Total Dockets
2,347
indexed in corpus
Criminal Fraction
34.5%
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 1,430 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Median sentence | 80.0 mo |
| Mean sentence | 265.4 mo |
| Interquartile range (P25 — P75) | 33.0 mo — 150.0 mo |
| Downward departure rate | 51.0% |
| Upward departure rate | 2.0% |
| 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 trafficking660 (46.2%)
- extortion racketeering222 (15.5%)
- prison83 (5.8%)
- gambling71 (5.0%)
- stalking harassing27 (1.9%)
- robbery25 (1.7%)
- burglary22 (1.5%)
- assault21 (1.5%)
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.