Federal Bench — Western District of Louisiana
Patricia Minaldi
Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Patricia Minaldi 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
521
FY14-23 indexed
Median Sentence
30.0 mo
across indexed cases
Total Dockets
3,786
indexed in corpus
Criminal Fraction
22.9%
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 521 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Median sentence | 30.0 mo |
| Mean sentence | 73.0 mo |
| Interquartile range (P25 — P75) | 6.0 mo — 64.0 mo |
| Downward departure rate | 23.0% |
| Upward departure rate | 8.0% |
| 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 trafficking120 (23.0%)
- prison86 (16.5%)
- extortion racketeering82 (15.7%)
- gambling73 (14.0%)
- bribery corruption26 (5.0%)
- fraud19 (3.6%)
- stalking harassing16 (3.1%)
- robbery14 (2.7%)
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.