Federal Bench — Western District of Texas
Kathleen Cardone
Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Kathleen Cardone 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
4,418
FY14-23 indexed
Median Sentence
12.0 mo
across indexed cases
Total Dockets
3,537
indexed in corpus
Criminal Fraction
10.4%
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 4,418 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Median sentence | 12.0 mo |
| Mean sentence | 41.9 mo |
| Interquartile range (P25 — P75) | 0.1 mo — 36.0 mo |
| Downward departure rate | 30.0% |
| 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 trafficking1,979 (44.8%)
- prison1,831 (41.4%)
- gambling189 (4.3%)
- stalking harassing50 (1.1%)
- extortion racketeering47 (1.1%)
- environmental28 (0.6%)
- money laundering20 (0.5%)
- fraud16 (0.4%)
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.