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Federal Bench — District of Utah

David Sawyer

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for David Sawyer 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

Name-match note: Records were linked across USSC and CourtListener with a name-similarity score of 0.53. Below 0.80 the link is weaker — verify the cl_person_id matches the judge before relying on this profile.

Sentencing & Caseload Snapshot

USSC Sentences

509

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

33.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

no docket data

Criminal Fraction

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 509 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence33.0 mo
Mean sentence61.8 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)12.0 mo 60.0 mo
Downward departure rate49.0%
Upward departure rate2.0%
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.

  • prison160 (31.4%)
  • extortion racketeering96 (18.9%)
  • drug trafficking85 (16.7%)
  • gambling52 (10.2%)
  • burglary16 (3.1%)
  • robbery13 (2.6%)
  • fraud9 (1.8%)
  • manslaughter6 (1.2%)

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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.