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Federal Bench — Western District of Kentucky

Judge John Heyburn

Western District of Kentucky — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for John Heyburn compiled from verified federal court records. Statistical frequencies only — never a prediction about a specific case or defendant.

Generated June 22, 2026

Name-match note: Records were linked across USSC and CourtListener with a name-similarity score of 0.65. 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

306

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

18.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

6,564

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

16.9%

of indexed dockets

Aggregate frequencies from public USSC sentencing datafiles and CourtListener docket records. Not a prediction about any specific case.

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Sentencing Distribution

Distribution metrics from 306 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence18.0 mo
Mean sentence40.8 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)0.0 mo — 57.0 mo
Downward departure rate52.0%
Upward departure rate1.0%
Substantial-assistance rate—
Government-sponsored below-range rate—

Offense Mix

Top offense categories among indexed sentences. A judge's offense mix reflects the docket they were assigned, not their personal selection.

  • drug trafficking78 (25.5%)
  • gambling56 (18.3%)
  • extortion racketeering37 (12.1%)
  • prison30 (9.8%)
  • kidnapping16 (5.2%)
  • robbery14 (4.6%)
  • fraud11 (3.6%)
  • bribery corruption9 (2.9%)

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