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Federal Bench — Western District of Michigan

Judge Gordon Quist

Western District of Michigan — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Gordon Quist 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 0.76. 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

780

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

46.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

8,826

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

22.6%

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

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence46.0 mo
Mean sentence89.0 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)18.0 mo 84.0 mo
Downward departure rate40.0%
Upward departure rate3.0%
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 trafficking284 (36.4%)
  • extortion racketeering127 (16.3%)
  • prison98 (12.6%)
  • gambling58 (7.4%)
  • kidnapping31 (4.0%)
  • burglary24 (3.1%)
  • robbery18 (2.3%)
  • immigration16 (2.1%)

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