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Federal Bench — District of Minnesota

Judge Patrick Schiltz

District of Minnesota — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Patrick Schiltz 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 0.70. 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

498

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

57.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

6,450

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

2.8%

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

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence57.0 mo
Mean sentence91.7 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)24.0 mo 110.0 mo
Downward departure rate54.0%
Upward departure rate2.0%
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 trafficking213 (42.8%)
  • gambling67 (13.5%)
  • extortion racketeering64 (12.9%)
  • prison23 (4.6%)
  • burglary21 (4.2%)
  • manslaughter11 (2.2%)
  • robbery10 (2.0%)
  • fraud7 (1.4%)

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