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Federal Bench — District of Nebraska

Judge Lyle Strom

District of Nebraska — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Lyle Strom 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

736

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

60.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

3,018

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

17.5%

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

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence60.0 mo
Mean sentence70.3 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)21.0 mo — 108.0 mo
Downward departure rate41.0%
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 trafficking405 (55.0%)
  • extortion racketeering98 (13.3%)
  • prison96 (13.0%)
  • gambling48 (6.5%)
  • bribery corruption17 (2.3%)
  • fraud9 (1.2%)
  • stalking harassing9 (1.2%)
  • assault7 (1.0%)

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