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Federal Bench — District of Arizona

Judge Frank Zapata

District of Arizona — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for Frank Zapata 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 0.62. 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

2,681

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

20.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

2,494

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

50.0%

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 2,681 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence20.0 mo
Mean sentence36.6 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)9.0 mo — 42.0 mo
Downward departure rate71.0%
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.

  • prison1,375 (51.3%)
  • drug trafficking817 (30.5%)
  • extortion racketeering94 (3.5%)
  • environmental57 (2.1%)
  • gambling46 (1.7%)
  • stalking harassing43 (1.6%)
  • bribery corruption41 (1.5%)
  • fraud40 (1.5%)

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