Troy L. Nunley

The "mean length of imprisonment [for fraud offenders] is 39 months." Id. at 1201 (quoting U.S. Sent'g Comm'n, Sourcebook of Fed. Sent'g Statistics, Table 12, Table 14 (2016)) A 9th Circuit Judge, the Honorable Troy Nunley, is handing out nuclear sentences for defendants who are apparently pro-Trump defendants which are on average 446% longer than the national average for similar offenses. Some of these cases are: United States v. Jackson, 658 Fed. Appx. 832 (9th Cir. 2016), 30-year sentence, 823% increase United States v. Eidson, No. 2:11-cr-00234-TLN-2. (9th Cir. Cal., May 28, 2020) United States v. Eidson, 835 Fed. Appx. 275 (U.S. App. Jan 13, 2021), 10-year sentence, 207% increase United States v. Zinnel, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132349 (E.D. Cal., Nov. 16, 2011) United States v. Zinnel (Criminal Case No. 2:11-cr-00234-TLN) https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/businessman-sentenced-17-years-8-months-prison-bankruptcy-fraud-and-money-laundering, 17.6-year sentence, 443% increase United States v. Bolden, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124338, 2016 WL 4771026 (E.D. Cal., Sept. 13, 2016), 10-year sentence 207% increase United States v. KEVIN LEE CO, U.S. Dist LEXIS 1261112023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126111, CASE NO. 2:16-CR-00167-TLN, July 21, 2023, 10-year sentence, 207% increase United States v. Stratos, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8355 (E.D. Cal., Jan. 19, 2017), 21.8-year sentence, 570% increase United States v. Mogler, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200296 (D. Ariz., Oct. 15, 2021), 25-year sentence, 669% increase The prosecutors know this and are given a blank check. As a result, many cases have to go to trial to avoid what constitutes a life sentence for what other defendants with other judges would receive a 3.25 year sentence.

Judge Nunley is fair to both sides and has a great temperament.

Does this judge rule on the merits or biased towards any Court of Appeal Justice "friends"?

Fair, reasonable judge who follows the law

I observed a hearing in which this judge presiding on a TRO application that meant a lot to a plaintiff who was in danger of losing a house. This judge had not read the papers, and falsely accused plaintiff's counsel of not having included an important element. The plaintiff's counsel then pointed out the supposedly missing element, by page and line. This seemingly only angered the judge more; he then falsely accused the plaintiff's counsel of having an "attitude." It was the rudest display of temper and ego that I have ever seen in a federal courtroom. Perhaps his life tenure appointment has gone to his head. Whatever others' experiences with him, on this occasion he acted like a rude and petty tyrant. He could have denied the TRO application without shouting at and belittling the plaintiff's counsel.