Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Bare, No. 14-10475 (9th Cir.) (806 F.3d 1011) (November 24, 2015) (Judge Richard C. Tallman) by In this case, the Ninth Circuit affirmed, over the dissent of Judge Kozinski, the 54-month sentence imposed on Ibrahim Fahab Bare following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a …

U.S. v. Forde, No. 11-1070 (8th Cir.) (664 F.3d 1219) (January 5, 2012) (Judge William J. Riley) by Here the Court upheld as reasonable a special condition of supervised release that prohibited the defendant from using alcohol or entering bars, even though it acknowledged that there was no evidence that …

U.S. v. Perazza-Mercado, No. 07-1511 (1st Cir.) (553 F.3d 65) (January 21, 2009) (Judge Kermit A. Lipez) by In an issue of first impression in the First Circuit, the Court addressed the validity of a special condition of supervised release that imposed a total ban on a defendant’s home use …

U.S. v. Wise, No. 03-30274 (9th Cir.) (391 F.3d 1027) (December 8, 2004) (Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld) by The defendant, who pled guilty to attempting to defraud the Social Security Administration, appealed from the imposition of a special condition of supervised release that barred her from having contact with children …

U.S. v. Carter, No. 97-50620 (9th Cir.) (159 F.3d 397) (October 21, 1998) (Judge Harry Pregerson) by Like every sanctimonious and newfangled Government program ever invented, the lofty purposes and giddy goals of supervised release seem to grow inexorably each year. We are told that "supervision" is necessary to give …