By: Derek Hawkins//January 13, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Matthew Poulin
Case No.:14-2458
Officials: POSNER, FLAUM, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Practice Area: Pleas & Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release
Conditions of supervised release without reason call for resentencing.
“Nevertheless, this condition is problematic for the same reason we observed in Kappes: The meaning of “other family responsibilities” is not apparent. 782 F.3d at 852. We must conclude that the district court procedurally erred in imposing this condition. On remand, the district court should make explicit the extent to which this condition requires financial, as opposed to other forms, of support and take into account Poulin’s ability to pay. See id. (“The meaning of the phrase, ‘other family responsibilities,’ is not apparent … . To the extent the condition requires only financial support, the condition should make that explicit and should include a limitation which takes into account the defendant’s ability to pay.”).”
Vacated and Remanded ( as to conditions of supervised release)
Affirmed otherwise.