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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexandro Javier VIRGEN, Defendant-Appellant.
MEMORANDUM **
Alexandro Javier Virgen appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges four conditions of supervised release imposed on revocation of his supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm but remand to correct the judgment.
Virgen challenges the special condition of supervised release that requires him to submit to warrantless searches “with or without reasonable suspicion.” He argues that the condition involves a greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary because it does not expressly forbid arbitrary, capricious, or harassing searches. Contrary to Virgen's contention, this condition need not be more narrowly tailored to be permissible. See United States v. Cervantes, 859 F.3d 1175, 1184 (9th Cir. 2017) (district courts have discretion to impose suspicionless search condition). The record reflects that the district court imposed the condition in light of Virgen's extensive criminal history and poor performance on supervision. This was not an abuse of discretion. See id. (upholding suspicionless search condition where defendant had a significant criminal history and poor performance on supervised release).
The parties agree, and the record reflects, that the written judgment conflicts with the oral pronouncement of special conditions of supervised release 1, 3 and 9. We, therefore, remand to the district court to enter a corrected written judgment consistent with the court's oral pronouncement of sentence. See United States v. Hernandez, 795 F.3d 1159, 1169 (9th Cir. 2015) (remand for correction of the written judgment is warranted when it conflicts with the oral pronouncement of sentence because the oral pronouncement controls). Specifically, the district court is directed to strike the phrase “and comply with both United States and Mexican immigration law requirements” from special condition 1, and the phrase “[a]llow for reciprocal release of information between the probation officer and the treatment provider” from special conditions 3 and 9.
AFFIRMED; REMANDED to correct the judgment.
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Docket No: No. 20-50153
Decided: March 25, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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