United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal from the district court's order revoking defendant's supervised release and imposing additional conditions on her release, the order is vacated in part where: 1) the restriction on associating with persons with misdemeanor convictions was not reasonably related to the risk that defendant would reoffend; and 2) there was insufficient evidence that repeatedly incarcerating defendant for desiring to maintain a relationship with her "life partner" would best serve the interests of rehabilitation or deterrence, or would afford greater protection to the public.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2009
• Decided 02/01/2010
• Published 02/01/2010

Judges

• Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Fernando L. Cosio, Honolulu, HI, for the defendant-appellant., Florence T. Nakakuni, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.