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United States v. W.P.L.

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641 F.3d 1036·2011 WL 1490762
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 20, 201110-30202California398 words

Opinion

Opinion

ORDER

The per curiam opinion filed March 14, 2011, and amended March 30, 2011, is amended as follows:

On slip opinion page 4201, in the caption, delete “a juvenile,”.

On slip opinion page 4203, first paragraph, line 1, delete “, a juvenile,”.

OPINION

Defendant W.P.L. appeals the district court’s imposition of a condition of supervised release that he register as a sex offender “if required by law.” Reviewing for abuse of discretion, United States v. T.M., 330 F.3d 1235 , 1240 n. 2 (9th Cir.2003), we affirm.

The district court did not make a legal determination that Defendant must register as a sex offender. Instead, it imposed the condition that he register only “if required by law.” It is within a district court’s discretion to impose a condition of supervised release that a defendant comply with mandatory legal duties. 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a). Indeed, district courts commonly and properly impose a condition of supervised release that the defendant not violate federal, state, or local laws. We therefore reject Defendant’s facial challenge to the condition of supervised release. See United States v. Talbert, 501 F.3d 449, 452 (5th Cir.2007) (rejecting a challenge to a term of…

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