United States v. Williams
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
James Tyler Williams was sentenced to 255 months in prison following his guilty plea to charges of arson, destruction of religious property, and the use of fire to commit a felony. Williams raises only one issue on appeal: whether the district court abused its discretion by including a supervised release condition which mandates participation in a mental health treatment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742 , and we affirm.
DISCUSSION
A district court’s decision to impose a special condition of supervised release is reviewed for abuse of discretion. United States v. Pinjuv, 218 F.3d 1125, 1129 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1025 , 121 S.Ct. 597 , 148 L.Ed.2d 511 (2000). A district court has discretion to order special conditions of supervised release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583 (d) if the conditions are reasonably related to the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a). United States v. Fellows, 157 F.3d 1197, 1203 (9th Cir.1998). The § 3553(a) factors pertinent here include the nature and circumstances of the offense and the need to protect the public from future crimes of the defendant.