Yoder
United States v. Yoder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Raymond Yoder pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). 1 *386 As part of Yoder’s sentence, the district court imposed nineteen special conditions of supervised release. Yoder objected to many, but not all, of these conditions before sentencing. We review challenges that Yoder asserted before the district court for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Williams, 356 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir.2004). Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we need not recount it here.
1. We address together Yoder’s contentions that the district court did not “exercise individualized discretion” and that the district court “impermissibly shifted the burden” to Yoder. Yoder contends that the district court followed a “categorical” policy of imposing the conditions in cases of child pornography, regardless of the defendant or the particular facts. We disagree.
Before making the challenged statement, the district court had considered particularized submissions from the Probation Office and the parties, including Yoder’s objections to the proposed conditions of supervised…