United States v. Smith

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

Feb. 26, 2002

Case

United States v. Smith

Case status

Decided

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ORDER Jason Smith appeals an order modifying his supervised release conditions, but his appointed counsel, who also represented Mr. Smith in this matter before the district court, has sought to withdraw pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Counsel’s brief is facially adequate and Mr. Smith has not filed a response, see Circuit Rule 51(b), so we limit our review to the single potential issue counsel identifies: whether it would be frivolous to argue that the district court abused its discretion in modifying Mr. Smith’s supervised release conditions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583 (e)(2) to require mental health and sexual disorder screening and treatment, if necessary. See United States v. Tabb, 125 F.3d 583, 584 (7th Cir.1997) (per curiam); United States v. Wagner, 103 F.3d 551, 553 (7th Cir.1996). We agree with counsel that such an argument would be frivolous, and so grant his motion to withdraw and dismiss this appeal. In October 2001 Mr. Smith was released from federal prison after serving time for drug trafficking crimes. Shortly before, Mr. Smith’s probation officer had learned that Mr. Smith had a history of delusional and paran…

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