IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
ORDER ADOPTING CONDITIONS OF DISTRICT COURT GENERAL ORDER
SUPERVISION PURSUANT TO 18 2020-20
U.S.C. § 3563 and 18 U.S.C. § 3583
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado hereby adopts the following
standard conditions for Probation and Supervised Release:
1. You must report to the probation office in the federal judicial district where you are
authorized to reside within 72 hours of the time you were sentenced (or within 72 hours
of your release from imprisonment in supervised release cases), unless the probation
officer instructs you to report to a different probation office or within a different time
frame.
2. After initially reporting to the probation office, you will receive instructions from the
court or the probation officer about how and when you must report to the probation
officer, and you must report to the probation officer as instructed.
3. You must not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where you are authorized to
reside without first getting permission from the court or the probation officer.
4. You must answer truthfully the questions asked by your probation officer.
5. You must live at a place approved by the probation officer. If you plan to change where
you live or anything about your living arrangements (such as the people you live with),
you must notify the probation officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the
probation officer in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must
notify the probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected
change.
6. You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere,
and you must permit the probation officer to take any items prohibited by the conditions
of your supervision that he or she observes in plain view.
7. You must work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment,
unless the probation officer excuses you from doing so. If you do not have full-time
employment you must try to find full-time employment, unless the probation officer
excuses you from doing so. If you plan to change where you work or anything about your
work (such as your position or your job responsibilities), you must notify the probation
officer at least 10 days before the change. If notifying the probation officer at least 10
days in advance is not possible due to unanticipated circumstances, you must notify the
probation officer within 72 hours of becoming aware of a change or expected change.
8. You must not communicate or interact with someone you know is engaged in criminal
activity. If you know someone has been convicted of a felony, you must not knowingly
communicate or interact with that person without first getting the permission of the
probation officer.
9. If you are arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, you must notify the
probation officer within 72 hours.
10. You must not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device,
or dangerous weapon (i.e., anything that was designed, or was modified for, the specific
purpose of causing bodily injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or tasers).
11. You must not act or make any agreement with a law enforcement agency to act as a
confidential human source or informant without first getting the permission of the court.
12. If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person (including an
organization), the probation officer may, after obtaining Court approval, notify the
person about the risk or require you to notify the person about the risk and you must
comply with that instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm
that you have notified the person about the risk.
13. You must follow the instructions of the probation officer related to the conditions of
supervision.
In addition, the Court adopts the following modification to mandatory condition #3 for Probation
and Supervised Release:
You must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance. You must submit to one
drug test within 15 days of placement on supervision/release from imprisonment and a
maximum of 20 tests per year of supervision thereafter.
This order supersedes General Order 2019-6.
Dated at Denver, Colorado this 13th day of November 2020.
BY THE COURT
PHILIP A. BRIMMER
Chief United States District Judge
