UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN DIVISION
STANDING ORDER
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(2) Ordering the Probation Office to Construe the Thirteen
Standard Conditions of Supervised Release in Modified Form
This standing order pertains to the conditions of supervised release regarding defendants who are
currently on supervised release to Judge Philip G. Reinhard or sentenced but not yet on supervised release
and subject to the following thirteen standard conditions of supervised release:
(1) the defendant shall not leave the judicial district without the permission of the court or probation
officer;
(2) the defendant shall report to the probation officer in the manner and frequency directed by the court or
probation officer;
(3) the defendant shall answer truthfully all inquiries by the probation officer and follow the instructions
of the probation officer;
(4) the defendant shall support his or her dependents and meet other family responsibilities;
(5) the defendant shall work regularly at a lawful occupation, unless excused by the probation officer for
schooling, training, or other acceptable reasons;
(6) the defendant shall notify the probation officer at least ten days prior to any change in residence or
employment;
(7) the defendant shall refrain from any use of alcohol and shall not purchase, possess, use, distribute, or
administer any controlled substance or any paraphernalia related to any controlled substances, except as
prescribed by a physician;
(8) the defendant shall not frequent places where controlled substances are illegally sold, used,
distributed, or administered;
(9) the defendant shall not associate with any persons engaged in criminal activity and shall not associate
with any person convicted of a felony, unless granted permission to do so by the probation officer;
(10) the defendant shall permit a probation officer to visit him or her at any time at home or elsewhere
and shall permit confiscation of any contraband observed in plain view of the probation officer;
(11) the defendant shall notify the probation officer within seventy-two hours of being arrested or
questioned by a law enforcement officer;
(12) the defendant shall not enter into any agreement to act as an informer or a special agent of a law
enforcement agency without the permission of the court; and
(13) as directed by the probation officer, the defendant shall notify third parties of risks that may be
occasioned by the defendant's criminal record or personal history or characteristics and shall permit the
probation officer to make such notifications and to confirm the defendant's compliance with such
notification requirement.
Based on recent caselaw authority from the Seventh Circuit regarding the impermissible vagueness of
certain conditions of supervised release, see, e.g. United States v. Thompson, 777 F.3d 368 (7th Cir.
2015); United States v. Miller, ___ F. App’x. ___ 2016 WL 1059410 (7th Cir. Mar. 17, 2016), and
pursuant to its authority to modify “the conditions of supervised release, at any time prior to the
expiration or termination of the term of supervised release,” see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(2), the court hereby
orders the probation office to construe and apply the above thirteen conditions as hereinafter modified to
defendants currently on supervised release or sentenced but not yet on supervised release in the following
manner:
(1) For defendants being supervised in the Northern District of Illinois, this condition shall be modified to
the following: “you shall refrain from knowingly leaving the geographic area of the jurisdiction of the
district court where you are being supervised, which currently consists of the Illinois counties of Cook,
DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Will, Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, JoDaviess, Lee, McHenry,
Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago, unless granted permission to leave by the court or a
probation officer”;
(2) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall report to a probation officer at
reasonable times as directed by the court or a probation officer”;
(3) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall, absent constitutional or other legal
privilege, answer inquiries by a probation officer.”
(4) This condition shall be removed;
(5) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall seek lawful employment and work
conscientiously at any lawful employment that has been obtained, or pursue conscientiously a course of
study or vocational training that will equip you for employment”;
(6) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall notify a probation officer promptly,
within 72 hours, of any change in residence, employer, or workplace and, absent constitutional or other
legal privilege, answer inquiries by a probation officer”;
(7) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall refrain from excessive use of alcohol
(defined as having a blood alcohol concentration greater than 0.08%)”;
(8) and (9) These conditions shall be modified to the following: “you shall refrain from knowingly
meeting or communicating with any person whom you know to be engaged, or planning to be engaged, in
criminal activity and from knowingly visiting places where controlled substances are illegally sold, used,
distributed, or administered”;
(10) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall permit a probation officer to visit you at
home between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., or visit you at any other reasonable location
specified by the probation officer upon prior reasonable notice to you”;
(11) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall notify a probation officer promptly,
within 72 hours, if arrested or questioned by a person you know to be a law enforcement officer regarding
activities pertaining to you”;
(12) This condition shall be modified to the following: “you shall not enter into any agreement to act as
an informer or special agent of a law enforcement agency without the permission of the court”;
(13) This condition shall be removed.
Dated: 5/24/2015 ENTER:
Philip G. Reinhard, Judge
United States District Court
