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2025go01.pdf

N.D. Okla. Standing Order — 2025go01.pdf

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF SPECIAL ) CONDITIONS OF ) GENERAL ORDER 25-01 PROBATION AND SUPERVISED ) RELEASE ) ORDER IT IS THE ORDER of the Court that the following conditions entitled "Special Sex Offender Conditions" shall apply to persons placed on probation or supervised release when deemed reasonable and specifically ordered by the Court based on the nature and circumstances of the offense and/or the defendant's history and characteristics. Such conditions further the statutory goals of sentencing by affording adequate deterrence to criminal conduct, protecting the public from further crimes of the defendant, and providing defendant with needed correctional treatment in the most effective manner. This general order amends and supersedes general order 22-27. The "Special Sex Offender Conditions" shall read as follows: 1. The defendant shall register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA) (Public Law 109-248) and any applicable state registration law. 2. The defendant shall participate in and successfully complete sex offender treatment, to include a risk assessment and physiological testing, at a program or by a therapist and on a schedule approved by the probation officer. The defendant shall abide by the rules, requirements, conditions, policies and procedures of the program to include specific directions to undergo periodic polygraph examinations or other types of testing as a means to ensure that the defendant is in compliance with the requirements of his/her supervision or treatment program. The defendant shall waive any right of confidentiality in any treatment or assessment records to allow the probation officer to review the course of treatment and progress with the treatment provider. The defendant may be required to contribute to the cost of services rendered (co-payment) in an amount to be determined by the probation office, based on the defendant's ability to pay. 3. Except for immediate family members,1 the defendant shall have no contact with persons under the age of 18 unless approved by the probation officer. The defendant will immediately report any unauthorized contact with persons under the age of 18 to the probation officer. The defendant will not enter or loiter within 100 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds, arcades, or other places frequented by persons under the age of 18. 4. The defendant shall not possess or view any video or visual depiction, as defined at 18 U.S.C. § 2256(5), displaying a sexual act, as defined at 18 U.S.C. § 2246(2), or child pornography, as defined at 18 U.S.C. § 2256(8). 5. The defendant shall submit his/her person, property, residence, office, vehicle, cellular telephone, computer, or any other electronic communication device to a search conducted by the probation officer at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, based on a reasonable suspicion of contraband or evidence of a violation of a condition of release (except as set forth in the Computer and Internet Restriction Condition (Paragraph 7(b)), if imposed). Failure to submit to a search may be grounds for revocation. The defendant shall warn any other occupants that the premises may be subject to searches pursuant to this condition. 6. The defendant shall abide by the following financial conditions: a. The defendant must provide the probation officer access to any requested financial information and authorize the release of any financial information. The Probation Office will share financial information with the United States Attorney's Office. b. The defendant must not incur new credit charges, or open additional lines of credit without the approval of the probation officer. 7. The defendant shall abide by the following computer restrictions and monitoring conditions: a. The defendant shall disclose all electronic communications devices, data storage devices, e-mail accounts, internet connections and internet connection devices, including screen names, user identifications, and passwords, to the probation officer; and shall immediately advise the probation officer of any changes in his/her email accounts, connections, devices, or passwords. b. The defendant shall allow the probation officer to install computer monitoring software on any computer, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1030(e)(1), that the defendant owns, utilizes or has the ability to access. The cost of remote monitoring software shall be paid by the defendant. To ensure compliance with the computer monitoring condition, the defendant shall allow the probation officer to conduct periodic, unannounced searches of any computer subject to computer monitoring. These searches shall be 1 "Immediate family member" is defined as siblings, children, grandchildren, persons to whom the offender stands in loco parentis, and persons living in the offender's household and related by blood or marriage. conducted for the purposes of determining whether the computer contains any prohibited data prior to installation of the monitoring software; to determine whether the monitoring software is functioning effectively after its installation; and to determine whether there have been attempts to circumvent the monitoring software. after its installation. Additionally, the defendant shall warn other people who use these computers that the computers may be subject to searches pursuant to this condition. c. The defendant shall not access any on-line service using an alias; or access any on-line service using the internet account, name, or designation of another person or entity, and shall report immediately to the probation officer access to any internet site containing prohibited material. d. The defendant is prohibited from using any form of encryption, cryptography, stenography, compression, password protected files or other methods that limit access to, or change the appearance of, data and/or images. e. The defendant is prohibited from altering or destroying records of computer use, including the use of software or functions designed to alter, clean or "wipe" computer media, block monitoring software, or restore a computer to a previous state. 8. The defendant shall not lease, maintain, or share a post office box, mail drop, or any other repository for mail or package delivery, without prior written permission of the probation officer. 9. The defendant shall not engage in any occupation, business, or profession (whether paid or not) whose primary purpose involves contact with or access to persons under the age of 18, without prior written permission of the probation officer. IT IS SO ORDERED this 22nd day of January 2025. ____________________________________ John F. Heil, III Chief United States District Judge ____________________________________ Gregory K. Frizzell United States District Judge ____________________________________ Sara E. Hill United States District Judge ____________________________________ John D. Russell United States District Judge ____________________________________ Terence C. Kern United States District Judge ____________________________________ Claire V. Eagan United States District Judge
Official source: https://www.oknd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/2025go01.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23