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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e So ut he rn Dis tri ct of I owa - Des M oi ne s

__ __ __ __ __ __ Su bm it te d: May 14, 2 01 8 Fi le d: Ju ly 24, 2 01 8 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re SM ITH, Chi ef J ud ge , BEAM an d C OLLOTO N, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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PER CURI AM.

Octa vi us Co pl en , ha vi ng be en rel eas ed fro m cu st od y , beg an a fo ur -y ear term of su pe rv is ed rel eas e on Aug us t 24 , 20 17

. Fro m th e ou ts et of th e su pe rv is ed rel eas e pe rio d, th e Uni te d St at es Pro ba ti on Offi ce ha d di ffi c u l t y lo cat in g Co pl en at th e

res id en ce whe re he ha d in di cat ed he pl an ne d to res id e. Afte r nu m ero us un su cces sf ul
at te m pt s– ul ti m at el y ov er a sp an of ne arl y fo ur -m on th s– to co nd uc t ho m e vi si ts at th ede si gn at ed res id en ce, th e pr ob at io n of fic e fil ed a req ue st to m od ify Co pl en 's

co nd it io ns of su pe rv is ed rel eas e. The pe ti ti on al le ge d Co pl en vi ol at ed hi s co nd it io ns by fai li ng to no ti fy th e pr ob at io n of fic e of a ch an ge in res id en ce, an d as k e d fo r a

m od ifi cat io n req ui rin g Co pl en to wear a m on it or in g de vi ce. The di st ric t co ur t fo un d 1 by a pr ep on de ran ce of th e ev id en ce th at Co pl en ha d vi ol at ed th e co nd i t i on s of

su pe rv is e d r e l e a s e , an d m od ifi ed hi s su pe rv is io n to req ui re hi m to wear a GPS

m on it or fo r th e ne xt 12 0 da y s. Thi s or de r was en te red o n Decem be r 19 , 20 17

. Co pl en ap pe al ed an d hi s cas e was su bm it te d to th is co ur t o n May 1 4, 20 18

. At th e ti m e of su bm is si on , co un se l fo r bo th Co pl en an d th e go ve rn m en t in fo rm ed th e co ur t th at th e 12 0- da y GPS m on it or in g pe rio d en de d on Apr il 16 , 20 18 , an d th e de vi ce was

rem ov ed fro m

Co pl en at t ha t t im e.

The so le is su e in th is ap pe al is th e pr op rie ty of th e fin di ng th at Co pl en vi ol at ed hi s su pe rv is i o n co nd it io ns an d th e at ta ch m en t of th e GPS m on it or

. Bec au se th e

rev oc at io n se nt en ce ha s be en se rv ed (th e m on it or ha s be en rem ov ed ), an d Co pl en ha s

no t id en ti fie d an y co ll at eral co ns eq ue nc es th at m ig ht a m ou nt to a co nc ret e an d

co nt in ui ng in

jury ba se d up on th e rev oc at io n, w e fin d th at th e cas e is m oo t. See Sp en cer v. Kem

na , 52 3 U.S. 1, 7 (1 99 8) (h ol di ng th at an in di vi du al who ch al le ng es

a p a r o l e rev oc at io n an d ha s co m pl et ed th e te rm im

po se d m us t de m on st rat e "s ome

co nc ret e an d co nt in ui ng in jury ot he r th an th e no w -en de d in carc erat io n or pa ro le "); Uni te d St at es v. St an ko , 76 2 F.3 d 82 6, 82 8 (8 th Ci r. 20 14 ) (p er cu ria m ) (n ot in g th at th e po ss ib il it y of a su pe rv is ed rel eas e vi ol at io n be in g h e l d ag ai ns t th e de fen da nt in a fu tu re pro ceed in g di d no t est ab li sh a co nc ret e an d con ti nu in g in jury). The ap pe al is di sm is se d.

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