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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. 

JOHN A. ALDERSON,

Defendant.

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Case No.: CR-05-0339-JLR

SUMMARY REPORT OF U.S.

MAGISTRATE JUDGE AS TO

ALLEGED VIOLATIONS 

OF SUPERVISED RELEASE

A probation revocation hearing on supervised release violations was held before the

undersigned Magistrate Judge on December 20, 2005. The United States was represented by

Assistant United States Attorney Kathryn Warma, and the defendant by Mr. Robert Gombiner.

The proceedings were recorded on cassette tape.

The defendant had been sentenced on or about November 16, 1999, on a charge of

distribution of methamphetamine. The defendant was sentenced to sixty months in custody

followed by five years of supervised release. 

In an Petition for Warrant dated October 11, 2005, U.S. Probation Officer Steven M.

McNickle alleged the defendant committed the following violations of the conditions of

supervised release:

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1. Leaving the judicial district of Western Washington without the permission of his

probation officer on or before July 1, 2005, in violation of standard condition #1;

2. Using marijuana on or before July 12, 2005, in violation of standard condition

#7;

3. Failing to submit Monthly Supervision Reports for August and September 2005

in violation of standard condition #2;

4. Failing to report to the U.S. Probation Office as instructed on October 3, 2005,

in violation of standard condition #3;

5. Failing to report for urinalysis testing as instructed via the drug code-a-phone on

August 8, 2005, September 12, 2005, and October 4, 2005, in violation of the special condition

of drug aftercare; and

6. Leaving the district without permission, on or about September 24, 2005, in

violation of standard condition #1.

At the probation revocation hearing on December 20, 2005, defendant was advised in full

as to the charges of violating the conditions of his supervised released, and as to his

constitutional rights. The defendant admitted the violations, and waived any evidentiary hearing

as to whether they occurred. 

I therefore recommend that the Court find the defendant violated the conditions of his

supervised release, and that the Court conduct a hearing limited to the issue of disposition. The

disposition hearing has been set before The Hon. James L. Robart on January 9, 2006, at

3:00 p.m.

Pending a final determination by the Court, the defendant has been detained.

DATED this 20th day of December, 2005.AJAMES P. DONOHUE

United States Magistrate Judge 

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cc: District Judge: The Hon. James L. Robart

AUSA: Ms. Kathryn Warma

Defendant’s attorney: Mr. Robert Gombiner

Probation officer: Ms. Jennifer Tien

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