United States District Court 

for the 

Eastern Disfri~blffi)sylvania 

MAY - 3 2016 

U.S.A. vs. Alvin Dunston Case No. 04-CR-00175-1 

MICHAEL E. KUNZ. C1eik . • By Dep Clerk Petition on Superv1seO Release 

COMES NOW Leonard L. Ventre U.S. PROBATION OFFICER OF THE COURT 

presenting an official report upon the conduct and attitude of Alvin Dunston who v..ras placed on 

Supervised Release by The Honorable James Knoll Gardner sitting in the Court at Allentown, 

PA on the l21

h day of May, 2005, who fixed the period of supervision at five years, and imposed 

the general terms and conditions theretofore adopted by the Court and also imposed special 

conditions and terms as follows: 

ORIGINAL OFFENSE: Distribution of crack cocaine (Count One); Possession of cocaine 

with intent to distribute (Counts Two and Three); Possession of a 

firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (Count Four); 

and Possession of a firearm by convicted felon (Count Five). 

ORIGINAL SENTENCE: The defendant was sentenced to 120 months to be followed by a 

five (5) year term of supervised release. 

A11ENDED SENTENCE: On November 11, 2008, the defendant's custody sentence was 

reduced from 120 months to a total of 105 months. 

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: 1) The defendant shall pay any financial penalty that is imposed by 

this judgment, and that remains unpaid at the commencement of 

the term of supervised release; 2) The defendant shall not incur 

new credit charges or open additional lines of credit without the 

approval of the probation officer unless the defendant is in 

compliance with the installment payment schedule; 3) The 

defendant shall provide the U.S. Probation Office with access to 

any requested personal and/or business fmancial information. The 

probation office is authorized to release pre-sentence and postsentence fmancial information submitted by the defendant to the 

U.S. Attorney's Office for use in the collection of any unpaid fme 

or restitution. If restitution or a fine is owed, the defendant shall 

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MODIFICATION OF 

CONDITIONS: 

notify the U.S. Probation Office of any assets recei\.'ed and shall 

not disburse his interest in any assets, including, but not limited to, 

income tax refunds, inheritance, insurance and lawsuit settlements, 

or gambling winnings without the approval of the U.S. Probation 

Office; 4) The defendant shall participate in a drug aftercare 

treatment program which may include urine testing at the direction 

and discretion of the probation officer; 5) The defendant shall pay a 

fine in the amount of $10,000.00 in monthly installments of 

$250.00; and 6) The defendant shall pay a special assessment in the 

amount of$500.00 due immediately. 

On August 22, 2014, due to the defendant's failure to make 

consistent monthly fme payments of $250.00, a Modification of 

Conditions Hearing was held before the Honorable Edward G. 

Smith. At that time, the hearing was coiitinued until Monday, 

February 23, 2015, due to the defendant getting caught up with his 

payments. However, the February 23, 2015, hearing was not held 

due to the defendant once again getting caught up on his monthly 

payments shortly before the date of the lv1odification Hearing. 

On October 5, 2015, Your Honor agreed with our 

recommendation in our Report on Offender that the defendant's 

monthly payment be reduced to $100.00 due to the defendant's 

increased expenses of living alone. 

RESPECTFULLY PRESENTING PETITION FOR ACTION OF COURT FOR CAUSE 

AS FOLLOWS: 

:Mr. Dunston has paid the special assessment in full. As of this vvriting, the fine balance is 

$3,642.00, and the chances of him being able to satisfy the financial obligations prior to 

expiration are highly unlikely. Despite his financial struggles, the defendant has made almost 

every monthly payment and has advised that he vvill continue to make monthly fine payments 

directly to the Clerk's Office for disbursement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph F. Minni, of the 

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Financial Litigation Unit, has been notified that the defendant's supervision is due to expire with 

an outstanding fine balance. The U.S. Attorney's Office posed no objections. 

PRAYING THAT THE COURT WILL ORDER ... 

LLV/rmb 

ORDER OF THE COURT J _,,it_ 

Considered and ordered this_,_ __ day of 

Ni /t 'f 1 ~If. I and ordered 

filed and made part of the records in the 

above case. 

---~ o-....t-__ . District Court Judge 

THAT THE DEFENDANT'S 

TERM OF SUPERVISED 

RELEASE BE PERMITTED TO 

TERMINATE AS SCHEDULED 

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2016, 

WITH AN OUTSTANDING FINE 

BALANCE. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that 

the foregoing is true and correct. 

Supervising 

~nt::=- U.S. Probation Officer 

Place: Allentovm PA 

Date: April 27, 2016 

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