Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheldon FIDLER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-27
Citations: 313 F. App'x 959
Docket Number: No. 07-50469
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheldon FIDLER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, BEA and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 313
Pages: 959–960

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheldon FIDLER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-50469.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 12, 2009.
Filed Feb. 27, 2009.
Ellyn Marcus Lindsay, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Michael J. Raphael, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jill K. Ginstling, Esquire, Elizabeth Newman, Myra Sun, Esquire, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KLEINFELD, BEA and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sheldon Fidler appeals from the district court's imposition of two special conditions of supervised release. We affirm.
Though we have varying reasons for affirming the requirement of compliance with the order in the FTC case, we all agree that affirmance is the proper result. First, the condition imposes no additional restriction on Fidler's liberty, because he is not at liberty to violate a court order. Second, Fidler agreed to the FTC settlement, knowing that he was agreeing to what amounted to a condition of his supervised release. Cfi United States v. Daniels, 541 F.3d 915, 924 (9th Cir.2008). Third, any error in the condition is harmless, because the FTC order has now been entered, and it bears a sufficient relationship to Fidler's crime. Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(a). Fourth and finally, the possibility of some future limitation on Fidler's liberty at the time he was sentenced is not by itself a ground for rejecting the condition. The condition is analogous to conditions requiring compliance with criminal laws or a child support order, since new criminal laws may be promulgated or a new child support order entered after a defendant has been sentenced. 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d). Each of these grounds are independent of all others, and any one of them would, standing alone, require affirmance.
The requirement to disclose his tax returns is directly related to Fidler's history and necessary to protect the public. Fi-dler perpetrated a multi-million dollar fraud and refused to disclose aliases to the probation office. If Fidler is "receiving or spending significant funds in suspicious ways, the probation office would have reason to believe he has reengaged" with fraud. United States v. Garcia, 522 F.3d 855, 862 (9th Cir.2008).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.