Opinion ID: 809528
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Heading: Restriction on Contact with Children

Text: Keenan argues that the District Court’s prohibition of any “direct [or indirect] contact with a person under the age of 18 unless it is supervised by a person approved by the probation officer,” has the effect of precluding him from contact with his own children, and that we should remand the cause to the District Court with instructions to permit him to see his children without restriction. The Government agrees that the special conditions of supervised release that would interfere with Keenan’s ability to spend time with his children and other minor family members (i.e., Special Conditions Three and Four) may be inappropriate. The Government does not appear to argue that Keenan is likely to be a danger to his family, and it requests that we remand the cause to the District Court in order to permit it to reconsider and modify the scope of Special Conditions Three and Four as they relate to Keenan’s contact with his family. On the basis of the agreement of the parties, we remand the cause to the District Court for reconsideration of the portion of the judgment that imposed the allegedly overbroad Special Conditions Three and Four, with instructions to reconsider the limitations that the Court placed upon the interactions between Keenan and his minor children and relatives. The Government concedes that Keenan may have a protected liberty interest in contact with his children, which the District Court’s conditions may violate. The Government urges that we remand to allow the District Court to inquire into these questions. The District Court should make appropriate findings if it decides to continue imposing restrictions on Keenan’s contact with his own children.