United States v. John Lakatos

Opinion by Judge TROTT; Partial Concurrence and partial Dissent by Judge THOMAS.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant John Lakatos challenges the United States District Court of the Central District of California’s requirement that he pay his past-due child support obligations in full as a condition of his supervised release. Lakatos advances two arguments supporting his position: (1) a condition of supervised release directing a defendant to pay off a child support debt constitutes a per se violation of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“the USSG”); and (2) even if a district court can…