United States v. Martinez
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In this federal case, Martinez, who had a history of cocaine use, challenged a release condition letting probation choose inpatient or outpatient treatment. The court ruled it unlawfully delegated authority and struck the condition.

2021 | Federal Juristiction

United States v. Martinez

Keywords release; treatment; inpatient; outpatient; cocaine; stimulant
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Case Summary

This federal case involved a challenge by Martinez, an individual with a documented history of cocaine use, to a probation condition mandating either inpatient or outpatient drug treatment as determined by the probation officer. The court found this condition to be an impermissible delegation of judicial authority, resulting in its invalidation.

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Case Summary

This federal case involved a challenge by Martinez, an individual with a history of cocaine use, to a probation condition. The contested condition allowed probation officers to determine whether Martinez would receive inpatient or outpatient drug treatment. The court found this delegation of authority to probation officers to be unlawful and consequently invalidated the condition.

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Martinez, with a history of cocaine use, challenged a probation condition. The condition allowed probation officers to decide between inpatient and outpatient drug treatment. A federal court decided this gave probation officers too much power. The court removed this part of the probation.

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Case Summary

Martinez, who had used cocaine before, disagreed with a rule from his probation officer. The rule said the probation officer could decide if Martinez should go to a hospital or get treatment at home. A judge said this rule was wrong because it gave the probation officer too much power. The judge got rid of that part of the probation rule.

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987 F.3d 432 (2021)

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