The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to modify supervised release conditions. The appellate panel found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's decision.
Steven Russell Helton appealed the district court’s orders denying his motions to modify the conditions of his supervised release under Section eighteen United States Code, Section thirty-five eighty-three, subsection e, paragraph two.
The court’s reasoning
The court reviewed the district court’s decisions and discerned no abuse of discretion. The opinion cites United States v. Castellano for the applicable standard of review.
What it means going forward
The district court’s orders denying the modification of supervised release conditions remain in effect.
