United States v. Mathis-Gardner, No. 14-3031 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn April 2011, Mathis-Gardner pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and making false claims against the United States. The charges were related to the falsification of information regarding the performance of government contracts. She was sentenced to concurrent 18-month terms of imprisonment and concurrent three-year terms of supervised release and ordered to perform community service and to pay restitution. Mathis-Gardner served her time without incident and began her term of supervised release on December 31, 2012. On February 25, 2014, Mathis-Gardner filed a motion for early termination of her supervised release under 18 U.S.C. 3583(e). The government supported her motion. The court denied the motion in a minute order that stated, in its entirety, “It is hereby ordered that defendant’s motion is DENIED.” The D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded. While a district court is required to consider certain factors before granting or denying a motion to terminate supervised release, there is no requirement that it explain its decision to deny such a motion so long as the court’s reasoning is discernible from the record. In this case, the reviewing court could not discern the reasoning from the record.
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