Opinion
Docket Number: 0972 2:14CR00295
05-15-2018
RE: Michael Ladd
cc: Robert Artuz (Robert.artuz@usdoj.gov) Assistant United States Attorney Timothy Zindel (Timothy_Zindel@fd.org) Defense Counsel
MEMORANDUM
Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.
United States District Judge
Sacramento, California Violation Petition Dismissal Your Honor: The above-named offender is scheduled to appear before Your Honor on May 17, 2018, for a status conference, as a result of a Prob 12C Violation Petition filed with the Court on December 5, 2017. The violation petition is based on misdemeanor domestic violence conduct in which the offender was arrested by Vallejo Police officers on November 17, 2017. Additionally, at the time of his arrest he was under the influence of alcohol. Local charges were never filed. The offender admitted to consuming alcohol on the day of his arrest. As a result, he agreed to a modification of his conditions to include random alcohol testing on Soberlink for up to 150 days. The Court approved this request on January 3, 2018. The sobrietor was installed in the offender's residence on January 11, 2018. Since then, Mr. Ladd has only missed two tests, which were both due to oversleeping as verified by the monitoring agency. He immediately made up those tests when he awoke. Additionally, Mr. Ladd has obtained a restricted driver's license and has an ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle. He continues to work full time for the laborer's union and both he and his girlfriend are enrolled and attending counseling. They are doing well. Based on this information, the undersigned is recommending the violation petition dated December 5, 2017, be dismissed, and taken off the Court's previously scheduled calendar for May 17, 2018. Both Defense and Government counsel have been advised of this recommendation and agree.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/
Rebecca A. Fidelman
Senior United States Probation Officer Dated: May 11, 2018
Sacramento, California
/s/ Toni M. Ortiz
REVIEWED BY: Toni M. Ortiz
Supervising United States Probation Officer
ORDER OF THE COURT
[×] Approved [ ] Disapproved Dated: May 15, 2018
/s/_________
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE cc: Robert Artuz (Robert.artuz@usdoj.gov)
Assistant United States Attorney
Timothy Zindel (Timothy_Zindel@fd.org)
Defense Counsel