Opinion
No. 15-30321
08-02-2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. BUFORD EDDY TERWILLEGER, Defendant - Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 3:15-cr-05291-BHS MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Buford Eddy Terwilleger appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges a condition of supervised release imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for failure to register and update sex offender registration, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Terwilleger challenges the condition of supervised release requiring him to participate in a sexual-deviancy assessment. We review for an abuse of discretion, see United States v. Napulou, 593 F.3d 1041, 1044 (9th Cir. 2010), and find none. Contrary to Terwilleger's contentions, the condition is reasonably related to the goals of protecting the public and rehabilitation in light of his history and characteristics and involves no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d)(1), (2); United States v. Johnson, 697 F.3d 1249, 1251 (9th Cir. 2012) (an assessment condition is a "much less significant restraint" than sex offender treatment and justified even when the prior convictions are decades-old).
AFFIRMED.