U.S. v. Farmer

Dist. Ct. erred in imposing as special condition of defendant’s supervised release on his extortion conviction instant prohibition on defendant being self-employed, as well as requirement that defendant subject himself to search by probation officer, even without warrant or reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Dist. Ct. failed to articulate direct relationship between said conditions and defendant’s conviction and failed to provide reason for why search without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing was appropriate.