The following excerpt is from United States v. Lombardi, 17-356-cr (2nd Cir. 2018):
We review the imposition of conditions of supervised release for abuse of discretion. United States v. Reeves, 591 F.3d 77, 80 (2d Cir. 2010). We review legal issues arising from the imposition of such conditions de novo, and every error of law constitutes an abuse of discretion. Id. When a defendant fails to object to a condition, we typically review for plain error, but we may "relax the otherwise rigorous standards of plain error review" under certain circumstances, such as where a defendant lacked prior notice of the challenged condition. United States v. Sofsky, 287 F.3d 122, 125 (2d Cir. 2002).
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