Probation Officer’s Risk-Notification Authority Survives Appeal

A supervised release condition that allows a probation officer to decide whether a parolee must tell third parties that he is a risk to them isn’t an unconstitutional delegation of judicial authority, the Eleventh Circuit said.

Lonnie Hollingsworth Jr. called 911 and threatened to shoot the Marion County, Fla., sheriff in the head. When police officers arrived at Hollingsworth’s location, they decided to take him for an involuntary mental evaluation under Florida’s Baker Act.

While one of the officers was going through Hollingworth’s backpack, they found a bullet. Hollingsworth was then arrested and convicted for being a felon in possession ...