United States v. Rene Bravo

── United States v. Rene Bravo ── Case No.: 25-11502 Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: March 20, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 25-11502 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 03/20/2026 Page: 1 of 6 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-11502 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RENE BRAVO, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 6:24-cr-00066-CEM-RMN-1 ____________________ Before ROSENBAUM, GRANT, and BLACK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Rene Bravo appeals the district court’s imposition of a stand- ard condition of supervised release that requires him to work full- USCA11 Case: 25-11502 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 03/20/2026 Page: 2 of 6 2 Opinion of the Court 25-11502 time and special conditions that require him to submit to poly- graph testing and have no direct contact with minors, as part of his sentence for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to en- gage in sexual activity. Bravo contends the district court’s imposi- tion of these supervised release conditions rendered his sentence substantively unreasonable because the court did not explain why it imposed these arbitrary conditions. He asserts the full-time em- ployment condition was arbitrary because he receives retirement income and will be eligible for social security benefits upon his re- lease from prison, the polygraph condition is arbitrary because he did not commit a crime of dishonesty, and the prohibition of direct contact with all minors is arbitrary because his offense did not in- volve male minors. Section 5D1.3(c) of the Sentencing Guidelines lists standard conditions of supervised release, including as relevant: “[t]he de- fendant shall work full time (at least 30 hours per week) at a lawful type of employment, unless the probation officer excuses the de- fendant from doing so.” U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(b)(2)(G). A district court may also order special conditions of supervised release so long as each condition: (1) is reasonably related to the nature and circum- stances of the offense, the history and characteristics of the defend- ant, the need for adequate deterrence, the need to protect the pub- lic, and the need to provide the defendant with needed training, medical care, or correctional treatment in an effective manner; (2) involves no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably nec- essary to accomplish the goals of deterrence, protecting the public, USCA11 Case: 25-11502 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 03/20/2026 Page: 3 of 6 25-11502 Opinion of the Court 3 and rehabilitation; and (3) is consistent with any pertinent Sentenc- ing Commission policy statements. 18 U.S.C. §§ 3583(d)(l)–(3), 3553(a)(1), (a)(2)(B)–(D); U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(b)(1). It is not necessary for a special condition to be supported by each § 3553(a) factor, but rather, each factor is an independent consideration to be weighed. United States v. Tome, 611 F.3d 1371, 1376 (11th Cir. 2010). In United States v. Zinn, the defendant pleaded guilty to pos- session of child pornography and wa