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This was a protester who was complaining about having to file all his delinquent returns as a condition of his supervised release.  He figures the IRS already did substitute returns and that it was going to be hard to dig up records from that long ago.  The Court had no sympathy as they cited one of my favorite jokes.

We hold that the district court correctly calculated the applicable sentencing range and did not abuse its discretion in imposing an obligation to file all unfiled tax returns and pay all outstanding tax arrears as a condition of supervised release.

We note that any difficulties that may arise from the age of the necessary documents or the passage of time are entirely self-inflicted; had he complied with his duty to file the returns when they were initially due, there would be no such troubles. His contention on appeal that this state of affairs amounts to a “burden” imposed by the district court is absurd, like killing your parents and complaining of being an orphan.

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