UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

DENISE SOUSER,

Defendant – Appellant.	No. 05-1500

(D.C. No. 03-CR-00411-MSK)

(D. Colo.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before KELLY, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

After Denise Souser pled guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, she was ordered to pay restitution and sentenced to five years' probation. The district court imposed a condition to her probation requiring Souser to notify her employer about her conviction. Concerned that her employment would be terminated, Souser appealed the employer-notice requirement of her probation to this court. We vacated and remanded the condition because the sentencing court failed to make certain factual findings necessary to impose an "Occupation Restriction" under U.S.S.G. § 5F1.5.1 See United States v. Souser, 405 F.3d 1162 (10th Cir. 2005). On remand, the district court held a sentencing hearing and ultimately granted the Probation Office's request to restore the disputed condition.

Souser now appeals the district court's decision to reimpose the disputed condition. Under U.S.S.G. § 5F1.5(a)(2), the district court may impose an employer-notification condition on employment if, absent notification, the defendant will continue to engage in unlawful conduct similar to that for which she was convicted. This requirement was satisfied, the district court found, because Souser's refusal to tell her employer about her present conviction constituted concealment of a fact similar to the conduct which lead to her conviction in this case. On appeal, the United States concedes that this finding does not satisfy § 5F1.5(a)(2). Specifically, the Government agrees with Souser that the district court placed Souser in a Catch-22, effectively telling her that "your failure to reveal your conviction shows me that I need to order you to tell your employer." The Government therefore maintains that the condition should be vacated and the case be remanded for de novo resentencing. We agree.

Souser's sentence is VACATED and the case is REMANDED for resentencing.

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Carlos F. Lucero

Circuit Judge