The U.S. Probation Office is not authorized to release information regarding payments received and distributed by criminal defendants. Please contact the U.S. District Court Clerk for information if you believe you are owed court-ordered restitution.
For information regarding child support, call your state’s Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.health.ny.gov/
All persons entering the United States Courthouse must present a valid picture ID. Visitors are required to pass through a magnetometer and have all belongings and packages subject to physical and/or x-ray examination. If you are an offender reporting subsequent to release from an institution or residential reentry center, please bring with you any release documents you received.
The fact that an individual is on supervision due to pretrial release, a probation sentence or a term of supervised release is a matter of public record, obtainable through the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court. We can relay that public information and can also advise if an individual is on parole. We cannot, however, disclose any additional file information. You may speak with the supervising officer to provide information that may be of assistance in the supervision of any individual under our supervision, including the reporting of apparent violation behavior.
An individual convicted of a felony offense is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Possession of a firearm by a family member living in the same residence as a convicted felon could constitute constructive possession, which may violate federal law.
Federal convictions cannot be expunged. However, you may apply for a Presidential Pardon. Any person convicted of a felony in Federal court is eligible to file a petition for a Presidential Pardon under the following circumstances, although some exceptions may apply:
The individual is no longer serving the sentence and is not under parole, probation, or supervised release;
Five years have passed since release from confinement or if confinement was not imposed, five years from the date of conviction; and
A waiting period of seven years is required for more serious offenses, including violations of narcotic laws, income tax laws, perjury, violation of public trust involving dishonesty, violent crimes, gun control laws, fraud involving substantial sums of money, violations involving organized crime, and other crimes of a serious nature.
It is strongly recommended that you consult with an attorney to assist you with the process. Pardon applications may be obtained by making a written request to the Office of the Pardon Attorney, at the following address:
Office of the Pardon Attorney United States Department of Justice 1425 New York Ave NW, Suite 11000, Washington, DC 20530.
Visit our locations page for mailing addresses.
Presentence investigation occurs after a defendant enters a plea of guilty to a federal offense or is convicted by trial. During this phase, a probation officer interviews the defendant to gather information on the defendant's background. From the interviews and investigation, the probation officer prepares a presentence report or PSR for the judge to use to determine the appropriate sentence for the defendant.
If the individual is incarcerated as a federal inmate, you can utilize the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp
Probation is a term of community supervision imposed by the Court in lieu of a prison sentence. Parole is a period of community supervision imposed by the United States Parole Commission to be completed after release from a prison term. Supervised release is a period of community supervision imposed by the Court to be completed after release from a jail or prison sentence.