Rico v. United States · ¶23

Seeking to persuade us otherwise, the government starts this way. Under § 3601, it observes, a defendant on supervised release “shall, during the term imposed, be supervised by a probation officer.” Many other provisions speak similarly. See, e. g., §§ 3603(2), (3), 3624(e). As a matter of ordinary meaning, the government submits, supervision “requires both observation and direction.” Brief for United States 12. Because Ms. Rico was subject to neither of those things from early 2018 until 2023, the government reasons, she should receive no “credit” for serving on supervised release during that period. Ibid. And, as a result, the district court was within its rights to hold that she violated the terms of her supervised release when she committed her January 2022 drug offense. Id., at 18–23.

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