Marc Wisecarver fired a rifle shot through the front grill of a government-owned pickup truck in the custody of a Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) land assessor. After we vacated his initial conviction for depredation of government property, a second jury found him guilty of the same charge, and the district court sentenced him to 36 months’ imprisonment. We affirm the conviction and term of imprisonment, but we vacate three special conditions of supervised release and remand to the district court for an individualized assessment with respect to those special conditions.
I. BACKGROUND
In April 2008, Wisecarver resided on a 160-acre tract of land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where he and his teenage daughter raised horses and farmed. Historically, the tract had been the subject of an “allotment” to an individual Native American under the regime established by the General Allotment Act (also known as the “Dawes Act”), ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388 (1887) (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. § 331). After the 1934 repudiation of the “allotment” regime by the Indian Reorganization Act, ch. 576, 48 Stat. 984 (1934) (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. §§ 461-77), the tract has been held in trust by the government for the benefit of descendants of the Native Americans who once held allotment rights in the parcel.
See generally Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Gaffey,
In June 2007, Hughes, along with a potential heir of the one-sixth interest in probate, visited Wisecarver at his residence on the tract to discuss the potential for leasing the land to, or executing an exchange of trust land with, a third party. Wisecarver voiced his disapproval of both options. Nevertheless, in April 2008, Hughes filed an application with the BIA to lease the tract of land to a third party. As a result, the BIA sent Duke Bourne, a soil conservationist, to assess the land in *769 order to calculate a suitable rental price. 1 Bourne arrived at the property in a BIA pickup truck with license plates bearing the words “U.S. Government.” Wisecarver testified that he first observed the truck idling just inside his front, or north, gate and that he shouted and waved in an attempt to get the driver’s attention. However, Bourne drove away from Wise-carver, deeper into the property. Because Wisecarver did not recognize the truck or see any identifying markings, he retrieved his rifle from his house and then followed the truck on foot.
Bourne testified that he initially drove the truck along the inside of the property’s fence line to assess the condition of the fence. He then saw a group of horses within the property and drove towards them, hoping to observe their brands or other evidence of ownership. According to Bourne, he drove slowly and carefully among the horses because he did not want to frighten them away and spoil his chance to observe their brand marks. In contrast, Wisecarver testified that Bourne drove carelessly, “chased” the horses, and nearly struck one of them with the truck. Bourne finally noticed Wisecarver when Wisecarver had approached within about twenty feet of his truck. Bourne then drove slowly alongside Wisecarver, stopped, and rolled down his window to converse. Bourne testified that, at this point, he observed that Wisecarver was carrying a rifle, but that it gave him no pause because he had never encountered any problems in his several years of experience assessing land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The two men conversed through the open driver’s side window of the truck, with Bourne remaining seated inside the idling truck and Wisecarver standing beside the driver’s door.
Wisecarver asked Bourne why he was on the property, and Bourne replied that he was surveying the land on behalf of the government. Bourne told Wisecarver about the lease application and offered a BIA phone number that Wisecarver could call for confirmation of Bourne’s identity and purpose. Wisecarver declined to call the number. Instead, he began explaining the family history of the tract to Bourne and alleged that Hughes, the lease applicant, had obtained his four-sixths interest through fraud. At some point, Wisecarver referred to his own status as the landowner, and Bourne emphasized that Wisecarver was not the “sole” landowner. According to Bourne, Wisecarver became very angry at that statement. Wisecarver testified instead that he became angry because he thought Bourne had lied about which gate he had used to enter the property and was “chasing the hell out of my horses.”
Both parties testified that Wisecarver ordered Bourne to exit the truck and leave the property on foot. According to Wise-carver, Bourne in response “glare[d]” at him, “revived]” the truck’s motor, and “snapped his hand on the gear shifter,” causing Wisecarver to fear that Bourne intended to drive over him with the truck. According to Bourne, in contrast, Bourne merely responded “what?” and did not move. There is no dispute that Wisecarver next stepped towards the front of the truck and fired a bullet that impacted the truck just above the “U.S. Government” license plate. After the shot, Bourne abandoned the truck and left the property on foot.
Wisecarver was charged with one count of assaulting a federal officer, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1), (b), and one count of depredation of government property, a vio
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lation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361. A jury found Wisecarver not guilty on the assault count and guilty on the depredation count. Wisecarver appealed the guilty verdict, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for depredation and that the district court erred in instructing the jury. We rejected Wisecarver’s first argument, holding that “there is sufficient evidence for a correctly-instructed reasonable jury to have determined that Wisecarver had the requisite intent to damage Government property, to find that he did not act in self-defense, and to find Wise-carver guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
United States v. Wisecarver,
On remand, the district court set a retrial of the depredation count, and a new jury again returned a verdict of guilty. At sentencing, the district court found that Wisecarver had perjured himself during his trial testimony, and it applied a two-level sentencing guidelines enhancement for obstruction of justice. After calculating an advisory sentencing guidelines range of 21 to 27 months, the district court imposed a 36-month sentence. Wisecarver now appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing that (1) a retrial was outside the scope of the mandate of our opinion vacating his first conviction, (2) the district court should have recused itself from the second trial, (3) a jury instruction misstated the law of trespass, (4) the sentencing enhancement for obstruction of justice was erroneous, (5) the 36-month sentence is unreasonable, and (6) three special conditions of supervised release imposed by the district court are not reasonably related to the offense or to Wisecarver’s history. We address these arguments in turn.
II. DISCUSSION
A. Scope of Our Prior Mandate
Wisecarver argues that a retrial was outside the scope of the mandate of our opinion vacating his first conviction. “When an appellate court remands a case to the district court, all issues decided by the appellate court become the law of the case, and the district court on remand must ‘adhere to any limitations imposed on its function ... by the appellate court.’ ”
United States v. Castellanos,
Here, our mandate left the district court free as to the issue of a retrial. Wisecarver relies on the fact that our prior opinion did not expressly order a retrial, but this fact is not dispositive. Indeed, our prior opinion expressly cited the need to review Wisecarver’s sufficiency-of-the-evidence claim, rather than proceeding directly to remand on the basis of an erroneous instruction, because “the Double Jeopardy Clause precludes a second trial once the reviewing court has found the evidence legally insufficient.”
Wisecarver,
In short, because nothing in our prior opinion limited the district court’s function with respect to the issue of retrial, see id. at 1016, such a retrial was entirely consistent with our mandate.
B. Recusal
Upon remand, Wiseearver moved the district court for recusal under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) on the basis that the district court’s negative comments about Wisecarver’s credibility during his first sentencing hearing allegedly demonstrated a lack of impartiality. We review the denial of a motion for recusal for abuse of discretion.
Am. Prairie Constr. Co. v. Hoich,
At the first sentencing hearing, in response to Wisecarver’s argument that he shot the truck in fear that Bourne intended to drive over him, the district court stated, “There’s no evidence that Bourne was attempting to run over your client. That’s just a figment of his imagination; and quite honestly, a legal conclusion raised by his counsel.” The district court also found, by a preponderance of the evidence for sentencing purposes, that Wiseearver assaulted Bourne, despite the jury’s acquittal on that count. Wiseearver argues that these findings evidence bias or prejudice against him sufficient to require the district court to recuse from any further proceedings. However, “opinions formed by the judge on the basis of facts introduced or events occurring in the course of ... prior proceedings[ ] do not constitute a basis for a bias or partiality motion unless they display a deep-seated favoritism or antagonism that would make fair judgment impossible.”
Liteky v. United States,
In order to establish bias on the basis of such in-court conduct, Wiseearver would have to show that the district court’s prejudice against him was “so extreme as to display a clear inability to render fair judgment.”
Id.
at 551,
C. Jury Instruction Regarding Trespass
Wisecarver argues that Jury Instruction No. 8 prejudiced the jury against his theory of defense by instructing that Bourne was not a trespasser. We review the district court’s decisions with respect to jury instructions for abuse of discretion, affirming “if the entire charge to the jury, when read as a whole, fairly and adequately contains the law applicable to the case.”
United States v. Webster,
Jury Instruction No. 8 stated:
A BIA employee who goes upon private property in the performance of his duty is not a trespasser.
The general rule is that conduct otherwise a trespass is often justifiable by reason of authority vested in the person who does the act, as, for example, an officer of the law acting in the performance of a duty.
The instruction, based on South Dakota Pattern Jury Instruction (Criminal) 2-9-11, is an accurate statement of the law. Because the first paragraph of the. underlying South Dakota pattern instruction refers to “an officer of the law ... investigating a crime,” rather than to a government official in general, Wisecarver argues that South Dakota applies this justification for trespass only to police officers investigating a crime. However, the second paragraph of the South Dakota instruction, incorporated verbatim as the second paragraph of Instruction No. 8 in this case, makes clear that “an officer of the law acting in the performance of a duty” is just one example of a general rule that applies to conduct “justifiable by reason of authority vested in the person who does the act.” Here, Bourne’s presence on the land was justified to the extent he was acting within the scope of the authority vested in him by the majority landholder through the lease application. Therefore, Instruction No. 8 accurately applies the justification for trespass set forth in the South Dakota pattern jury instruction to this case.
Wisecarver also challenges the instruction on the basis that “Bourne’s actual status [as a non-trespasser] was not relevant.” A legally accurate but irrelevant jury instruction may be error to the extent it misleads the jury.
Cf. Housing 21, L.L.C. v. Atl. Home Builders Co.,
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Nevertheless, we find that Instruction No. 8, even if erroneous due to its potentially misleading nature, did not prejudice Wisecarver.
See Webster,
If a person reasonably believes that force is necessary to protect himself from what he reasonably believes to be unlawful physical harm about to be inflicted by another and uses such force, then he acted in self defense.
If the jury accepted Wisecarver’s testimony that the rifle shot was necessary because Bourne was threatening to run over him, the jury was free to exonerate Wisecarver under Instruction No. 7, without regard to the issues of trespass addressed in Instruction Nos. 6 and 8.
See United States v. Paul,
D. Sentencing Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice
At sentencing, the district court found that Wisecarver had testified falsely about his belief that Bourne was a trespasser and about threatening actions taken by Bourne. As a result, it applied a two-level enhancement to Wiseearver’s base offense level for obstruction of justice under U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1. Wisecarver contends that the testimony cited by the district court is not a proper predicate for a perjury finding because it merely expressed his belief or opinion about Bourne’s authority to be on the land and the meaning of Bourne’s actions.
We review the district court’s construction of the advisory guidelines
de novo
and its associated factual findings for clear error.
United States v. Boesen,
Wisecarver relies on
Campbell v. Gregory,
Wisecarver also argues that the district court failed to make independent findings to establish that the testimony at issue arose from the willful intent to provide false testimony, rather than from confusion, mistake, or faulty memory.
See United States v. Smith,
E. Reasonableness of the Sentence
Wisecarver asserts that his 36-month sentence, an upward variance from his advisory guidelines range of 21 to 27 months, is unreasonable. We review the substantive reasonableness of a sentence for abuse of discretion.
United States v. Feemster,
Wisecarver contends that the district court failed to consider factors such as his role as a single parent, his former service in the military, and his work as a firefighter and a corrections officer. The transcript shows, however, that Wisecarver presented each of these facts to the district court at the sentencing hearing. “Thus, the district court was aware of [Wisecarver’s] arguments, and we therefore presume that the district court considered and rejected them.”
United States v. Johnson,
Moreover, the district court did not clearly err in weighing the relevant factors. In imposing sentence, the district court relied on the serious nature of Wise-carver’s offense conduct, which included firing a weapon into the running engine of an occupied vehicle. The district court’s choice to assign relatively greater weight to the nature and circumstances of the offense than to the mitigating personal characteristics of the defendant is well within the “wide latitude [given] to individual district court judges in weighing relevant factors.”
United States v. Foy,
F. Special Conditions of Supervised Release
Wisecarver challenges the following special conditions of supervised release imposed by the district court:
1. The defendant shall not consume any alcoholic beverages or intoxicants. Furthermore, the defendant shall not frequent establishments whose primary business is the sale of alcoholic beverages.
2. The defendant shall submit to a warrantless search of his person, residence, place of business, or vehicle at the discretion of the probation office.
5. Defendant shall submit a sample of his blood, breath, [or] urine at the discretion or upon the request of the probation office.
Conditions of supervised release are governed by 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d). A special condition need only be “reasonably related to the factors set forth in section 3553(a)(1), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), and (a)(2)(D),” “involve!] no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary for the purposes set forth in section 3553(a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), and (a)(2)(D),” and be “consistent with any pertinent policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(a).” § 3583(d)(1)(3). The district court’s inquiry into the propriety of a particular special condition “must take place on an individualized basis.”
United States v. Curry,
The Government defends all three of the challenged conditions as reasonably related to the § 3553(a) factors on the sole basis that even minimal involvement with alcohol might exacerbate Wise-carver’s volatile temper. There is no allegation or evidence in the extensive record before us, however, to suggest that Wise-carver had consumed any alcohol before his interaction with Bourne, or indeed that Wisecarver ever has had problems related to alcohol. The Presentence Investigation Report did not recommend the special conditions at issue, and the district court gave no explanation whatsoever when it imposed the conditions. Under these circumstances, the imposition of special conditions 1, 2, and 5 without explanation was an error that is plain under current law.
See Curry,
To determine whether the error affects substantial rights,
i.e.,
whether Wisecarver can show a “reasonable probability” that the district court would not have imposed the challenged conditions after an individualized assessment, we must examine where this case falls within the “factual distinctions from our precedent” relating to the special condition at issue.
Id.
Here, the relevant precedent is that the district court may “impose! ] a ban on alcohol absent evidence of alcohol abuse or a link between alcohol and the underlying
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offense” as long as the ban is not imposed “ ‘on the basis of pure speculation or assumptions unrelated to the rehabilitative process.’”
United States v. Crose,
Finally, “[bjecause there is a complete lack of explanation for imposition of the condition, the error also substantially affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”
Curry,
III. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm Wisecarver’s conviction and sentence, with the exception of three special conditions of supervised release. With respect to those three special conditions, we vacate and remand to the district court.
Notes
. This assessment also was a necessary predicate to a land exchange, the option Hughes ultimately hoped to pursue.
. Instruction No. 6 stated in relevant part:
Any person is justified in the use of force or violence against another person when the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent or to terminate the other person’s entry on or other criminal interference with real property lawfully in his or her possession....
