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Habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (civil action 15-cv-9131) challenging GPS monitoring (including curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., modified for Sabbath observance, and exclusion zones), computer and internet monitoring (periodic examinations, hardware/software installation), and related conditions imposed by the U.S. Parole Commission upon Jonathan J. Pollard's mandatory parole release on 2015-11-20 after serving 30 years of a life sentence for conspiracy to deliver national defense information to Israel (18 U.S.C. § 794(c); guilty plea 1986-06-04; sentenced 1987-03-04). The conditions were deemed reasonably related to the nature and circumstances of the offense (deceptive disclosure of classified information still at Top Secret/Secret levels), Pollard's history and characteristics (violations of prosecution/incarceration conditions, attempts to emigrate to Israel), deterrence of further criminal conduct, public protection, and flight risk minimization, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4209(a) and 28 C.F.R. § 2.40(b). No abuse of discretion found; conditions upheld as constitutional (no unreasonable search under Samson v. California; no substantial burden on religious exercise under RFRA). Petition initially remanded to Parole Commission for further consideration (2015-12-16), reopened (2016-04-12), denied by opinion and order (2016-08-11).