Reported / Citable
Background
Michael Ray Hayslip was serving a two-year term of supervised release following an earlier revocation. His supervision, which included substance-abuse, mental-health, and domestic-violence treatment conditions, was transferred from the Northern District of Texas to the Eastern District of Texas in February 2026.
An amended revocation petition alleged that Hayslip violated the mandatory condition prohibiting him from committing another crime. According to the petition, Hayslip punched an elderly man who intervened during an argument between Hayslip and his girlfriend. Hayslip later pleaded guilty in Texas state court to assault causing bodily injury and received two years of probation.
The Court’s Holding
At the final revocation hearing, Hayslip pleaded true to the petition’s sole allegation before the Government presented its case. Based on the petition and that plea, U.S. Magistrate Judge Aileen Goldman Durrett found that Hayslip violated a condition of supervised release.
The magistrate judge recommended that the district judge revoke Hayslip’s supervised release and sentence him to 12 months and one day in federal prison, with no additional supervised release. The report also recommended placement at the Bureau of Prisons facility in Coleman, Florida, if appropriate. Hayslip waived allocution before the district judge and waived objections to the report and recommendation.
Key Takeaways
- Hayslip’s state assault conviction violated the mandatory condition that he commit no federal, state, or local crime.
- His plea of true supplied the basis for the magistrate judge’s violation finding without the Government presenting its revocation case.
- The recommended disposition was 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by no further supervised release.
Why It Matters
The report illustrates how a new state conviction can support federal supervised-release revocation, particularly when the defendant admits the alleged violation. It also shows that a magistrate judge’s disposition at this stage is a recommendation to the district judge rather than the district court’s final revocation judgment.