8th Circuit Opinion affirming the dismissal of an equal protection and gender discrimination claim brought by a group of civilly committed individuals in Iowa's SOCC facility.
Taft et al. v. Branstad (8th Cir. 2019)
Posted: June 12, 2019
Lawyer v. J.M. (N.D. 2019)
Posted: June 12, 2019
North Dakota Supreme Court reversing a trial court finding that an individual remained sexually dangerous due to bouts of non-sexual aggression.
Doe v. Toelke (Mo. 2012)
Posted: April 28, 2019
Missouri Supreme Court opinion reversing a state trial court finding that Missouri's SORA violated as-applied ex post facto prohibitions.
Iowa v. Aschbrenner (Iowa 2019)
Posted: April 7, 2019
Iowa Supreme Court Opinion affirming the conviction of Appellant who was charged with violating Internet Identifier reporting requirements over challenges based on Ex Post Facto Clause and First Amendment grounds.
In re Z.B. (S.D. 2008)
Posted: January 20, 2019
South Dakota Supreme Court holding that the registration requirement for certain juvenile sex offenders, which did not provide the same opportunity provided to adults who commit same offense to have names removed from registry if they obtained suspended imposition of sentence, violated equal protection.
Willis v. Palmer (N.D. Iowa 2018)
Posted: November 24, 2018
Civil rights lawsuit brought by individuals civilly committed in Iowa challenging constitutionality of continued detention. District court dismissed various claims in light of Karsjens decision.
State v. Wade (Mo. 2013)
Posted: August 29, 2018
Missouri Supreme Court held that state constitutional prohibition against retrospective laws applied only to civil, not criminal laws, therefore presence restrictions applied to people on the registry could be constitutionally applied retroactively.
In the Interest of T.H., (Iowa 2018)
Posted: June 26, 2018
Iowa Supreme Court holding that juvenile sex offender registration requirement, while it does constitute punishment, it is not cruel and unusual.
Ireland v. Anderson (D.N.D. 2017)
Posted: November 30, 2017
Several individuals confined to North Dakota's hospital as sexually dangerous individuals filed § 1983 suit alleging various unconstitutional violations. In ongoing litigation, District Court has thus far ruled that state statutory scheme is facially unconstitutional in that it placed no affirmative duty on state authorities to discharge those who no longer met criteria.
Doe v. Nebraska (D. Neb. 2012)
Posted: August 22, 2017
Federal civil rights lawsuit where several registrants in Nebraska challenged constitutionality of state laws barring them from social media and requiring provision of internet identifiers. Court struck laws down on various First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds.