4th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that a violation of South Carolina's voyeurism statute constitutes a "sex offense" for the purposes of federal SORNA.
United State v. Helton (4th Cir. 2019)
Posted: December 9, 2019
Jackson v. United States (11th Cir. 2019)
Posted: November 20, 2019
11th Circuit Court of Appeals finding no ineffective assistance of counsel where, despite advice that plea agreement would not require registration as a sex offender, counsel could not have anticipated subsequent changes in the law.
United States v. Doby (D. Kan. 2019)
Posted: November 9, 2019
Federal District Court for the District of Kansas rejecting defendant's pre-trial argument that federal SORNA constitutes compelled speech in the context of a failure to register indictment.
United States v. Dailey (9th Cir. 2019)
Posted: November 4, 2019
9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing as waived arguments that the district court's determination that a defendant who pled guilty to a Travel Act violation must register as a sex offender, where the plea agreement contained an appellate waiver and the sentence was not otherwise illegal.
Wiggins v. United States (S.D. Ind. 2019)
Posted: October 10, 2019
Federal trial court dismissing request to reduce registration time under federal SORNA on the basis that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, and that the federal statute does not create a private right of action.
Willman v. United States Attorney General (E.D. Mich. 2019)
Posted: October 7, 2019
Federal district court in the Eastern District of Michigan dismissing broad constitutional challenge to federal SORNA.
United States v. Walker (7th Cir. 2019)
Posted: July 24, 2019
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss a failure to register indictment as Appellant's requirement to register had already expired under federal law.
United States v. Templin (D. Mont. 2019)
Posted: June 12, 2019
Federal trial court in Montana holding that while the court had the authority to terminate defendant's obligation to register as a sex offender under federal law, he would have to seek relief in state court to deregister under Montana's laws.Mon
United States v. Paul (6th Cir. 2017)
Posted: February 20, 2019
Conviction for federal failure to register affirmed where Defendant-Appellant was not required to register as a sex offender under Tennessee state law, traveled internationally, then continued to not register on his return.
Bakran v. Secretary (3rd Cir. 2018)
Posted: November 24, 2018
3rd Circuit Opinion dismissing plaintiffs claims related to immigration of foreign spouses under the AWA and constitutional claims that AWA infringed on marriage and immigration rights.