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Recent Cases

  • Farrara v. Commonwealth (Va. 2021)

  • State v. Brown (N.J. 2021)

  • United States v. Hamilton (4th Cir. 2021)

  • State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

  • Maves v. Alaska Dep’t of Public Safety (Alaska 2021)

  • Riley v. State Dep’t of Public Safety (Nev. 2021)

  • White v. LaClair (E.D.N.Y. 2021)

  • United States v. Ellis (4th Cir. 2021)

  • Brown v. Tarrant County (5th Cir. 2021)

  • In re Gadlin (Cal. 2020)

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Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center

875 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Professor Eric Janus, Director

eric.janus@mitchellhamline.edu

Guy Hamilton-Smith, Legal Fellow

guy.hamiltonsmith@mitchellhamline.edu

Frederickson v. Landeros (7th Cir. 2019)

Posted: November 27, 2019
7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion affirming the denial of qualified immunity in the case of a police officer who refused to transfer the registration of someone required to register as a sex offender--effectively foreclosing his ability to relocate--on an Equal Protection theory.

Frederickson v. Landeros (7th Cir. 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 7th Cir., Equal Protection, Illinois, Qualified Immunity

Holland v. Georgia (11th Cir. 2019)

Posted: August 13, 2019
Unpublished 11th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion affirming the district court dismissal of a constitutional challenge to Georgia's sex offense registry laws, alleging violations of the Ex Post Facto clause, Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection, and violations of the Eighth Amendment.

Holland v. Georgia (11th Cir. 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 11th Cir., 8th Amendment, Equal Protection, Ex Post Facto, Georgia, Substantive Due Process

Taft et al. v. Branstad (8th Cir. 2019)

Posted: June 12, 2019
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)

Category: Civil Commitment Cases Tag: 8th Cir., Equal Protection

Farmer v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla 2016)

Posted: April 30, 2019
Florida federal trial court dismissing complaint alleging that Florida's practice of perpetual registration of extraterritorial registrants was unconstitutional.

Farmer v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla 2016)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: Equal Protection, Extraterritorial Registration, Florida, Procedural Due Process, Substantive Due Process

Doe v. Jindal (E.D. La. 2015)

Posted: April 28, 2019
Federal trial court in Louisiana dismissing a lawsuit alleging violations of Due Process and Equal Protection based on treatment of out of state conviction.

Doe v. Jindal (E.D. La. 2015)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 5th Cir., Equal Protection, Louisiana, Out-of-state Offense, Substantive Due Process, Travel

Doe v. City of San Diego (S.D. Cal. 2019)

Posted: April 28, 2019
Federal trial court order denying motion to dismiss lawsuit regarding San Diego's residential banishment laws, alleging various constitutional violations.

Doe v. City of San Diego (S.D. Cal. 2019)

Category: Residency Cases Tag: 9th Circuit, California, Equal Protection, Preemption, Substantive Due Process, Void-for-Vagueness

Doe v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla. 2017)

Posted: February 17, 2019
District Court finding Florida statute requiring public registration of someone who was not required to register and convicted out of state unconstitutional under Equal Protection clause.

Doe v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla. 2017)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: Equal Protection, Florida, Travel

Litmon v. Harris (9th Cir. 2014)

Posted: January 20, 2019
9th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion affirming the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit alleging that California's "sexually violent predator" designation violated a variety of constitutional rights.

Litmon v. Harris (9th Cir. 2014)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., California, Equal Protection, Ex Post Facto, Substantive Due Process, SVP

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.

In re Z.B. (S.D. 2008)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 8th Cir., Equal Protection, Juvenile Registration, South Dakota

Murphy v. Raoul, No. 16- cv–11471 (N.D. Ill. 2019)

Posted: January 16, 2019
Northern District of Illinois federal trial court holding that Illinois Department of Corrections policies for continuing to imprison people who were unable to obtain lawful housing was not constitutional.

Murphy v. Raoul, No. 16- cv–11471 (N.D. Ill. 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 7th Cir., 8th Amendment, Equal Protection, Illinois

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