Michigan Supreme Court opinion holding that Michigan's SORA violates ex post facto prohibitions contained in the state and federal constitutions.
People v. Betts (Mich. 2021)
Posted: July 27, 2021
Hart v. Hillsdale County (6th Cir. 2020)
Posted: September 3, 2020
6th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion affirming the denial of a motion to dismiss on qualified immunity grounds a civil rights lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who spent 19 months in prison for failure to register where state law did not require him to register as a sex offender.
Willman v. United States Attorney General (6th Cir. 2020)
Posted: August 27, 2020
Federal district court in the Eastern District of Michigan dismissing broad constitutional challenge to federal SORNA.
John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)
Posted: February 14, 2020
Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting permanent injunction, prohibiting in total the enforcement of any of Michigan's sex offense registration scheme to anyone who had committed their offenses prior to 2011, as well as prohibiting the enforcement of numerous provisions to any persons required to register.
In re Parole of Ronald Irwin (Mich. Ct. App. 2019)
Posted: January 30, 2020
Michigan Court of Appeals reversing a decision denying parole to an person who was serving a sentence for sex offenses, on the grounds that the parole board did not abuse its discretion and that a treatment completion requirement did not violate state law.