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Andrew B. Aames v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 17-1619 · judgment November 29, 2017


Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW: Can the combined effect of federal, state, county and local sex-offender laws, obligations and restrictions, as applied, ever constitute 'cruel and unusual punishment' in violation of the U.S. Constitution? Does the government's sex-offender registration scheme violate the separation-of-powers clause(s)? [Neither the District Court nor the Appellate Court adequately discussed this issue, even though Petitioner, Aames, raised it in his lawsuit]. Do sexually-mature [past puberty] but legallyunderage gals have a constitutional privacy-right to CREATE fetuses, or only to abort them? If they have a right to create them also, do the sex-offender laws unduly interfere with that right? [this issue was not fully briefed below, but the Supreme Court can raise it sua sponte]. Minor's abortion rights were confirmed by Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 [1976] 1

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew B. Aames

For respondent
Julie Marie Blake
Missouri Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 16 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jun 21 2018
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Apr 27 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 21 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  6. Mar 02 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Missouri to respond filed.
  7. Feb 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents United States to respond filed.
  8. Jan 31 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 15, 2018)