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In Re Scott Louis YoungBear

Paid petition

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

QUESTIONS] PRESENTED This Court has said that prior convictions formed the basis of a sex offender registry. Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84, 105 (2003). This Court has said an expired sentence may en­ tail civil rights violations at a later date. United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502, 512- 513 (1953). This Court has said an expired sentence resurrected via a civil rights viola­ tion may raise a subject matter for a court. Fiswick v. United States, 329 U.S. 211, 220- 221 (1946). So, the Iowa Sex Offender Registry (SOR) may entail civil rights violations in the im­ proper use of expired sentences. QUESTIONS

  1. Whether the SOR violation of civil rights via an expired sentence provides a subject matter for a habeas court.

  2. Whether petitioner can be released from Tier III (which is for life) and altogether from SOR via the habeas corpus writ.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Scott Louis YoungBear

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jun 17 2020
    Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed.