Christopher Glenn White v. Donald T. Sloan, Sheriff, Lynchburg, Virginia, et al.

I. In the United States today, law enforcement acting on their own accord engaging in arbitrary government decision making, can destroy an individual’s personal life and, constitutionally protected employment prospects. A booking photo is the photo that is taken by authorities when an individual is arrested. Under many state laws and, Virginia Statute § 2.2-3706 an individual arrested automatically has their booking photo released to the public on the internet without a fair opportunity to cross-examine the evidence against them in a full and final hearing. This destroys personal lives and Un­ constitutionally protected employment prospects in the internet age. Does due process require a meaningful opportunity to be heard, before the release of booking photos absent guilty plea, conviction or a fugitive of justice?