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Andrew Valles v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 26-610
Questions presented
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Whether the Government may prosecute and continue to enforce a federal registration status against a pre-Act offender without identifying a legally operative duty on the relevant dates under the complete statutory framework, including 34 U.S.C. §§ 20913(d) and 20915(a)-(b), and 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a).
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Whether due process permits courts and enforcement officials to use a later § 2250(a) conviction as proof of the antecedent registration duty upon which that conviction depended, where official jurisdiction-specific determinations materially call that duty into question.
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Whether the First Amendment permits the Government, under threat of felony prosecution, to compel a person to appear, report, update, verify, and thereby assist in maintaining a public facing registry message that assigns a stigmatising legal status, where the legal predicate for that status remains disputed.
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Whether Article I, § 1 permits Congress to vest in the Attorney General authority to determine SORNA’s applicability to pre-Act offenders under 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d), where that executive determination governs entry into a criminally enforced, public-facing registration regime and Gundy v. United States produced no majority rationale.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Valles
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Sep 01 2026Waiver of right of respondent Attorney General of the State of New York to respond filed.
- Aug 20 2026Waiver of right of respondent Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General to respond filed.
- Aug 19 2026Waiver of right of respondent Attorney General of California to respond filed.
- Aug 05 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Andrew Valles filed.
- Apr 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2026)