Will there finally be relief for Michigan registrants? It’s been years since the courts in Does v. Snyder I found multiple constitutional problems with Michigan’s sex offender registration law. Yet Michigan state officials have taken no action to revise it. It looks like the next move will be the court’s again. There will be a hearing on February 5 at 2:00 pm in Judge Cleland’s court room, Federal Building and Courthouse, 526 Water Street, 2nd Floor, Port Huron, MI 48060 on the John Doe v. Snyder et al, case number 2:16-cv-13137-RHC-DRG. It will be a hearing on a motion for declaratory and injunctive relief for the ex post facto claim and also a hearing on the vagueness, strict liability, and 1st Amendment issues of Michigan’s sex offender registry law. We don’t expect the judge to rule on this date, but it may be his final hearing on this, and we hope for a decision soon after.
There will be a group of us attending. If you are interested and would like to car pool, please contact one of the support group leaders.
