Shoemaker v. Harris

*1213Opinion

CHANEY, J.

Appellant Stephen P. Shoemaker was convicted in 2004 of misdemeanor possession of child pornography and misdemeanor duplication of child pornography. His conviction was affirmed by the superior court appellate division on January 3, 2006, and his petition for certification to the Court of Appeal was denied.

Shoemaker filed this action in the Los Angeles Superior Court under the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 United States Code section 1983, alleging that the mandatory sex offender registration requirements of Penal Code section 290 deny him equal protection of the laws because…