Piasecki v. Court of Common Pleas, Bucks Cnty., PA

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide whether a habeas corpus petitioner who was subject only to registration requirements under Pennsylvania's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA") when he filed his petition was "in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State Court," as required for jurisdiction. We hold that the registration requirements were sufficiently restrictive to constitute custody and that they were imposed pursuant to the state court judgment of sentence. Accordingly, we will reverse the District Court and remand for further proceedings.

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Following a bench…