R.S. Mutter, Warden v. Bobby Ross

Justice Ketchum :

The West Virginia Parole Board ("the Board") revoked Bobby Ross's parole based, in part, on him violating a condition of parole prohibiting him from possessing or having contact with a computer or other device with *868 internet access. We are asked whether this condition of parole is constitutional under the First Amendment.

In 2017, the United States Supreme Court held in Packingham v. North Carolina 2 that a state statute barring registered sex offenders from accessing social media networking websites was an overbroad restriction of the right to free speech in violation of the…