United States v. Carel, Jr.

MATHESON, Circuit Judge.

In 2010, Defendant-Appellant Franklin Carel, Jr., a federally adjudicated sex offender, was convicted of knowingly failing to update his sex offender registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). On appeal, he contends that SORNA’s sex offender registration provision, 42 U.S.C. § 16913, is unconstitutional. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we hold that as applied to Mr. Carel — a federal sex offender on supervised release— § 16913 is a constitutional exercise of Congress’s authority under the Necessary…