Doe v. Abbott

JANE J. BOYLE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Plaintiffs 152 John Does-all individuals either convicted of or charged with sexual offenses and covered by Texas's Sex Offender Registration Program-bring suit asking this Court to declare large parts of the statute unconstitutional. In sum, Plaintiffs argue that the statute, which began as a private law-enforcement database in 1991, has radically expanded in its obligations, restraints, and disabilities over the last three decades, to the point that it currently infringes on their constitutional rights. Defendants in turn seek dismissal of this…