Vaughan v. Missouri Department of Corrections

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Appellants James Vaughan, Kurt Harris, and James Geitz appeal from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Cole County granting the Missouri Department of Corrections’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Appellants are three convicted sex offenders who committed their crimes prior to January 1, 1995, the effective date of Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”), § 589.400.1 On November 17, 2010, Appellants filed their petition for declaratory judgment seeking a declaration that Appellants could not be held liable or…