John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

In 1993, the plaintiff was convicted of the aggravated rape of his pregnant girl friend and of related charges. The convictions were based on evidence that in 1992, he tricked the girl friend into coming back to his apartment where he repeatedly struck, kicked, and beat her with a half-sized baseball bat, in an apparent effort to terminate her pregnancy. He then raped her.

In 2010, the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) notified the plaintiff that it intended to classify him as a level three sex offender based on the 1992 rape. Following the evidentiary hearing requested by the plaintiff, a…