Legal Opinion
Ainsworth v. Commissioner, NH
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 2002No. 00-1678PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
A group of convicted sex offenders brought this action against the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (“DOC”), claiming that the DOC violated their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by requiring them to disclose their histories of sexual misconduct to participate in the DOC’s Sex Offenders Program (“SOP”).
The district court granted the DOC’s motion to dismiss in May 2000, see Ainsworth v. Cantor, No. Civ. 99-447-M, 2000 WL 1499495 (D.N.H. May 18, 2000). An appeal followed. In April 2001, we issued an opinion affirming the district court, see Ainsworth…
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- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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