Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

Wilkins, Douglas H., J.

This case concerns a Level II registered sex offender’s right to an adjudicatory hearing when he moves for reclassification into a lower risk category based upon an alleged long-term decline in his dangerousness. See 803 Code Mass. Regs. §1.37C(2) (2004) (“Offender’s Motion for Reclassification”). In his amended complaint, the plaintiff (referred to herein by the pseudonym, “Doe”) seeks a declaration under G.L.c. 231A that the state and federal constitutions, read in conjunction with G.L.c. 30A, §1(1), prohibit the defendant, Sex Offender Registry Board (“SORB” or…