United States v. Hardeman

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this federal prosecution for failure to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, defendant moves to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that the Act violates the Commerce Clause and that he was not in fact required to register as a sex offender under the Act. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment is Denied.

STATEMENT

In November 2008, defendant Gary Hardeman was indicted on one count of failure to register as a sex offender…