John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

The plaintiff, John Doe, appeals from a judgment that affirmed the Sex Offender Registry Board's (SORB) decision to classify him as a level two sex offender and a postjudgment order denying his motion to remand the case to SORB for the consideration of "new evidence." He contends that SORB failed to consider a mitigating factor under 803 Code Mass. Regs. § 1.33(29) (2016) (mitigating factor § 1.33 [29] ), and that the motion judge abused his discretion in denying Doe's motion which sought leave under G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (6) ( § 14 [6] ), to expand the record to include new evidence on this…