John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

Following a hearing before a hearing examiner of the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB), Doe was classified as a level three sex offender. He appealed this classification to a judge of the Superior Court and moved for judgment on the pleadings. The judge denied Doe's motion and affirmed SORB's decision. Doe appeals, claiming that the hearing examiner abused his discretion by considering an unsubstantiated Department of Children and Families (DCF) report compiled five years earlier as newly discovered evidence. He also claims that SORB's decision to classify Doe as a level three sex offender…