Legal Opinion
D.L.S. v. State of Utah
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2004No. 03-4031PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
Pseudonymous Plaintiff D.L.S. brought a civil rights suit seeking a declaratory judgment that Utah’s sodomy statute is unconstitutional. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of standing and ripeness. Plaintiff now appeals that dismissal, and we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs complaint and affidavit allege the following facts. D.L.S. lives in American Fork, Utah County, Utah. He is an unmarried adult. On various occasions in the recent past, he and an unmarried female have engaged in sexual activity in violation of Utah’s sodomy…
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