Legal Opinion
Paul Regains v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 2019No. 15-2444PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pepper, District Judge.
The Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) requires sex offenders to register with the police. Because he did not have a permanent address (he was homeless), Paul Regains followed the instructions of officers who directed him to a local homeless shelter (which they listed on his registration as his permanent address), and to return for re-registration in ninety days. When he appeared to report three months later, Chicago police officers arrested Regains on an "investigative alert," because other officers had not been able to locate Regains at the address…
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