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051152P.pdf   07/13/2006  Donald Weems  v.  Lawrence Johnson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-1152
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
   [PUBLISHED][Colloton, Author, with Hansen and Riley, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. Residency restrictions in Arkansas's sex offender registration statute do not infringe on a fundamental right, and the statute is not subject to strict scrutiny; the restrictions rationally advance some legitimate governmental purpose and are constitutional; restrictions are not so punitive in purpose or effect as to negate the state legislature's intent to create a civil, non-punitive regulatory scheme; procedural due process challenge to risk assessment process rejected, as the statute and implementing guidelines give offenders notice of the risk assessment process and provides them a meaningful opportunity to be heard.