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211680P.pdf 08/05/2022 John Doe, I v. Doug Peterson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-1680
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. Nebraska law requires persons entering the
State to register as sex offenders in Nebraska if they are obliged to
register as sex offenders by another jurisdiction; plaintiffs, Nebraska
residents who committed sex offenses in other states as juveniles, brought
this action alleging the statute violated their rights to travel and their
equal protection rights because Nebraska does not impose a similar
requirement on persons who committed offenses as juveniles in Nebraska.
Held: Neb. Rev. Stat. Sec. 29-4001, et seq., does not violate plaintiffs'
rights to travel as the registration requirement is triggered because
plaintiffs are required to register in another jurisdiction and not
because they moved to Nebraska; the statute does not violate plaintiffs'
equal protection rights because Nebraska has a legitimate interest in
public safety and in limiting the number of potentially dangerous sex
offenders who can avoid registration.