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Saturday, March 04, 2006
Ind. Decisions - More on Indiana prison policy on sex-offender visitation
Recall that on November 10, 2005, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Jane Doe v. J. David Donahue. An AP story at the time (quoted in this ILB entry from 11/10/05) began:
A state prison policy violates Indiana law and the U.S. Constitution by prohibiting virtually all visitation between minors and child sex offenders, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union told the state Supreme Court yesterday.On Nov. 21, 2005, as recorded in this ILB entry, the Supreme Court issued an opinion vacating its prior grant of transfer as "improvidently granted" and reinstating the Court of Appeals opinion. See also this ILB entry from Nov. 22, 2005.
What happened next? As a reader noted to me yesterday, the Indiana ACLU appealed the case to the U. S. Supreme Court.
Here, via the Indiana ACLU website, is the 71-page Petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is now styled "Richard Roe v. Donahue," for reasons explained on p. 3 of the brief.
The U.S. Supreme Court docket number for the case is 05-1030. As the Court's docket shows, the ACLU petition was filed Feb. 10, 2006 and the Response is due March 17, 2006. (See U.S. Supreme Court Rule 15 for procedure.)
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 4, 2006 09:56 AM
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