No. 21-6723

Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2021-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights computer-aided-solicitation constitutional-challenge criminal-classification equal-protection indecent-liberties jurisdictional-comparison sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry standing statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented SO 1) Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018) where the Supreme Court of . | Virginia found that the statute under which he was convicted in Louisiana, , a Computer-Aided Solicitation of a Minor (LA RS. 14:81.3), is facially . 5 comparable to Taking Indecent Liberties with Children (Code of Va. § 18.27 ; . : 870), a "sexually violent offense," and thus, not treated differently, when the ee ‘ specific facts of the Petitioner's Louisiana conviction, under subsection (B)(1)() . of LA B.S. 14:81.3, are more comparable to Use of Communications System to | ; Solicit a Minor for Indecent Liberties (Code of Va. § 18.2-374.3), a nonviolent . "sexual offense?" . | | | | 2) By automatically requiring a person convicted of "any offense for which . , registration in a sex offender and crimes against minors registry is required . under the laws of the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted," ‘to be : , classified as a "sexually violent offender" upon declaring residency or . . employment in Virginia, does Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (2018) violate the . . Petitioner's right to Equal Protection of the laws by treating him differently . than a similarly situated person convicted of the Virginia equivalent of . Computer-Aided Solicitation of a Minor in Louisiana (LA RS.” Use of Communications System to Solicit a Minor for . | Indecent Liberties (Code of Va. § 18.2-374:3), who is classified as a nonviolent . "sexual offender?” oe . a : ; ' II.

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Virginia to respond filed.
2021-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 24, 2022)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Virginia
Andrew Nathan FergusonVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson
Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson — Petitioner