David Wayne Aring v. United States
FirstAmendment Punishment Privacy
Whether lifetime supervised release is appropriate for a first-time, non-violent offender convicted of receiving and watching child pornography
Questions Presented QUESTION ONE Whether in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the United States Courts, this Court should correct the correctable injustice and violation of essential requirements of law that occurred when the Eleventh Circuit (a) affirmed lifetime supervised release for this first-time, non-violent, convicted of receiving and watching child pornography, but who did not share, distribute, or produce any videos or images, and who did not touch any child; (b) whether lifetime supervised release should be reserved for those who commit more heinous and more serious child-sex offenses and those who are likely to reoffend; and (c) whether the Eleventh Circuit opinion conflicts with decisions of the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, all of which have issued decisions taking a measured and reasonable approach to imposing supervised release following a child pornography conviction, requiring this Court to resolve the conflict between the Eleventh and the other circuits? i QUESTION TWO Whether in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the United States Courts, this Court should correct the correctable injustice, and violation of essential requirements of law that occurred when the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the special condition of supervised release providing for a lifetime ban on computer and Internet access in the real world in which almost everyone depends upon the Internet for almost everything just about every day, and likely will be even more computer and Internet-dependent in the next few years when Mr. Aring is released from BOP custody? ii