John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 528042 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

Summary

The court held that the hearing examiner acted within his discretion in applying and weighting the challenged risk factors, including factors concerning intended child victims, stranger victims, multiple victims, criminal-justice contact, hostility toward women, and substance abuse. The court nevertheless vacated the judgment because the examiner's decision was ambiguous about whether Doe's registration information should be disseminated, preventing an unambiguous determination of his classification level. The matter was remanded for written conclusions on dissemination and the ultimate classification level.