No. 24-5336

Darryl Watts v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-proceeding competency constitutional-rights due-process liberty-interest sex-offender-registration
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Because a New York Sex Offender Registration Act proceeding implicates a fundamental liberty interest, requires complex factfinding that necessitates the registrant's input, and includes, by statute, a robust set of due process protections, does the Due Process Clause require the registrant to be competent at that proceeding?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Because a New York Sex Offender Registration Act proceeding implicates a fundamental liberty interest, requires complex factfinding that necessitates the registrant's input, and includes, by statute, a robust set of due process protections, does the Due Process Clause require the registrant to be competent at that proceeding?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-27
Waiver of New York of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
2024-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed. (Corrected waiver added 8/29/24)
2024-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2024)
2024-05-14
Application (23A1008) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 22, 2024.
2024-05-09
Application (23A1008) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 22, 2024 to July 21, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Darryl Watts
Lawrence T. HausmanThe Legal Aid Society, Petitioner
New York
Joshua Phillip WeissBronx District Attorney's Office, Respondent