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RUSSELL v. GREGOIRE

No. 96-35398.

124 F.3d 1079 (1997)

Willie RUSSELL, Johnny Stearns, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Christine GREGOIRE, James Blodgett, Chase Riveland, Norman Stamper, Norm Maleng, Annette Sandburg, James Montgomery, Lyle Quasim, Everett Police Dept., James Scharf, Sheriff, Janet Barbour, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Maybrown, Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, P.S., Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John J. Samson, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Sandra L. Cohen, Assistant City Attorney, City of Seattle, Thomas W. Kuffel, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Jill Vanneman, Assistant City Attorney, Everett City Attorney's Office, Everett, WA, for defendants-appellees.

Leonard Schaitman and Wendy M. Keats, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Before: WRIGHT, BRUNETTI, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a Washington statute of the kind popularly referred to as "Megan's law" violates the Constitution.

I

Willie Russell and Johnny Stearns are both convicted sex offenders who have been released from confinement and are now residing in Washington State. Russell was convicted in Washington in 1989 of second degree rape and attempted second degree rape; Stearns was convicted in Washington in 1989 of first...

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