COLEMAN v. DRETKE

No. 03-50743.

395 F.3d 216 (2004)

Tony Ray COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danel Edward Laytin (argued), Elizabeth A. Larsen, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ana Jordan (argued), Office of Atty. Gen. for State of TX, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Tony Ray Coleman appeals the district court's denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus and contends that the state must provide due process before imposing sex offender registration and therapy as conditions to the release on mandatory supervision of a prisoner who has never been convicted of a sex crime. We agree that it must.

I. Background

Coleman was convicted of burglary of a habitation in 1986 and sentenced...

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