PEARSON v. HOLDER

No. 09-10808.

624 F.3d 682 (2010)

Ronald C. PEARSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eric HOLDER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Pearson , Seagoville, TX, pro se.

Angie Lee Henson , Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, TX, for Holder, Bates and Boyle.

Tammy Jean Ardolf , Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, TX, for Valdez.

Ronald Bradford Neighbor , City Atty., William Frank GLazer , Garland, TX, for Bates.

Before DAVIS, WIENER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Ronald Pearson, currently incarcerated in Texas, challenges the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)1 and state sex-offender laws as unconstitutional on the grounds that they impermissibly label those convicted of receipt of images of child pornography as "sex offenders." Pearson was convicted of this crime and will be required to register as a sex offender when his sentence...

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