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Seventh Circuit· 4/2/2008

Virsnieks v. Smith

Citations

  • 521 F.3d 707
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 6908
  • 2008 WL 867757

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that Wisconsin's sex offense registration statute \imposes minimal restrictions on a registrant's physical liberty\ that are \collateral consequences of a conviction\
  • holding that “the future threat of incarceration for registrants who fail to comply” is insufficient
  • holding that regis- tration requirement did not support habeas claim because statute did not impose “any significant restriction on a regis- trant’s freedom of movement”
  • indicating that “the decisions of the courts of appeals can guide us in determining what constitutes an unreasonable ap- plication of” Supreme Court law (citation and internal quota- tion marks omitted)
  • indicating that “the decisions of the courts of appeals can guide us in determining what constitutes an unreasonable ap- plication of” Supreme Court law (citation and internal quota- tion marks omitted)
  • collecting cases and finding that Wisconsin’s sex offender registration requirements are remedial rather than punitive and therefore do not satisfy the “in custody” requirement for habeas corpus claims

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Judges: Easterbrook, Posner, Ripple

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