Doe (Nos. 326573 and 15890) v. SORB, No. SJC-2182 – this request challenges the authority of the sex offender registry board (SORB) to publish on the Internet registry information regarding individuals who were given a level Two classification prior to the effective date of amendments to G.L. c.6, Section 178D, requiring SORB to publish on the Internet registry information regarding all individuals given a level two classification. Before these amendments were enacted, on July 12, 2013, the statute required that SORB publish on the Internet the registry information of sex offenders given a level three classificatioin, but prohibited SORB from publishing the registry information of level two offenders.
Crowell v. Massachusetts Parole Board, SJC-12203 – the Supreme Judicial Court sought amicus solicitation on the following issues:
- “Whether and to what extent the parole board may consider a person’s disability as a factor in determining the person’s suitability for parole; and whether the board has an obligation to reasonably accommodate a parole applicant’s disability in setting the terms and conditions of parole.”
- “In a certiorari action under G. L. c. 249, § 4, seeking judicial review of an administrative action, whether an agency may file a motion to dismiss under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), before filing the administrative record.”