Donhauser v. Goord.

• Position: Civil rights suit - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

SELF-INCRIMINATION

SEX OFFENDER

Donhauser v. Goord, 314 F.Supp.2d 119 (N.D.N.Y. 2004). A state inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging violations of his privilege against self-incrimination, due process, equal protection, and privacy rights. The district court held that requiring the inmate, as part of a sexual offender counseling program, to divulge his history of sexual conduct violates the inmate's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination because the inmate faced a loss of good time credit if he refused to divulge his history...