Wirsching v. Colorado.

• Position: Violation of due process of law - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

SELF--INCRIMINATION

SEX OFFENDER

Wirsching v. Colorado, 360 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 2004). A convicted sex offender who refused to comply with the requirements of a treatment program filed a [section] 1983 claim. The district court granted summary judgment against the offender and he appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part and dismissed in part. The appeals court held that prison officials did not violate the offender's rights of familial association and his due process rights by refusing to allow visits between his child and himself due to his refusal to comply with the requirements of the treatment program. The court found that the offender's Eighth Amendment rights were not violated by a requirement that he participate in a treatment program that required him to admit that he had committed a sex offense, or forego visitation privileges with his child and the opportunity to earn good time credits...