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P is a convicted sex offender. P has convictions for child molestation, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and window peeping. His last conviction was in 1991, ten years before this litigation. P’s crimes were committed in schools, a convenience store, and outside private residences. P has been hospitalized, imprisoned, under house arrest, and on probation and in active psychological treatment since 1986. D voluntarily attends a self-help group for sex offenders. P admits he still has fantasies about children, and his psychologist opines that he will likely have these urges for the rest of his life. P takes medication to control his sexual urges. In January 2000, P had sexual urges about children and decided to take a trip to the park. At P's park, he watched several youths in their early teens playing on a baseball diamond. While watching, P admits that he had thoughts about having sexual contact with the children. After watching for 30 minutes or so, P left the park. P talked to his psychologist about the incident. P was not on probation in January 2000 and was not even restricted from entering the park during his period of house arrest a decade earlier. P reported the incident to his self-help group. An anonymous source reported the facts to P's probation officer. The Police Chief, the Superintendent of the Lafayette Parks Department, and a City attorney had a discussion about P and his visit and his criminal history. The City Parks Department then issued an order permanently banning P from entering any City park property at any time and for any purpose under threat of arrest for trespass. D did not provide any pre-issuance review of the ban, nor was P afforded an opportunity to appeal. The ban order is both geographically and temporally broad. The ban order against P had no termination date. P sued D seeking to lift the ban, challenging it under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court granted D’s motion, finding neither a violation of the First Amendment nor a Fourteenth Amendment problem with the ban. P appealed.

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