Bailey, J.
Case Summary
David Woodward Cook (“Cook”) appeals the denial of his motion to correct error, wherein he challenged an order for protection and requested the deletion of his name and information from the Judicial Technology and Automatic Committee (“JTAC”) website and law enforcement databases. We reverse and remand for a hearing on the merits of Cook’s motion to correct error.
Issue
Cook articulates three issues, which we consolidate and restate as a single issue: whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to correct error.
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Nonetheless, Cook no longer seeks an evidentiary hearing, but instead asks this Court to directly order removal of his name from the JTAC website and law enforcement databases. He provides no authority to support our issuance of such an order. Essentially, his complaint is that the Act contains no expungement provision and that this court should sua sponte correct the omission.
We are not in a position to afford Cook the immediate relief he seeks. We agree with the State that Cook was entitled to a hearing in the civil court and was, by the sequence of transfers, conflicting orders, and dismissal, denied his statutory right. However, if Cook wishes to assert that the Act is unconstitutional as applied to him because of its injury to his reputation and negative impact upon his employability, it is incumbent upon him to develop a factual record.
Therefore, we reverse the denial of Cook’s motion to correct error and remand for a hearing.
Reversed and remanded.
VAIDIK, J., and BROWN, J., concur.