United States Seventh Circuit

A Wisconsin law compelling incarcerated felons to submit DNA samples for analysis and storage in a data bank is not an unconstitutional search and seizure. The government interest in obtaining reliable DNA identification evidence outweighs the limited privacy interests that prisoners retain.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2003
• Decided 01/09/2004
• Published 01/09/2004

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barton J. O'Brien (argued), Shefsky & Froelich, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Glenn Turner, pro se, Boscobel, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Dennis E. Jones-El, pro se, Boscobel, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel J. O'Brien (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.