United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence which, inter alia, compelled defendant to give a blood sample for DNA testing pursuant to the Justice for All Act is vacated and remanded for proper consideration of defendant's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) claim under the framework articulated by the circuit court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2007
• Decided 12/18/2007
• Published 12/18/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge, and HAROLD BAER, JR., Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gail Ivens, Deputy Federal Public Defender;  Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Beong-Soo Kim, Assistant United States Attorney;  George S. Cardona, Acting United States Attorney;  Thomas P. O'Brien, Assistant United States Attorney;  Lorna Li, Special Assistant United States Attorney;  Andrea L. Russi, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.