Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul G. Sczubelek
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 21, 2005No. 03-2173PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
The DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (DNA Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 14135 — -14135e (2001 Supp.), mandates the collection of DNA samples from prisoners, parolees, and individuals on probation and supervised release who have committed certain qualifying offenses. While Paul Sczubelek was on supervised release, he refused his probation officer’s direction to give a DNA sample. The District Court ordered him to do so. Sczubelek appealed on the grounds that the collection of a DNA sample is an unconstitutional search in violation of the Fourth Amendment and also in…
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