Velasquez v. Woods

Thelonious Velasquez filed a civil rights action challenging the collection of a DNA sample by prison officials for registration in a DNA database pursuant to Tex. Govt. Code § 411.148. Velasquez contended that the determination that he fell within the scope of the statute was based upon erroneous information in his prison records. Velasquez contended that the refusal by the defendants to correct his records had resulted in the denial of his release on parole. Velasquez sought damages and injunctive relief, including the deletion of his DNA sample from the state database.

Velasquez consented…