United States v. Kallstrom

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO COMPEL HANDWRITING EXEMPLARS

LAWSON, District Judge.

The government has filed a motion to compel the defendant to give samples of his handwriting so that these exemplars can be compared to certain letters the government has seized as evidence to determine if they were written by the defendant. The defendant has objected to the motion on the grounds that the method the government intends to use to extract the exemplars will cause him to incriminate himself in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The Court heard arguments…