Legal Opinion
Padgett v. Ferrero
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 10, 2003No. 1:01-cv-01936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
THRASH, District Judge.
This action for injunctive relief seeks to have the Georgia law requiring DNA sampling of all convicted felons declared unconstitutional. The case is currently before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 37] and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 40], For the reasons set forth below, the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is granted and Plaintiffs’ motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
The Plaintiffs are convicted felons who served or are serving prison sentences which started before July 1, 2000. Plaintiffs’ sentences…
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