Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Coman
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided October 11, 1994No. 3:94-mj-00510PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BRITT, District Judge.
In this action plaintiffs, state prison inmates, seek protection from a North Carolina statute requiring that they give blood samples for use in a DNA databank. The issues have been fully briefed and a hearing held.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On 15 July 1994, plaintiffs filed their complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On 22 September 1994, plaintiffs moved the court to certify a class composed of “all persons who are now or will be incarcerated in the North Carolina Department of Correction (DOC) for the crimes enumerated in N.C.Gen.Stat. § 15A-266.4(h) committed before 1…
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