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Ninth Circuit: Forcible DNA Extraction Violates Fourth Amendment

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a detective’s forcible taking of a DNA sample at the request of a prosecutor violated a detainee’s clearly established Fourth Amendment rights, barring qualified immunity.

Clark County Deputy District Attorney Elissa Luzaich wanted to put detainee Kenneth Friedman’s DNA sample in a ...

 

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