{"id":7497,"date":"2012-07-28T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T16:15:44","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7497","title":{"rendered":"CA9 grants en banc review of California DNA on arrest case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rehearing en banc was granted this week by the Ninth Circuit on whether the Fourth Amendment bars seizure of DNA from felony arrestees; Haskell v. Harris, 669 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2012), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/opinions\/2012\/02\/23\/10-15152.pdf\">rehearing en banc granted 10-15152<\/a> (9th Cir. July 25, 2012). See LATimes.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-dna-court-20120726,0,4327539.story\">Federal appeals court to reconsider California DNA-collection law<\/a> by Maura Dolan. (Note that the en banc grant vacates the panel decision in the Circuit: &#8220;The three-judge panel opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of the Ninth Circuit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prior post from Feb. 23 reposted:<\/strong> CA9 upholds DNA testing on an arrest with probable cause. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/opinions\/2012\/02\/23\/10-15152.pdf\">Haskell v. Harris<\/a>, 669 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2012):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We assess the constitutionality of the 2004 Amendment by considering the \u201ctotality of the circumstances,\u201d balancing the arrestees\u2019 privacy interests against the Government\u2019s need for the DNA samples. Law enforcement officials collect a DNA sample from a buccal swab of the arrestee\u2019s mouth, a de minimis intrusion that occurs only after a law enforcement officer determines there is probable cause to believe that the individual committed a felony. Law  enforcement officers analyze only enough DNA information to identify the individual, making DNA collection substantially similar to fingerprinting, which law enforcement officials have used for decades to identify arrestees, without serious constitutional objection. Moreover, state and federal statutes impose significant criminal and civil penalties on persons  who misuse DNA information. On the other side of the balance, DNA analysis is an extraordinarily effective tool for law enforcement officials to identify arrestees, solve past crimes, and exonerate innocent suspects. After weighing these factors, we conclude that the Government\u2019s compelling interests far outweigh arrestees\u2019 privacy concerns. Thus, we hold that the 2004 Amendment does not violate the Fourth Amendment, and we affirm. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7497\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}