Velasquez v. Woods.

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U.S. Appeals Court

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Velasquez v. Woods, 329 F.3d 420 (5th Cir. 2003). A prisoner brought a civil rights action challenging the collection of a DNA sample by prison officials, as part of registration for a DNA database pursuant to state law. The district court dismissed the complaint as frivolous and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the collection of the DNA sample from the prisoner did not violate the...