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JONES v. MURRAY

Civ. A. No. 90-0572-R.

763 F.Supp. 842 (1991)

Lawrence R. JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward W. MURRAY, Director of Department of Corrections, Paul B. Ferrara, Director of Division of Forensic Science, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

March 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Krent, PCAP Supervising Atty., Charlottesville, Va., Philip J. Psaeltiner, Third Year Student PCAF, Charlottesville, Va., for plaintiffs.

Mark R. Davis, Office of the Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

On October 9, 1990, plaintiffs, Lawrence Jones et al., filed an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging the constitutionality of Virginia Code sections 19.2-310.2—310.7 which direct the Virginia Department of Corrections to take and store the blood of a convicted felon for subsequent deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis. Plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order and a preliminary...

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