University of Michigan Law School
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
HOME
ABOUT
FOR TEACHERS
SEARCH
QUESTIONS
RECENT ADDITIONS
feedback/
suggestions
log in/
register
Case Profile
new search
page permalink
Case Name
Weber v. Lockyer
PC-CA-0046
Docket / Court
3:04-cv-05161 ( N.D. Cal. )
State/Territory
California
Case Type(s)
Criminal Justice (Other)
Attorney Organization
ACLU Affiliates (any)
ACLU National (all projects)
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of Southern California
Case Summary
In November 2004, California voters passed Proposition 69, also known the California DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime, and Innocence Protection Act. The law required, in part, that any person who is arrested or charged with a felony submit to a DNA test, regardless of whether the arrest was valid or ...
read more >
In November 2004, California voters passed Proposition 69, also known the California DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime, and Innocence Protection Act. The law required, in part, that any person who is arrested or charged with a felony submit to a DNA test, regardless of whether the arrest was valid or legal, and also that any person who had previously been convicted of a felony submit to a DNA test.
Just over a month after the passage of the law, on December 7, 2004, a group of former arrestees and former prisoners, as well as two advocacy groups, brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California attorney general, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by various ACLU chapters and private counsel, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the law violated the plaintiffs' Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
Within two months, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for lack of standing. On April 22, 2005, the District Court (Judge Fern Smith) granted the motion to dismiss (365 F.Supp.2d 1119). She held that the plaintiffs lacked standing and ripeness because the state of California had not yet implemented a program for the collection of DNA.
Jonathan Forman - 07/09/2013
compress summary
- click to show/hide ALL -
Issues and Causes of Action
click to show/hide detail
Issues
Constitutional Clause
Due Process
Unreasonable search and seizure
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Case Details
click to show/hide detail
Defendant(s)
State of California
Plaintiff Description
Former arrestees, former inmates and two organizations
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
ACLU Affiliates (any)
ACLU National (all projects)
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of Southern California
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
None
Source of Relief
None
Filed
12/07/2004
Case Closing Year
2006
Case Ongoing
No
Additional Resources
click to show/hide detail
See this case
at CourtListener.com
(May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
Documents
click to show/hide detail
Court
Docket(s)
N.D. Cal.
05/08/2006
3:04-cv-05161-FMS
PC-CA-0046-9000.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
N.D. Cal.
12/07/2004
Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1]
PC-CA-0046-0001.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Cal.
12/28/2004
Answer to Complaint with Demand for Jury Trial [ECF# 21]
PC-CA-0046-0002.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Cal.
02/04/2005
Motion to Dismiss [ECF# 26]
PC-CA-0046-0003.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Cal.
04/22/2005
Opinion [ECF# 52]
(365 F.Supp.2d 1119)
PC-CA-0046-0005.pdf
|
WESTLAW
|
LEXIS
|
Detail
Source: Google Scholar
People
click to show/hide detail
show all people docs
Judges
Smith, Fern M.
(N.D. Cal.)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Brown, Donald W.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Budd, Jordan C.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Crosby, Margaret C.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Eliasberg, Peter J.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Garcia, Ricardo D.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Harris, Maya Horton
(New Jersey)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Mass, Julia Harumi
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Patchen, Jonathan Allen
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Rosenbaum, Mark Dale
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Schwartz, Jeffrey Dean
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Steinheimer, Kate S.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Winner, Sonya
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0001 | PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Defendant's Lawyers
Allen, Dale L. Jr.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Fenton, Nancy Elizabeth
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Flanagan, Kelly M
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Gifford, Paul D.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0003 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Hazelwood, Mark F.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0002 | PC-CA-0046-0005 | PC-CA-0046-9000
Lockyer, Bill
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-0003
Ofierski, Rafal
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Ryan, Robert Arthur Jr.
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Snodgrass, Wayne Kessler
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Whitman, Krista
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Winnie, Richard Edward
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Witter, Brett Morgan
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
Wood, James Randall
(California)
show/hide docs
PC-CA-0046-9000
- click to show/hide ALL -
new search
page permalink
- top of page -
Contact
Report an Error
Privacy Policy