No. 25A1010

Minnesota v. Seneca Warrior Steeprock

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2026-03-16
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: buccal-swab DNA-evidence fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery-doctrine nontestimonial-identification-order search-warrant
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to obtain a search warrant, rather than a nontestimonial identification order under state criminal procedure rules, to compel the collection of DNA evidence from a defendant, and whether the inevitable-discovery doctrine applies when such evidence is unchanging and always available

Docket Entries

2026-03-18
Response To Opposition To Application For Extension of Time to File Petition For Writ of Certiorari to the Minnesota Supreme Court of State of Minnesota submitted.
2026-03-18
Reply to opposition to application for extension of time to file petition for writ of certiorari submitted.
2026-03-17
Application (25A1010) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 16, 2026.
2026-03-13
Opposition to application for extension of time from respondent Seneca Warrior Steeprock filed.
2026-03-06
Application (25A1010) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 16, 2026 to April 16, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Seneca Warrior Steeprock
Benjamin Jon ButlerMinnesota Appellate Public Defender's Office, Respondent
State of Minnesota
Thomas R. RagatzMinnesota Attorney General's Office, Petitioner