No. 25A1010
Minnesota v. Seneca Warrior Steeprock
Tags: buccal-swab DNA-evidence fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery-doctrine nontestimonial-identification-order search-warrant
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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
State of Minnesota
Thomas R. Ragatz — Minnesota Attorney General's Office, Petitioner