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NO. 2013-01 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SPRING TERM 2013 FELIX LEITER, Petitioner, v. VILLAGE OF SPIES-ROTH, Respondent, ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRTEENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW JULIUS H. MINER MOOT COURT COMPETITION ATTORNEYS FOR THE RESPONDENT: i QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether a Rule 68 offer of judgment that provides the full relief available for a retrospective damages claim, made to the sole named plaintiff in an uncertified class action, renders that claim moot, requiring dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. II. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows the government to obtain a DNA sample by buccal swab from a felony arrestee upon arrest and upload the sample to state and federal databases for purposes of identifying the arrestee. ii INDEX QUESTIONS PRESENTED ........................................................................................................ ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ...................................................................................................... iv OPINIONS BELOW......................................................................................................................1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE.....................................................................................................2 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ...........................................................................................3 ARGUMENT..................................................................................................................................5 I. THE COURT SHOULD DISMISS PETITIONER’S SPECTAR CLAIM AS MOOT BECAUSE IT NO LONGER PRESENTED A LIVE CONTROVERSY AFTER HE WAS OFFERED THE MAXIMUM RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER THE ACT. .................................................................................................................5 A. Petitioner lost any individual legal interest in his substantive SPECTAR claim after the Rule 68 offer of judgment........................................................................6 B. Petitioner has no basis for standing apart from his mooted SPECTAR claim............8 1. Petitioner’s class never acquired a separate legal interest and may not provide standing for Petitioner’s claim. ....................................................................8 2. Petitioner has been offered full relief and has no separate economic interest in class certification sufficient to maintain standing. .................................9 3. Petitioner’s claim is not inherently transitory and he may not rely on this basis to maintain standing.........................................................................................10 C. Petitioner’s SPECTAR claim is moot because he has no personal stake in the litigation and no alternative basis for standing.............................................................12 II. THE TAKING AND STORAGE OF A DNA SAMPLE FROM A FELONY ARRESTEE IS A REASONABLE SEARCH AND DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. ...................................................................................................12 A. A DNA search minimally impacts an arrestee’s privacy interest. ..............................13 1. Petitioner had a diminished expectation of privacy as an arrestee.......................14 2. DNA testing is not overly invasive............................................................................15 B. The government has a significant interest in obtaining arrestees’ DNA. ...................18 C. The government’s interest in obtaining DNA outweighs the minimal intrusion on arrestees’ privacy. ......................................................................................19 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................20 iii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases: Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43 (1997).............................................5, 7 Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979) .......................................................................................14 City of L.A. v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95 (1983)................................................................................10 City of Ontario, Cal. v. Quon, 130 S.Ct. 2619 (2010).............................................................20 County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44 (1991)...............................................6, 10, 11 Davis v. FEC, 554 U.S. 724 (2008) ...........................................................................................6 Deposit Guar. Nat’l Bank v. Roper, 445 U.S. 326 (1980).............................................9, 10, 12 Espenscheid v. DirectSat USA, LLC, 688 F.3d 872 (7th Cir. 2012)........................................10 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freehodlers of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510 (2012).......................................................................................................................................14 Garret v. Athens-Clarke Cnty., Ga., 378 F.3d 1274 (2004) ....................................................14 Greisz v. Household Bank (Illinois), N.A., 176 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 1999) ...............................7 Haskell v. Harris, 669 F.3d 1049, reh'g en banc granted, 686 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 2012) ........................................................................................................................................13 Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nevada, Humboldt County, 542 U.S. 177, 186 (2004).................................................................................................................................18, 19 Johnson v. Phelan, 69 F.3d 144 (7th Cir. 1995)......................................................................14 Jones v. Murray, 962 F.2d 302 (4th Cir. 1992) .......................................................................19 Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967) .............................................................................13 Leiter v. Village of Spies-Roth, 231 F.Supp. 6th 4 (D. Wig. 2012) .....................................9, 14 Leiter v. Village of Spies-Roth, 528 F.4th 16 (13th Cir. 2013)..............................11, 15, 18, 20 Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) ............................................................6, 7 Monell v. City of New York Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978)....................2 North Carolina v. Rice, 404 U.S. 244 (1971)............................................................................7 Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969) .............................................................................7 Rand v. Monsanto Co., 926 F.2d 596 (7th Cir. 1991) ...............................................................7 Samson v. California, 547 U.S. 843 (2006).......................................................................13, 14 Sch. Comm'rs v. Jacobs, 420 U.S. 128 (1975).......................................................................6, 8 Skinner v. Ry. Labor Executives’ Ass’n, 489 U.S. 602 (1989) ................................................15 Smith v. Bayer, 131 S.Ct. 2368 (2011) ......................................................................................9 iv Cases—Continued: Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393 (1975) ................................................................................6, 9, 10 Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998)......................................................................................11 U.S. Parole Commission v. Geraghty, 445 U.S. 388 (1980) .........................................6, 10, 12 United States v. Jones, 132 S.Ct. 945 (2012) ....................................................................15, 16 United States v. Kincade, 379 F.3d 813 (9th Cir. 2004)....................................................16, 18 United States v. Knights, 534 U.S. 112 (2001)........................................................................13 United States v. Karo, 468 U.S. 705 (1984) ............................................................................18 United States v. Mitchell, 652 F.3d 387 (3d Cir. 2011), cert. denied, 132 S.Ct. 1741 (2012).................................................................................................................................14, 18 United States v. Pool, 621 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 2010), vacated, 659 F.3d 761 (9th Cir. 2011) ........................................................................................................................................17 United States v. Robinson, 414 U.S. 218 (1973) .....................................................................14 United States v. Sczubelek, 402 F.3d 175 (3d Cir. 2005) ........................................................19 United States v. Weikert, 504 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2007) ...............................................................18 Valley Forge Christian Coll. v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464 (1982)...................................................................................................................6 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S.Ct. 2541 (2011) ............................................................8 Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party, 552 U.S. 442 (2008).......................................................................................................................................17