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Parties Involved:
Leonel Ayon-Ontiveros
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

LEONEL AYON-ONTIVEROS, 

 

 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 1:09-CR-00032 AWI 

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF 

GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR 

DEFENDANT’S FINGERPRINTS 

Trial Date: 

Time: 

Place: Courtroom 2 

Judge: Hon. Anthony W. Ishii 

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

 Defendant LEONEL AYON-ONTIVEROS is charged with illegal reentry 

of a deported alien. 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). AYON-ONTIVEROS is 

a native and citizen of Mexico. On or about December 30, 1998, 

defendant was sentenced to one (1) year imprisonment for inflicting 

corporal injury to a spouse, in violation of California Penal Code § 

243.5(a). On or about April 29, 2005, defendant was removed from the 

United States pursuant to an Immigration Judge’s Order. Defendant was 

thereafter found by immigration authorities, specifically Immigration 

Enforcement Agent (“IEA”) Nancy Gonzalez, in Bakersfield, CA, in the 

Eastern District of California, on or about August 13, 2008. 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

SUSAN PHAN 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

4401 Federal Building 

2500 Tulare Street 

Fresno, CA 93721 

(559) 497-4000 

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Defendant provided Gonzalez a sworn statement admitting his prior 

removal and lack of permission to reenter the United States. 

 To establish that the defendant was a previously deported alien 

found in the Eastern District of California, the government seeks to 

obtain fingerprint samples from the defendant to compare with 

documents in his immigration file. 

II. ARGUMENT

 The Supreme Court has held that the taking of non-testimonial 

exemplars from a defendant does not violate the Fourth or Fifth 

Amendments. Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 760-64 (1966). 

Once probable cause is established and an arrest is made, he retains 

no constitutional privacy interest against his correct identification. 

Friedman v. Boucher, 580 F.3d 847, 863 (9th Cir. 2009). Fingerprint 

samples are physical evidence, which are non-testimonial in nature. 

U.S. v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 223 (1967)(compulsion to submit to 

fingerprinting, does not become testimonial within the scope of the 

privilege against self-incrimination). 

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 III. CONCLUSION

 Based on the foregoing, the Government respectfully requests that 

the defendant be ordered to submit to the taking of fingerprint 

samples in a manner directed by the Government. 

DATED: February 8, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

 United States Attorney 

 By: /s/ Susan Phan

 SUSAN PHAN 

 Assistant U.S. Attorney 

O R D E R

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant LEONEL AYON-ONTIVEROS allow 

Government agents to obtain fingerprint samples from him in a manner 

directed by the Government. 

Dated: February 9, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii

 ANTHONY W. ISHII 

 United States District Court Judge 

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