Opinion ID: 3050565
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Heading: kriesel’s claims

Text: In March 1999, Thomas Edward Kriesel, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit the crime of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. He was sentenced to thirty months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. At the time of judgment, the terms of Kriesel’s supervised release included this standard condition: “You shall answer truthfully all inquiries by the probation officer and follow the instructions of the probation officer.” Kriesel was also advised that he “shall submit his person, residence, place of employment or vehicle to a search upon request by the U.S. Probation Office.” When he was initially scheduled for DNA testing, Kriesel informed the probation officer that he was opposed in principle to the government’s collection and permanent storage of his DNA. In August 2005, the Probation Department petiUNITED STATES v. KRIESEL 15307 tioned the district court to revoke Kriesel’s supervision because he failed to report for DNA testing. Because Kriesel’s conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine is a felony, it is a “qualifying Federal offense” under the DNA Backlog Elimination Act as amended in 2004. 42 U.S.C. § 14135a(d) (2004). At the hearing on the petition to revoke supervised release, Kriesel’s counsel argued that the Attorney General promulgated the regulation governing DNA collection in violation of the notice and comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 553, and that the DNA Act as amended in 2004 violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. See U.S. Const., amend. IV. The district court rejected these arguments and upheld both the validity of the regulation and the constitutionality of the Act. The district court also granted a stay of its order pending appeal.