Leslie v. City of New York

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the Cato Institute filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit in Leslie v. City of New York, in support of The Legal Aid Society’s class action challenge to New York City’s “Suspect DNA Index.” The brief argues that the Suspect Index is a massive and unlawful DNA database. It also emphasizes that DNA contains an individual’s highly sensitive and private information, and that DNA that people inevitably leave on items they discard—from a used cup to a cigarette butt to a tissue—cannot be seized, searched, and stored without a warrant.