ORDER
BRITT, District Judge.
In this action plaintiffs, state prison inmates, seek protection from a North Carolina statute requiring that they give blood samples for use in a DNA databank. The issues have been fully briefed and a hearing held.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On 15 July 1994, plaintiffs filed their complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On 22 September 1994, plaintiffs moved the court to certify a class composed of "all...
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