USA v. Burgos-Lopez

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
United States of America,
Plaintiff,
v.
Jesus Antonio Burgos-Lopez,
Defendant.
No. CR-25-01394-001-PHX-SHD
ORDER
Pending before the Court is the Government’s motion to compel Defendant Jesus
Antonio Burgos-Lopez to submit to fingerprinting at the Final Pretrial Conference. (Doc.
30.) Burgos-Lopez objects to the motion. (Doc. 32.)
The government may “require the defendant to submit new fingerprint exemplars to
establish his identity at trial.” United States v. Garcia-Beltran, 443 F.3d 1126, 1134 (9th
Cir. 2006); see also United States v. Ortiz-Hernandez, 427 F.3d 567, 577 (9th Cir. 2005)
(holding that the district court erred in denying the government’s motion to compel the
defendant “to provide a new set of fingerprint exemplars during pre-trial proceedings”).
Such a requirement does not infringe on the defendant’s Fifth Amendment rights. See e.g.,
Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 764 (1966); United States v. Payne, 99 F.4th 495,
512–13 (9th Cir. 2024). Accordingly, the Court will grant the government’s motion to
compel and will allow the Government to collect Burgos-Lopez’s fingerprints at the Final
Pretrial Conference.
The Court reserves ruling, however, on Burgos-Lopez’s motion to exclude the
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expert testimony of the Government’s proposed fingerprint expert, (Doc. 33), and will hear
oral argument on that motion at the Final Pretrial Conference.
IT IS ORDERED granting the Government’s motion to compel, (Doc. 30).
Burgos-Lopez shall submit to fingerprinting at the Final Pretrial Conference on January 6,
2026, at 10:00am.
Dated this 2nd day of January, 2026.
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