Abstract

KIE: Dunn alleged that Oklahoma prison officials assaulted him and threatened disciplinary segregation when he refused for religious reasons to submit to a blood test for AIDS. Dunn claimed that the threats and test violated his constitutional rights, and that statute provided exemption from blood tests for prisoners with religious objections. The U.S. District Court dismissed the complaint. The Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, affirmed. The Court of Appeals ruled that, in light of the seriousness of AIDS, the government's interest in administrating its system of corrections outweighed Dunn's constitutional expectations of privacy. Furthermore, statutory exemption could not provide protection, because Dunn gave no details of his religious beliefs.