Reginald Chapman v. Eileen O'Neill Burke

Summary

The court held that Chapman has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Illinois's post-conviction DNA-testing statute because his alleged injury is fairly traceable to the prosecutor's control over and refusal to provide access to the evidence. It also held that Rooker-Feldman does not bar his federal constitutional challenge because the action targets the statute, not the state-court judgment, even though Chapman previously sought DNA testing in state court. The court reversed the jurisdictional dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.