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Skinner v. Switzer 562 U.S. ___ (2011) is a legal dispute that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case concerns the route by which a prisoner may obtain biological DNA material for testing to challenge his conviction; whether through a civil rights suit or a habeas corpus petition. A majority of the Court held that the civil rights path was the appropriate path.