The following excerpt is from Troiani v. Poole, 858 F. Supp. 1051 (S.D. Cal. 1994):
5 The 5th amendment guarantee protects only against forced individual disclosure of a "testimonial or communicative nature." Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 761, 86 S.Ct. 1826, 1830-31, 16 L.Ed.2d 908 (1966); United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 222, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 1929-30, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149 (1967); Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263, 87 S.Ct. 1951, 18 L.Ed.2d 1178 (1967).
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