United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-3239 MARK JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MARK R. SEVIER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. No. 1:20-cv-2290 — James R. Sweeney II, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 — DECIDED MAY 30, 2025 ____________________

Before SYKES, Chief Judge, and ST. EVE and LEE, Circuit Judges. LEE, Circuit Judge. An Indiana jury convicted Mark John- son of felony rape, felony criminal confinement, and misde- meanor battery. Johnson appealed, arguing that the court’s exclusion of certain DNA evidence at trial and the State’s de- struction of the victim’s blood sample before toxicology test- ing violated his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. The Indiana Court of Appeals vacated his convictions for 2