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· 3/23/2022

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM, etc. v. IGNACIO MARTINEZ, etc.

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  • collecting cases in which circumstances of police officers approaching suspects and asking questions held not to be sufficiently intimidating that reasonable person in suspect's position would have felt compelled to stop and speak with officers
  • no seizure where officers merely asked to speak with citizen in absence of intimidating circumstances
  • no seizure when an officer beckoned from his cruiser to a cyclist asking, “Can I speak with you?”
  • officer motioning at defendant to come to him and asking, \Can I speak with you?\ was not seizure
  • no seizure where police followed defendant but did not issue any orders, block him from leaving, or activate cruiser's blue lights
  • \[N]ot every encounter between a law enforcement official and a member of the public constitutes [a seizure]\

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