Michael Lee Sammons v. Maury Taylor, Six Unidentified Fbi Agents or Department of Justice Employees United States of America

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• noting a lawful impound of a vehicle is a condition to performing an inventory search
• “[F]acts alleged in an inmate's sworn pleading are sufficient and ... a separate affidavit is not necessary.”
• “[A]s a general rule, an appellate court will not consider arguments or evidence not presented to the district court.”
• officer may impound vehicle even where vehicle is not impeding traffic or otherwise presenting a hazard so long as decision to impound is made on basis of standard criteria
• “If [a] vehicle has been lawfully impounded, the law enforcement officer may conduct an inventory search, including a search of closed containers, provided the search is conducted pursuant to standardized criteria.”
• assumes Bivens action will lie but remands for transfer of venue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).