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Sixth Circuit· 4/6/2010

United States v. Everett

Citations

  • 601 F.3d 484
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 7107
  • 2010 WL 1286770

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a single question “taking up several seconds . . . . did not render the traffic stop an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment”
  • explaining that the off-topic questioning in Mena did not violate the Fourth Amendment because it did not prolong the detention
  • explaining that a “measurable” delay is one that is “significant,” i.e., that unreasonably prolongs the stop
  • explaining that a “measurable” delay is one that is “significant,” i.e., that unreasonably prolongs the stop
  • explaining that “it would be irrational to conclude that officers cannot take the less intrusive measure of simply asking whether a driver has a gun” (citation modified)
  • determining that the officer’s questioning did not render the traffic stop an unreasonable seizure

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Judges: Boggs, Norris, Adams

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Cites

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