Ninth Circuit· 5/14/2018

United States v. Mark Johnson

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889 F.3d 1120

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ruling that officers had reasonable justification for impounding vehicle but that inventory search was unlawful
invalidating purported “inventory search” where arrest report made references to “seiz[ing] . . . evidence” of a crime and “plac[ing] [items] into evidence.”
conducting pretext inquiry based on the facts related to the impound decision
“[T]he purpose of the [inventory] search must be non-investigative; it must be ‘conducted on the basis of something other than suspicion of evidence of criminal activity.’” (quoting United States v. Torres, 828 F.3d 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2016))

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