E.D.Tenn.: SW for premises didn’t justify stop of car allowed to leave

A search warrant for the premises here did not justify defendants’ stop in their car after they were allowed to leave it. Moreover, there was no reasonable suspicion for the stop; no traffic violation, no nothing. United States v. Williamson, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 239551 (E.D. Tenn. Nov. 24, 2020), adopted 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 238592 (E.D. Tenn. Dec. 18, 2020).

Two Secret Service agents at defendant’s car window showing their credentials wasn’t a seizure. Claiming the racial difference between defendant and the agents isn’t an issue: “These facts do not actually distinguish Debona because that opinion does not indicate the race of any of the participants. Assuming without deciding that Defendant points to a meaningful distinction, it is not enough, when considering the totality of the circumstances, to render Defendant’s encounter a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.” United States v. Miller, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 240420 (N.D. Ga. Nov. 5, 2020).*

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