Daily Archives: February 5, 2022

CA10: Tasing a fleeing suspect is the seizure

Defendant continued to flee when he was finally Tasered. Then he was seized. United States v. Jeffers, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 3131 (10th Cir. Feb. 3, 2022). Plaintiff complains that inmate porters came into his prison cell and went through … Continue reading

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CA2: RS of man menacing with a gun supported stop at gunpoint

“In this case, in which defendant Justin Patterson stands charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the government appeals from an order … suppressing the charged firearm because it … Continue reading

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CA10: The specifics of the bag on Greyhound Bus search weren’t raised below, so waived

The specifics of defendant’s argument that his bag was handled on a Greyhound Bus in Albuquerque weren’t raised in the district court. His expansion of the issue on appeal was waived. United States v. Fernandez, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 3129 … Continue reading

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