United States Ninth Circuit

Nervousness during a traffic stop, in absence of other particularized, objective factors, does not support a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, and does not justify an officer's continued detention of a suspect after he has satisfied the purpose of the stop.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2001
• Decided 02/08/2002
• Published 02/08/2002

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  TASHIMA and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and ZILLY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Ian Garey, Santa Ana, California, for the defendant-appellant., Jason A. Forge, Assistant United States Attorney, Organized Crime Strike Force Section, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.