United States Ninth Circuit

Under the circumstances of a search for a burglary suspect, detention of an individual for up to an hour in order to ascertain whether he was the suspect being sought fell within the bounds of a permissible investigatory stop, and did not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/03/2002
• Decided 10/11/2002
• Published 10/11/2002

Judges

• Before: ALARĆON, SILVERMAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ellen Hammill Ellison, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet G. Bogigian, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.