United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for misuse of a social security number is reversed where, under the particular circumstances of the case, Border Patrol lacked reasonable suspicion that defendant and his co-workers were in the country illegally for purposes of a stop.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2006
• Decided 06/20/2006
• Published 06/20/2006

Judges

• Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., RONALD M. GOULD, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony R. Gallagher, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defenders of Montana, Great Falls, MT, for the defendant-appellant., William W. Mercer, United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Horsman, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Helena, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.