U.S. v. GORMAN

Nos. 15-16600 15-17103.

859 F.3d 706 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Straughn Samuel GORMAN, Claimant-Appellee and $167,070.00 In United States Currency, Defendant

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Addington (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Elizabeth O. White , Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Reno, Nevada; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Vincent Savarese, III (argued), Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Claimant-Appellee.

Mahesha P. Subbaraman , Subbaraman PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Amicus Curiae Americans for Forfeiture Reform.

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Ann D. Montgomery, District Judge.


OPINION

This case is about coordinated traffic stops and the Fourth Amendment.

In January 2013, a police officer stopped Straughn Gorman on Interstate-80 outside Wells, Nevada for a minor traffic infraction. The officer came to think that Gorman might be carrying drug money. Acting on this concern, he...

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