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United States v. Juan Price
9th Cir. · 2020 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
fficers with a particularized basis to believe that a situation may pose safety risks may handcuff or point a gun at an individual without converting an investigative detention into an arrest.
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Coleman v. Ortiz
N.D. Cal. · 2020 · signal: cf. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
officers with a particularized basis to believe that a situation may pose safety risks may 1 arrest
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United States v. Juan Price
9th Cir. · 2019 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
fficers with a particularized basis to believe that a situation may pose safety risks may handcuff or point a gun at an individual without converting an investigative detention into an arrest.
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United States v. Don White
9th Cir. · 2018 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence low
it is undisputed that probable cause to conduct a full-scale search arose at the latest when the agents encountered the smell of unburned marijuana emanating from the vehicle.
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United States v. Williams
9th Cir. · 2026 · confidence medium
Because Williams did not raise that Brady claim below, we review it “only to determine if [its] denial would constitute plain error affecting [his] substantial rights.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Eisenmann v. Cox
9th Cir. · 2026 · confidence medium
An “arrest” occurs when an officer’s conduct “would cause a reasonable person to feel that . . . she will not be free to leave after brief questioning” but rather “that indefinite custodial detention is inevitable.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Robert Hamilton
9th Cir. · 2025 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009) (citations omitted).
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United States v. Gonzalez-Silva
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9th Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009); United States v. Galindo-Gallegos, 244 F.3d 728, 730, 732 (9th Cir. 2001).
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United States v. Justin Beasley
9th Cir. · 2023 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Irvine v. Cook
D. Idaho · 2023 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 876 (9th Cir. 2009) (citing Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200 , 208–09 (1979)).
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(PS) Grissom v. Modesto Police Department
E.D. Cal. · 2022 · confidence medium
See id. at 701– 28 04; U.S. v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009); Alexander, 64 F.3d at 1320 .
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United States v. Ulysses Ward
9th Cir. · 2021 · confidence medium
Because Ward did not raise this Brady claim in the district court, we review “to determine if [its] denial would constitute plain error affecting the appellant’s substantial rights.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Leibel v. Buckeye, City of
D. Ariz. · 2021 · confidence medium
Thus, for purposes of assessing whether a Terry stop 21 transformed into an arrest, the question isn’t simply whether the suspect’s freedom to leave 22 was curtailed at any point during the encounter—rather, the question is whether the 23 intrusive measures “would cause a reasonable person to feel that he or she will not be free 24 to leave after brief questioning—i.e., that indefinite custodial detention is inevitable.” 25 United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009) (emphasis added). 26 This standard is not satisfied where, as here, the use of force is to pr…
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Lidia Gonzalez v. County of Los Angeles
C.D. Cal. · 2021 · confidence medium
United States v. 4 Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 876 (9th Cir. 2009); Morgan v. Woessner, 997 F.2d 5 1244, 1252 (9th Cir. 1993).
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United States v. James Brown
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9th Cir. · 2021 · confidence medium
In distinguishing between a Terry stop and a full- blown arrest, we consider whether “a reasonable person would believe that he [or she] is being subjected to more than a temporary detention,” Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d at 884 (simplified), as well as “the justification for the use of such tactics, i.e., whether the officer had sufficient basis to fear for his safety to warrant the intrusiveness of the action taken,” United States v. Edwards, 761 F.3d 977, 981 (9th Cir. 2014) (simplified).
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United States v. Tamaran Bontemps
9th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
We review determinations of reasonable suspicion de novo, but “factual findings underlying those determinations are reviewed for clear error, giving ‘due weight to inferences drawn from those facts by resident judges and local law enforcement.’” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 881 (9th Cir. 2009) (quoting Ornelas v. United States, 517 U.S. 690, 699 (1996)).
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El Paso County, Texas v. Trump
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W.D. Tex. · 2019 · confidence medium
Br. 6, 7-9, ECF No. 134 (citing United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 889 (9th Cir. 2009) (Government has a “strong interest [ ]” in “interdicting the flow of drugs” entering the United States)).
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Archer v. Orr
D. Ariz. · 2019 · confidence medium
“The standard for determining whether a person is under arrest is not simply whether a person believes that he is free to leave, but rather whether a reasonable person would believe that he is being subjected to more than [a] temporary detention[.]” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009) (citations omitted). “‘[W]here force is used such that the innocent person could reasonably have believed he was not free to go and -13- that he was being taken into custody indefinitely, an arrest has occurred.’” Id. (quoting Kraus v. Pierce County, 793 F.2d 1105, 1109 …
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Sierra Club v. Donald Trump
9th Cir. · 2019 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 889 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Sierra Club v. Donald Trump
9th Cir. · 2019 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 889 (9th Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Tuan Lam
9th Cir. · 2019 · confidence medium
At that point, a “reasonable person” would not “feel that he or she [would] be free to leave after brief questioning.” United States v. Guzman–Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009); see also 3 Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420, 440 (1984); United States v. Bravo, 295 F.3d 1002, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002).
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United States v. Mendez
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D. Ariz. · 2017 · confidence medium
Because the primary purpose of a border search is to seize contraband property sought to be brought into the country, see United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 877 (9th Cir. 2009), the government may search wherever evidence of contraband may be found, so long as the scope and duration of the search is reasonable.
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Olushola Akinmboni v. United States
D.C. · 2015 · confidence medium
Womack v. United States, 673 A.2d 603, 607 (D.C.1996); United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 886 (9th Cir.2009).
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Vargas Ramirez v. United States
W.D. Wash. · 2015 · confidence medium
Specifically, “it is well-established that intrusive measures may convert a stop into an arrest if the measures would cause a reasonable person to feel that he or she will not be free to leave after brief questioning.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir.2009).
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Warren v. Marcus
N.D. Cal. · 2015 · confidence medium
The test is whether “a reasonable innocent person in these circumstances would not have felt free to leave after brief questioning,” id., “i.e., that indefinite custodial detention is inevitable.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir.2009) (citing Kraus, 793 F.2d at 1109 (“where force is used such that the innocent person could reasonably have believed he was not free to go and that he was being taken into custody indefinitely, an arrest has occurred.” (citation omitted))).
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United States v. Reginald Edwards
9th Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
This “inquiry is undertaken ... from the perspective of law enforcement,” while bearing in mind that “the purpose of a Terry stop is to allow the officer to pursue his investigation without fear of violence.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir.2009) (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted).
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United States v. Theodore Stewart
6th Cir. · 2013 · confidence medium
The typical extended border search takes place at a location “away from the border where entry is not apparent, but where the dual requirements of reasonable certainty of a recent border crossing and reasonable suspicion of criminal activity are satisfied.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 878-79 (9th Cir.2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
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Plascencia v. Taylor
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10th Cir. · 2013 · confidence medium
See Cortez, 478 F.3d at 1112 (“We reject the notion that an excessive force claim is subsumed in an unlawful arrest claim in the facts presented by this case.”); see also Romero v. Story, 672 F.3d 880, 882 (10th Cir. 2012) (analyzing unlawful arrest and excessive force claims separately). 8 unreasonable force.”); United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009) (“[I]t is well-established that intrusive measures may convert a stop into an arrest” under certain circumstances including those in which “force is used.” (quotation omitted)); Morelli v. Webster, 552 F.…
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United States v. Howard Cotterman
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9th Cir. · 2013 · confidence medium
We have “define[d] an extended border search as any search away from the border where entry is not apparent, but where the dual requirements of reasonable certainty of a recent border crossing and reasonable suspicion of criminal activity are satisfied.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 878-79 (9th Cir.2009) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
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United States v. Rufino Valdes-Vega
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9th Cir. · 2012 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 882 (9th Cir.2009) (noting that the officer testified that it was rare to see Mexican plates where he spotted the defendant’s vehicle).
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United States v. Michael Palumbo
9th Cir. · 2011 · confidence medium
“The standard for determining whether a person is under arrest is not simply whether a person believes that he is free to leave.” United States v. Bravo, 295 F.3d 1002, 1009 (9th Cir.2002) (citation omitted). “[Ijntrusive measures may convert a stop into an arrest if the measures would cause a reasonable person to feel that he or she will not be free to leave after brief questioning — i.e., that indefinite custodial detention is inevitable.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir.2009) (citation omitted).
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United States v. Lopez
9th Cir. · 2011 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir.2009).
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United States v. Cotterman
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9th Cir. · 2011 · confidence medium
Finally, the district court concluded that the customs officers "acted so presumptively, without even considering whether they had reasonable suspicion," because of their reliance on ICE field guidelines and an official memorandum "that make[ ] clear that electronic media may be seized at the border without any individualized suspicion." Thus, the district court made a factual finding that none of the other circumstances were even considered; the agents decided to take the equipment because they were told they could absent suspicion. [8] An extended border search is a "search away from the bor…
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United States v. Redlightning
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
The “reasonable person” test is an objective test, California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 628 , 111 S.Ct. 1547 , 113 L.Ed.2d 690 (1991), applied from the viewpoint of an innocent person, United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir.2009), and considering the readily apparent personal characteristics of the accused, see, e.g., Mendenhall, 446 U.S. at 558 , 100 S.Ct. 1870 ; United States v. Moreno, 742 F.2d 532, 536 (9th Cir.1984) (holding that a factor in determining whether the defendant was seized was that the defendant was a Colombian citizen with limited English skills).
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United States v. Villasenor
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9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
On account of the “practical difficulty of getting to and searching every vehicle or carrier at the precise moment it crosses land or sea borders,” id., border searches sometimes occur “at the functional equivalent of a border,” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 877 (9th Cir.2009) (quotation marks omitted); see also Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 413 U.S. 266, 273 , 93 S.Ct. 2535 , 37 L.Ed.2d 596 (1973) (citing “a search of the passengers and cargo of an airplane arriving at a St.
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United States v. Stewart
E.D. Mich. · 2010 · confidence medium
The Ninth Circuit explained that “[ejxtended border searches, which ‘occur after the actual entry has been effected and intrude more on an individual’s normal expectation of privacy!,] ... must be justified by “reasonable suspicion” that the subject of the search was involved in criminal activity.’ ” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 877-78 (9th Cir.2009) (quoting United States v. Alfonso, 759 F.2d 728, 734 (9th Cir.1985)).
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United States v. Edgar Tapia
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
When a Brady issue is not raised below, however, this Court reviews the claim “only to determine if [its] denial would constitute plain error affecting the appellant’s substantial rights.” United States v. Guzmarir-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir.2009) (citing Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(b)).
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United States v. Palos-Marquez
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Because the UPS driver’s in-person tip had such indicia of reliability, and in light of the notoriety of the area for alien smuggling, the pickup’s high rate of speed, and the pickup occupants’ nervous demeanor, there was more than enough evidence to “paint a picture that would create in the mind of a trained border patrol agent a reasonable suspicion that the [vehicle’s occupants were] engaged in criminal activity.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 882 (9th Cir.2009) (quotation and citation omitted).
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United States v. Ricardo Palos-Marquez
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Because the UPS driver’s in-person tip had such indicia of reliability, and in light of the notoriety of the area for alien smuggling, the pickup’s high rate of speed, and the pickup occupants’ nervous demeanor, there was more 1262 UNITED STATES v. PALOS-MARQUEZ than enough evidence to “paint a picture that would create in the mind of a trained border patrol agent a reasonable suspi- cion that the [vehicle’s occupants were] engaged in criminal activity.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 882 (9th Cir. 2009) (quotation and citation omitted).
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United States v. Carlo Zaccagnini
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9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Extended border searches, 1 “which occur after the actual entry has been effect *134 ed and intrude more on an individual’s normal expectation of privacy[,] ... must be justified by reasonable suspicion that the subject of the search was involved in criminal activity.” United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 877-78 (9th Cir.2009) (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted).
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United States v. David Perez-Lemos
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 882 (9th Cir.2009) (quoting United States v. Franco-Munoz, 952 F.2d 1055, 1058 (9th Cir.1991)).
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Bailey v. County of San Joaquin
E.D. Cal. · 2009 · confidence medium
In determining whether a seizure is reasonable, “courts consider the totality of the circumstances, ... and ‘balance the nature and quality of the intrusion on the individual’s Fourth Amendment interests against the importance of the governmental interests alleged to justify the intrusion.’ ” U.S. v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 876-77 (9th Cir.2009) quoting Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 383 , 127 S.Ct. 1769 , 167 L.Ed.2d 686 (2007) and citing Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 394-95 , 109 S.Ct. 1865 , 104 L.Ed.2d 443 (1989) and Samson v. Ca., 547 U.S. 843, 848 , 126 S.Ct. 2193 , 165…
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United States v. Jones
9th Cir. · 2026 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 889 (9th Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Brooks
9th Cir. · 2024 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865 , 886 n.5 (9th Cir. 2009); United States v. Garcia-Rodriguez, 558 F.2d 956 , 964–65 (9th Cir. 1977).
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United States v. Jones
9th Cir. · 2024 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 889 (9th Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Kenneth Door
9th Cir. · 2021 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865 , 877 n.1 (9th Cir. 2009) (holding that claims, not arguments, are waived or forfeited).9 An enhancement for obstructing or impeding the administration of justice is warranted if “the defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice with respect to the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense of conviction.” U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1.
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United States v. Po Choe
9th Cir. · 2020 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 881 (9th Cir. 2009) (listing factors to be considered in a Border Patrol search); United States v. Hall, 974 F.2d 1201, 1204 (9th Cir. 1992) (holding that the totality of the circumstances includes “the collective knowledge of the officers involved”). 3.
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United States v. Willie Clifton
9th Cir. · 2018 · signal: see · confidence high
Washington v. Lambert, 98 F.3d 1181, 1185 (9th Cir. 1996); see United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 884 (9th Cir. 2009).
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United States v. Sharron Crabb
9th Cir. · 2017 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 890 (9th Cir. 2009).