U.S. v. Mendez, No. 05-10205 (9th Cir.) (467 F.3d 1162) (October 30, 2006) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
Here the Court flatly held that “the fact of gang membership is not sufficient to generate a particularized, reasonable suspicion of criminal activity” sufficient to justify extending the scope of a lawful traffic stop into a more extended search.
This is another one of Judge Reinhardt’s signature decisions on the ...
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