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United States v. In

Good Law
124 F.4th 790
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 30, 202423-2917California2,023 words

Opinion

Opinion

BACKGROUND

On the evening of March 4, 2020, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (“LVMPD”) Enforcement Bike Squad Officers Haley Andersen, Daniel Diaz, and Timothy Nye engaged in a traffic stop on bicycle near Las Vegas Boulevard (“the Strip”) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Officers Andersen, Diaz, and Nye saw a car with a taillight out and a California license plate parked in a red-curb no- parking zone about fifty feet from the Strip. In was seated in the driver’s seat of the car. Officer Diaz walked up to the driver’s-side window, requesting In’s driver’s license, registration, and insurance. The encounter was recorded on body cam video from Officer Diaz and Officer Andersen. While Officer Diaz spoke with In, Officer Andersen shone her flashlight into the interior of In’s car and discovered a Glock on the backseat passenger-side floor of the car. Officer Andersen stated to the other officers that there was a Glock in the backseat, and she told Officer Diaz to tell In to keep his hands up. Officer Diaz ordered In to get out of the car. In started collecting his documents before Officer Diaz told him to stop reaching for anything in the car and to put his hands up. In set the papers…

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