Jensen

MEMORANDUM **

Ryan Hunter Jensen appeals his convictions for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1), possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, and a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, arguing that the police officers lacked a reasonable suspicion to detain him and that the district court therefore erred in denying his motion to suppress. We affirm.

The determination of whether a seizure exceeds the bounds of an investigatory Terry 1 stop and becomes an arrest is reviewed de novo 2 First, Jensen argues *292 that the officers’ restraint of him rose to the level of an arrest that was unsupported by probable cause. Jensen concedes, however, that the police were justified in detaining him initially while they determined whether he or his companion was Joseph Paris, a man with an outstanding arrest warrant known to be armed and dangerous. Under the circumstances, the officers’ actions of approaching the two men with their weapons drawn and immobilizing Jensen, while Paris acted erratically and disobeyed the officers’ orders, were reasonable measures taken to neutralize the risk that either of…