Griffin
United States v. Griffin
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Donald Roger Griffin appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence related to his conviction for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(3). Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them in detail. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
*767 Griffin conceded in the district court that he was lawfully arrested pursuant to a city court policy directing police officers to arrest and take to jail anyone caught driving on a revoked or suspended license. His claim that Officer Hock illegally searched his person incident to his arrest is thus foreclosed by United States v. Robinson, which held that “in the case of a lawful custodial arrest a full search of the person is not only an exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment, but is also a reasonable search under that Amendment.” 414 U.S. 218, 235 (1973) (internal quotation marks omitted) (emphasis added). Accordingly, Griffin’s reliance on Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 , 113 S.Ct. 2130 , 124 L.Ed.2d 334 (1993), is misplaced, ignoring the distinction between a…