Lajocies

MEMORANDUM *

*904 Daniel Ray LaJocies appeals his conviction upon a conditional plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g). He argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a pat-down search conducted by deputy sheriffs outside a bar in which he had been involved in a minor physical altercation.

The officers had reasonable suspicion to initiate a Terry detention of LaJocies in order to question him regarding the extent and nature of the altercation and to determine whether it was likely to resume when the officers left the scene. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 19-20 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968); see also Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143, 146 , 92 S.Ct. 1921 , 32 L.Ed.2d 612 (1978) (“A brief stop of a suspicious individual, in order to determine his identity or to maintain the status quo momentarily while obtaining more information, may be most reasonable in light of the facts known to the officer at the time.”). It was also reasonable for the officers to conduct their questioning of LaJocies outside the crowded and noisy bar in which the fight occurred. United…