United States v. Jackson

MEMORANDUM **

Willie Keith Jackson (“Jackson”) challenges his conviction on three counts of drug trafficking and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that the district court erred in failing to suppress drugs and guns found on his person, in his car, and at his residence on two dates—June 10 and August 14, 2004— because the stops and searches leading to the discovery of that contraband violated the Fourth Amendment. He also argues that, at trial, the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation by precluding him from impeaching a police officer with the negative credibility findings made by the magistrate judge who recommended that the district court deny the suppression motion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

The Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant for searches and seizures, but “permits limited investigatory stops where there is some reasonable, articulable, and objective manifestation that the person seized is, or is about to be, engaged in criminal activities.” United States v. Smith, 217 F.3d 746, 749 (9th Cir.2000). We review de novo the district court’s rulings on a suppression…