Carr
Carr v. City of Redondo Beach
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Firpo Carr sued the City of Redondo Beach, claiming that City police officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights and committed various state law torts during the course of an investigatory stop. Carr appeals from the district court’s grant of the City’s motion for summary judgment on all claims. For the reasons set forth below, the district court’s decision is AFFIRMED.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Carr, we conclude that *594 there is no genuine issue of material fact with respect to any of Carr’s claims. See United States v. City of Tacoma, 332 F.3d 574, 578 (9th Cir.2003). The stop did not violate the Fourth Amendment because it was based on reasonable suspicion supported by the articulable facts provided by a citizen who reported that she thought that a man matching Carr’s description was burglarizing her neighbor. See Reid v. Georgia, 448 U.S. 438, 440 , 100 S.Ct. 2752 , 65 L.Ed.2d 890 (1980). Nor was the length of the stop, approximately 20-25 minutes, constitutionally infirm, as it was limited to the time necessary to investigate the report and to determine that no crime had been committed. See Gallegos v. City of Los Angeles, 308…