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041890P.pdf   04/07/2005  United States  v.  Joseph Maltais
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1890
   District of North Dakota   
   Criminal case - criminal law. Officer had reasonable suspicion of 
   criminal activity to detain defendant and his vehicle; neither manner of 
   detaining defendant (placing him in the squad car) nor the length of the 
   detention (almost three hours) was unreasonable under the circumstances 
   (early morning stop in a remote area near the Canadian border). 
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Lay]