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153399P.pdf 03/27/2017 Raul De La Rosa v. Mark White
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-3399
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Riley and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. The district court erred in denying the
defendant State Trooper's motion for summary judgment based on qualified
immunity on plaintiff's claim that the Trooper lacked reasonable suspicion
to extend a traffic stop while he summoned a drug dog that alerted to
plaintiff's truck; a reasonable officer could have believed he had a
reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; recent Eighth Circuit cases
have found reasonable suspicion upholding the extension of traffic stops
relying on similar facts, such as difficulty in answering basic questions
on itinerary and lies about criminal history; reversed and remanded with
direction to enter summary judgment dismissing all claims against
defendant.