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193555P.pdf 09/17/2021 United States v. Steven Traylor
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3555
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Melloy and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. For the court's earlier opinion remanding
the case for further consideration of defendant's motion to suppress, see
U.S. v. Traylor,840 D. App'x 894, 894-895 (8th cir. 2021). On remand, the
district court was authorized to supplement its factual findings, and
there was no error in finding additional facts; the totality of the
circumstances added up to reasonable suspicion of drug-related activity,
and the brief extension of the traffic stop to facilitate a dog sniff of
the vehicle was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
193555U.pdf 03/25/2021 United States v. Steven Traylor
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3555
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Melloy, and Kelly, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court erred in determining when
a drug dog arrived at the traffic stop involved in the case, and this was
a plain error that affected defendant's substantial rights; while there
may be another argument for extending the seizure until the drug dog
arrived, it would be better for the district court to make the necessary
factual findings and to resolve the issue of reasonable suspicion in the
first instance; the matter is remanded for further consideration of the
motion to suppress; the court retains jurisdiction over the appeal during
the limited remand.