Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. German Espinoza MONTERO-CAMARGO, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo Sanchez-Guillen, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1999-08-25
Citations: 183 F.3d 1172
Docket Number: Nos. 97-50643, 97-50645
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. German Espinoza MONTERO-CAMARGO, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo Sanchez-Guillen, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and DAMRELL, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 183
Pages: 1172–1172

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. German Espinoza MONTERO-CAMARGO, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo Sanchez-Guillen, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 97-50643, 97-50645.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Aug. 25, 1999.
Before: KOZINSKI and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and DAMRELL, District Judge.
The Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER
The slip opinion ("slip op.") filed May 13, 1999 is amended as follows:
1. At slip op. 4466, lines 22-23 of the text [177 F.3d at 1118], delete "driving and the ethnicity of the occupants;" and replace with "driving, Mexicali license plates, the Hispanic appearance of the occupants, and". Renumber subsequent footnotes.
2. At slip op. 4466, line 29 of the text [177 F.3d at 1118], insert "," between "Garcia-Barron" and "116".
. Border Patrol agents may consider the Hispanic appearance of a motorist, but this fact alone does not justify an investigatory stop. See Brigoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 886-87 ("The likelihood that any given person of Mexican ancestry is an alien is high enough to make Mexican appearance a relevant factor, but standing alone it does not justify stopping all Mexican-Americans to ask if they are aliens.").