Opinion ID: 3052889
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Pre-Operation Investigation

Text: Before attempting to arrest Rodriguez-Wence at the Rodriguez family’s home on Piedmont Street in Oxnard, California, Thompson, the officer in charge of the operation, reviewed the file on Rodriguez-Wence maintained by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The file included RODRIGUEZ v. UNITED STATES 12293 identifying information such as a physical description, a driver’s license number and picture, and Rodriguez-Wence’s social security number. The file also contained two addresses for Rodriguez-Wence, neither of which was on Piedmont Street. In fact, the INS had over fifteen possible addresses for Rodriguez-Wence, none of which was on Piedmont Street. Thompson also searched records maintained by the California Department of Motor Vehicles in an attempt to determine Rodriguez-Wence’s location. In his first search, he entered “Marisela Rodriguez-Wence” and her date of birth. The search yielded an address other than the Piedmont Street address. Thompson then entered the name “Marisela Rodriguez” with no date of birth and obtained a result for “Marisela Rodriguez V” at the Piedmont Street address. The search also revealed the make, model, and license plate of the car registered to Marisela Rodriguez V.1 But Thompson does not recall comparing any of the identifying information he had about Rodriguez-Wence with information about Marisela Rodriguez V, nor did any officer conduct surveillance or attempt to contact the occupants at the Piedmont Street address to determine if Rodriguez-Wence resided there.