Opinion ID: 794394
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Heading: The manner of Phaneuf's denial

Text: 28 Under certain circumstances, the manner in which a person acts when confronted by law enforcement officials can be grounds for raising a reasonable suspicion to conduct a limited search, such as in the case of a stop and frisk, or  Terry stop. See, e.g., United States v. Vargas, 369 F.3d 98, 101 (2d Cir.2004) (evasive flight when approached by police officers, among other factors, justified Terry stop); United States v. Paulino, 850 F.2d 93, 98 (2d Cir.1988) (furtive movement provided a legal basis for [a] protective search). Cf. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 270, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986) (Rehnquist, J., dissenting) ([The witness] fidgets when answering critical questions, his eyes shift from the floor to the ceiling, and he manifests all other indicia traditionally attributed to perjurers.). Here, however, we are given little to work with. We only know that one of the factors leading to the initiation of the search was that Phaneuf denied the accusations against her in a suspicious manner, but neither Cipriano nor Birdsall provide any further detail. With a record devoid of any sort of explanation of what this suspicious manner might possibly mean, we are reluctant to permit it to supply justification for a strip search.