Court Opinion

ID: 9499797
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:58:13.998259+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:59:44.356147
License: Public Domain

FISHER, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur but also write separately to acknowledge the district court’s concerns about the unorthodox manner in which the seizure here was carried out. The staged collision, “theft” of the car (and all of its contents), car chase and search of Alverez-Tejeda’s apparently innocent companion had the potential to spin out of control and exceed reasonable bounds. Nonetheless, on the record before us I agree with my colleagues that the agents’ ruse stayed within bounds (even if they pushed the envelope in some respects). Although we do not sustain the district court’s thoughtful analysis, I do not thereby mean to endorse this police action as a model for future creative seizures.