United States v. Guijon-Ortiz, No. 10-4518 (4th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for illegal reentry after deportation. Defendant argued that during the time it took an officer to call the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he was subjected to an unconstitutional seizure because calling ICE unlawfully prolonged the routine traffic stop. Thus, defendant appealed the district court's denial of his motion to suppress his fingerprints, which were obtained when he was later transported to an ICE office and questioned. Because the court concluded, under the totality of the circumstances, that the officer's call to ICE did not unreasonably prolong the seizure, the court affirmed the judgment.
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