Traffic/Vehicle Stop

United States of America v. Keith Rodney Moore

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Wed, 11/27/2024 - 19:54

This brief urges the Fourth Circuit to affirm the lower court's decision properly applying circuit precedent to the plaintiff's selective enforcement defense. The selective enforcement defense was appropriately supported by statistics revealing significant racial disparities in the Richmond Police Department’s (“RPD”) enforcement of traffic stops against Black drivers compared to their white counterparts. The evidence supplied by the plaintiff sufficiently demonstrated both discriminatory effect and discriminatory purpose, meeting the threshold for a selective enforcement claim.

Baxter v. Roberts

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 15:56

Where officer pulled driver over for traffic violation, collected driver’s paperwork, ran warrant check, typed up
citation, and returned to vehicle, ordering driver out of vehicle for dog sniff at that point
unreasonably prolonged traffic stop in violation of clearly established Fourth
Amendment rights.

Clinton v. Garrett

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 10:07

Officers who stopped vehicle because they claimed they could not read the temporary license plate tag in vehicle’s rear window and because a passenger gave them a suspicious look, violated plaintiff’s clearly established rights and were not entitled to qualified immunity, affirming summary judgment in favor of plaintiff; failure to make out the tag did not constitute a particularized basis for believing vehicle was unregistered.

Palma v. City of Inglewood

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 12:13

Unarmed carwash worker shot and killed by police officer during traffic stop at 2:30am; officer claimed he thought victim was holding a rifle; a baseball bat, but no gun was found in his car; survived by wife and two children.

Brooks v. Tensing, et al.

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 11:29

Unarmed, 43 y.o. father to 13, shot and killed during a routine traffic stop; settlement also included requiring the University of Cincinnati to provide undergraduate education for his kids. Officer fired from university PD and facing murder charge.

Livezey v. Fierro

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 14:13

70 y.o.man died of heart attack during aggressive traffic stop, where officer ignored decedent’s pleas of illness; officer later convicted of aggravated assault; bench trial.

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