Andre Andrews v. Clifford Slawinski

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 22 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANDRE ANDREWS, No. 15-56009
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:10-cv-05850-MWF-
VBK
v.
CLIFFORD SLAWINSKI; ALFRED LIO, MEMORANDUM*
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 13, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, M. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Andre Andrews appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment following a
bench trial in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an unreasonable seizure under
the Fourth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review
for clear error the district court’s findings of fact and de novo its legal conclusions.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Husain v. Olympic Airways, 316 F.3d 829, 835 (9th Cir. 2002). We affirm.
The district court did not clearly err in its factual findings, and, based upon
those findings, the district court properly concluded that defendants had reasonable
suspicion for the traffic stop. See Heien v. North Carolina, 135 S. Ct. 530, 536
(2014) (reasonable suspicion can be based on mistakes of law or fact); Whren v.
United States, 517 U.S. 806, 810, 812-13 (1996) (no Fourth Amendment violation
when officer has probable cause to believe that a traffic violation occurred; an
officer’s subjective intent is not relevant to the Fourth Amendment analysis).
AFFIRMED.
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