Mario Alberto Buenrostro-Lopez v. United States
CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether an individual’s telephone call to law enforcement, in which he stated that a person was picked up by vehicle in an area known for alien smuggling, is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop of a vehicle matching the caller’s description even though the caller did not provide: (1) his name or contact number, nor call on a 911 emergency line that enabled tracing; (2) any information that suggested the person being picked up was an undocumented alien, or had just recently unlawfully crossed the border into the United States; or (3) any predictive information that would support that the caller knew the driver of the truck or the individual picked up were engaged in criminal activity? i STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES United States v. Mario Buenrostro-Lopez, No. 3:17-cr-3825-JAH-1, United States District Court for the Southern District of California. District court proceeding in which Petitioner was convicted of offense related to this petition. Judgment was entered on August 16, 2018. United States v. Mario Buenrostro-Lopez, No. 18-50273, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Direct appeal deciding issue raised in this petition. Judgment was entered on October 25, 2019. ii