Raquel Cortez v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Whether the same rule applies when an officer extends a traffic stop to allow border patrol agents to arrive without reasonable suspicion or other lawful justification
QUESTION PRESENTED This Court has held that held that the use of a drug-detention canine unit after the completion of an otherwise lawful traffic stop exceeded the time needed to handle the matter for which the stop was made violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015). The mission of the stop determines its allowable duration and the authority for the stop ends when the mission has been accomplished. Jd. This case poses the question of whether the same rule applies when an officer extends the stop to allow border patrol agents to arrive without reasonable suspicion or other lawful justification. i