PLOURDE v. CEJKA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE GLEN PLOURDE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:19-cv-00486-JAW ) MAINE STATE POLICE ) TROOPER ROBERT CEJKA ) and MAINE STATE POLICE ) TROOPER ERIC VERHILLE, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Having concluded that an initial traffic stop was lawful, that a canine sniff of the exterior of the plaintiff’s vehicle was not a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, that the canine sniff did not unreasonably prolong the traffic stop, and that once the canine alerted to something inside the vehicle, law enforcement officers…