United States v. Tamichale Paige

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

A grand jury indicted Tamichale Paige with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). Mr. Paige moved to suppress the firearm and the' drugs; he claimed that the police officer who conducted the search, Officer Tiara Sheets-Walker, had no lawful basis to pat him down or to search his' vehicle. After an evidentiary hearing before a magistrate judge, the district court denied Mr.…