United States v. Monteiro

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Acting on Amando Monteiro’s pretrial motion, the district court suppressed from evidence two guns the police obtained during a vehicle stop. The government sought our review pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1371, which authorizes interlocutory appeals in situations such as this. We affirm.

I

In an appeal from a suppression order, the district court’s findings of fact govern absent a showing of clear error. Ornelas v. United States, 517 U.S. 690, 699, 116 S.Ct. 1657, 134 L.Ed.2d 911 (1996). Neither party suggests that the district court made such an error, so we recite the facts as…