Legal Opinion
Valdez v. McPheters
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1999No. 97-4057PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTEN, District Judge.
On December 7, 1993, FBI Special Agent Samuel Michael McPheters and Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) Police Officer Gregory Littlewhiteman arrived at the plaintiff Rosanna Valdez’s residence in La-Point, Utah. The officers told the plaintiff that there was an outstanding felony warrant for the arrest of her son, Raymond Nathaniel Valdez. McPheters told the plaintiff they would like to come inside to see if her . son was present.
There is a dispute as to whether the plaintiff consented to the officers’ entry. According to the officers, the plaintiff told them to “go…
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