United States v. Maragh

MEMORANDUM ON REMAND

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on remand from the Court of Appeals’ determination that a reasonable person in defendant’s position would have felt free to leave when interviewed in Union Station by Detective Beard while Detective Hansen backed him up, with Detective Cassidy “downfield.” On the basis of that finding, the Court of Appeals majority concluded that defendant was not under any restraint until Detective Hansen literally seized defendant after Detective Beard found drugs in defendant’s luggage. The remand leaves me the task of…