Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. City of Buena Park
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2009No. 04-56832PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
On May 2, 2003, Officer Pedro Montez of the Buena Park Police Department noticed a car parked outside a drugstore. Montez observed Joseph C. Ramirez in the car’s driver’s seat, apparently asleep at the wheel. Montez subsequently detained, searched, and arrested Ramirez for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Montez and two other officers then impounded Ramirez’s car for its safekeeping. Montez issued Ramirez a citation and released him on his own recognizance after performing additional tests (including a blood test) at the police station. The blood…
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