Padilla v. Miller

MEMORANDUM

VANASKIE, Chief Judge.

This action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 concerns the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania State Trooper’s conduct (a) in searching plaintiff Fayne DeAngelo Padilla during a traffic stop; (b) in questioning Fayne Padilla and his wife, Christy, following the completion of the traffic stop; and (c) in searching their automobile, its compartments and their luggage contained therein. Having carefully considered the testimony and other evidence presented during a non-jury trial in this rpatter, and after thoroughly examining the applicable case law, I am constrained to…