United States v. Luis Cervantes

OWEN, Circuit Judge.

Luis Gerard Cervantes appeals his conviction on the ground that the Border Patrol agents who conducted the traffic stop that led to his arrest lacked reasonable suspicion and violated the Fourth Amendment. The district court denied Cervantes’s motion to suppress. We affirm.

I

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On a Wednesday in early October, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Cervantes was driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer eastbound on Interstate 20 (1-20) near Odessa, Texas, with five passengers. That morning, Border Patrol Agents David Collier and Carlos Ramirez were on roving…