United States v. Cuevas-Ceja

OPINION AND ORDER

AIKEN, District Judge.

Defendant Cuevas seeks suppression of all evidence and statements obtained as the result of a bus encounter initiated by law enforcement officers and the subsequent search of defendant’s baggage. Cuevas claims that the bus encounter constituted an unlawful seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and therefore any evidence obtained as a result of the bus encounter must be suppressed as fruit of the illegal seizure.

The government objects to Cuevas’s motion, claiming that the bus encounter was consensual and law enforcement officers obtained voluntary consent…