United States v. Gregory Roggerman

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals the District Court’s grant of defendant Gregory Rog-geman’s motion to suppress all evidence seized from his person, pickup truck, and residence. A pat-down search of a bulge in Roggeman’s right-front pants pocket during a routine traffic stop led to a state trooper’s initial seizure of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The government argues that the trooper’s pat-down was justified by reasonable suspicion that Rogge-man was presently armed and dangerous and that the District Court thus erred in concluding that the pat-down violated the Fourth…