Ralph v. Leibach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT WINCHESTER LAWRENCE DAVID RALPH, JR., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 4:17-CV-020-DCLC-SKL ) BLAIR LEIBACH, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION On September 1, 2006, Bruce Pryor, a Tennessee highway patrol trooper in Warren County, Tennessee, saw a white Pontiac that was going “a little fast” appear to cross into another lane of traffic. State of Tennessee v. Lawrence D. Ralph,

347 S.W.3d 710, 713

(Tenn. Crim. App. 2010), perm. app. denied (Tenn. March 9, 2011). Trooper Pryor signaled for the Pontiac to pull over so that he could give…