Pfalzgraf, Brian v. Rusk County

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN BRIAN PFALZGRAF, Plaintiff, OPINION and ORDER v. 23-cv-877-jdp BEN REISNER and RUSK COUNTY, Defendants. This case arises out of a traffic stop that culminated in the arrest of plaintiff Brian Pfalzgraf for possession of methamphetamine.1 Pfalzgraf concedes that the initial stop was lawful because his license plate was obstructed by snow. But Pfalzgraf contends that defendant Ben Reisner, a Rusk County Sheriff’s Deputy, violated the Fourth Amendment three times: (1) by prolonging the stop without the required reasonable…