United States v. Daytoviane McLemore

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Indicted for possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g)(3) and 924(a)(2), Joshua Rode and Daytoviane McLemore moved to suppress the firearm discovered during a traffic stop. The district court, 1 sustaining their objections to the magistrate judge's contrary Report and Recommendation, ruled that the traffic stop violated the Fourth Amendment because the officers lacked reasonable suspicion or probable cause that the vehicle was being operated without a valid temporary registration card. See Iowa Code §§ 321.25 , 321.98. The…