United States v. Melvin Dortch

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Melvin Dortch pled guilty to possessing a gun as a felon,;see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), reserving the right to challenge the legality of the police pat-down that led to his arrest and prosecution. That challenge is now before us. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (appellate jurisdiction). We hold the pat-down was constitutional, and the district court 1 was right not to suppress the evidence developed froto it.

I. BACKGROUND

In the spring of 2015, members of the South Family gang moved into an Omaha apartment building claimed by the Hilltop Crips. “[Fjriction” resulted, drawing the…