McKAY, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the automobile exception applies to searches of temporarily immobile vehicles. At 11:00 p.m. on July 20, 2000, Appellant, Mr. Mercado, had his malfunctioning minivan towed to a twenty-four-hour tow shop. He inquired about having it towed an additional 320 miles to Denver, Colorado. When Appellant arrived at the tow shop, a highway patrolman, Officer Bushnell, happened to be in the shop in civilian clothes waiting...
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