UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT

No. 21-40849.

57 F.4th 524 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacob Boone WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Camille Offenhauser , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Brent David Chapell , U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Evan Gray Howze , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Smith, Barksdale, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.


At issue is whether Jacob Boone Wright was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment when an officer, with emergency lights engaged, pulled behind Wright's parked vehicle, and he did not attempt to flee or terminate the encounter, but failed to comply fully with the officer's commands. Because the officer...

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