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No. 14-4548
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder,
District Judge. (1:13-cr-00423-TDS-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Novell McCauley pleaded guilty to possession of
a
firearm
by
922(g)(1)
district
convicted
(2012),
courts
felon,
conditioned
denial
of
his
in
on
violation
his
motion
right
to
of
to
18
U.S.C.
appeal
suppress
the
evidence
For the
challenges
the
district
courts
conclusion
that
2014).
Id.
during
the
stop
of
an
automobile
by
the
police
within
the
citation.
extend
time
reasonably
required
to
issue
stop
beyond
this
scope,
traffic
In order to
however,
police
initial
first
traffic
place
and,
violation
that
prompted
therefore,
must
have
the
either
stop
the
in
the
drivers
Id. at
(absent
reasonable
suspicion,
officer
may
not
extend
and
activity.
and
must
be
unparticularized
able
to
articulate
suspicion
or
hunch
more
of
than
an
criminal
808
F.3d
238,
246
(4th
Cir.
United States v.
2015).
Though
each
omitted).
the aggregate, recognizing that our inquiry must account for the
totality of the circumstances, rather than employ a divide-andconquer
analysis.
omitted).
Id.
at
247
(internal
quotation
marks
have
reviewed
the
record
and
the
relevant
legal
authorities and conclude that the district court did not err in
finding
suspicion
that,
to
here,
extend
the
the
officer
stop
to
had
sufficient
conduct
the
reasonable
canine
sniff.
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED