Nikky Nicole Lujan v. United States

In Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348, 354 (2015), this Court held that an officer needs reasonable suspicion to prolong a traffic stop beyond its mission. As part of the mission of a traffic stop, an officer may ask a driver about the purpose of their travel, and suspicious answers might contribute to reasonable suspicion. The issue here is whether reasonable suspicion existed when a primary factor relied on by the government was the Petitioner’s allegedly suspicious answer to a question about her itinerary, but the explanation was objectively reconcilable with police surveillance and the questioning officer failed to inquire further.