context: First, the officers' insistence that Mrs. James accompany her daughter to the hospital would not cause a reasonable person to feel powerless to decline the officers' request or otherwise terminate the encounter. Indeed, the Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected the notion that a seizure occurs when an officer approaches a citizen to ask questions or make requests.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: no seizure when two DEA agents approached a citizen at an airport and requested identification and her airline ticket
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Drayton, 536 U.S. at 203-04, 122 S.Ct. 2105 (no seizure when three officers boarded a bus and began questioning passengers); Bostick, 501 U.S. at 434-35, 111 S.Ct. 2382 (no seizure when two officers approached a citizen on a bus and requested his consent to search his luggage); Mendenhall, 446 U.S. at 555, 100 S.Ct. 1870 (no seizure when two DEA agents approached a citizen at an airport and requested identification and her airline ticket); see also Crandell, 554 F.3d at 84 (“The Supreme Court has made clear that a Fourth Amendment ‘seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions.’ ” (quoting Bostick, 501 U.S. at 434, 111 S.Ct. 2382)).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 554 F.3d 84, 84
citation_b.parenthetical: "The Supreme Court has made clear that a Fourth Amendment 'seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions.' " (quoting Bostick, 501 U.S. at 434, 111 S.Ct. 2382
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Drayton, 536 U.S. at 203-04, 122 S.Ct. 2105 (no seizure when three officers boarded a bus and began questioning passengers); Bostick, 501 U.S. at 434-35, 111 S.Ct. 2382 (no seizure when two officers approached a citizen on a bus and requested his consent to search his luggage); Mendenhall, 446 U.S. at 555, 100 S.Ct. 1870 (no seizure when two DEA agents approached a citizen at an airport and requested identification and her airline ticket); see also Crandell, 554 F.3d at 84 (“The Supreme Court has made clear that a Fourth Amendment ‘seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions.’ ” (quoting Bostick, 501 U.S. at 434, 111 S.Ct. 2382)).