bailey argued november decided february police preparing execute warrant search basement apartment handgun detectives conducting surveillance unmarked car outside apartment saw two men later identified petitioner chunon bailey bryant middleton leave gated area apartment get car drive away detectives waited men leave followed car approximately mile stopping found keys patdown search bailey initially said resided apartment later denied informed search men handcuffed driven patrol car apartment search team already found gun illicit drugs arresting men police discovered one bailey keys unlocked apartment door trial district denied bailey motion suppress apartment key statements made detectives stopped holding bailey detention justified michigan summers detention incident execution search warrant alternative detention supported reasonable suspicion terry ohio bailey convicted second circuit affirmed denial suppression motion finding summers authorized bailey detention address alternative terry holding held rule summers limited immediate vicinity premises searched apply bailey detained point beyond reasonable understanding immediate vicinity premises question pp summers rule permits officers executing search warrant detain occupants premises proper search conducted even particular suspicion individual involved criminal activity poses specific danger officers muehler mena detention permitted character additional intrusion caused detention slight justifications detention substantial summers later cases detained occupants found within immediately outside residence searched however petitioner left apartment search began detained nearly mile away pp summers recognized three important law enforcement interests taken together justify detaining occupant premises search warrant execution first officer safety requires officers secure premises may include detaining current occupants officers search without fear occupants become disruptive dangerous otherwise frustrate search occupant returns home search officers mitigate risk taking routine precautions however bailey posed little risk officers scene left premises apparently without knowledge search returned apprehended detained summers police authority detain persons away premises authority detain incident execution search warrant reach beyond rationale ensuring integrity search detaining scene second circuit additional concerns officers believe dangerous detain departing individual front residence required stop officers reasonable suspicion criminal activity instead rely terry risk departing occupant might alert still inside residence also insufficient safety rationale expanding detention authority beyond immediate vicinity premises searched second law enforcement interest facilitation completion search unrestrained occupants hide destroy evidence seek distract officers simply get way general interest avoiding obstruction search justify detention beyond vicinity premises occupants kept leaving may assist officers opening locked doors containers order avoid use force damage property delay completion search justification must confined persons site search warrant executed position observe progression search third interest interest preventing flight also serves preserve integrity search officers concerned flight event incriminating evidence found might rush search causing unnecessary damage compromising careful execution need prevent flight however unbounded might used argue detention regular occupant regardless location time search detaining suspect miles away ready board plane even detention former occupant away premises facilitate later arrest incriminating evidence discovered mere fact law enforcement may made efficient never justify disregard fourth amendment mincey arizona sum none three law enforcement interests identified summers applies similar force detention recent occupants beyond immediate vicinity premises searched also insufficient justify expansion rule summers permit detention former occupant wherever may found away scene search pp recognized summers detention current occupant represents incremental intrusion personal liberty search home authorized valid warrant arrest individual away home involves additional level intrusiveness public detention even merely incident search resemble arrest involve indignity compelled transfer back premises limiting rule summers area within occupant poses real threat safe efficient execution search warrant ensures scope detention incident search confined underlying justification petitioner detained point beyond reasonable understanding immediate vicinity need define term since detention justified interests executing safe efficient search decision detain must acted upon scene search later time remote place pp question whether stopping petitioner lawful terry remains open remand reversed remanded kennedy delivered opinion roberts scalia ginsburg sotomayor kagan joined lia filed concurring opinion ginsburg kagan joined breyer filed dissenting opinion thomas alito joined opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press chunon bailey aka polo petitioner writ certiorari appeals second circuit february justice kennedy delivered opinion fourth amendment guarantees right free unreasonable searches seizures search may person thing place seizure may person thing even place search seizure may occur singly combination differing sequence cases validity one determines validity instant case involves search place apartment dwelling seizure person though acknowledged search lawful follow seizure lawful well seizure person quite question issue resolved whether seizure person reasonable stopped detained distance away premises searched justification detention ensure safety efficacy search july local police obtained warrant search residence handgun residence basement apartment lake drive wyandanch new york confidential informant told police observed gun apartment purchase drugs heavy set black male short hair known polo app search unit began preparations executing warrant two officers detectives richard sneider richard gorbecki conducting surveillance unmarked car outside residence sneider gorbecki observed two men later identified petitioner chunon bailey bryant middleton leave gated area basement apartment enter car parked driveway matched general physical description polo provided informant indication men aware officers presence knowledge impending search detectives watched car leave driveway waited go hundred yards street followed detectives informed search team intent follow detain departing occupants search team executed search warrant apartment detectives sneider gorbecki tailed bailey car mile five minutes pulling vehicle parking lot fire station ordered bailey middleton car patdown search men officers found weapons discovered ring keys bailey pocket bailey identified said coming home lake drive driver license however showed address bayshore new york town confidential informant told police suspect polo used live bailey passenger middleton said bailey giving ride home confirmed coming bailey residence lake drive officers put men handcuffs bailey asked gorbecki stated detained incident execution search warrant lake drive bailey responded live anything find ai mine cooperating investigation detectives called patrol car take bailey middleton back lake drive apartment detective sneider drove unmarked car back detective gorbecki used bailey set keys drive bailey car back search scene time group returned lake drive search team discovered gun drugs plain view inside apartment bailey middleton placed arrest bailey keys seized incident arrest officers later discovered one bailey keys opened door basement apartment bailey charged three federal offenses possession cocaine intent distribute violation iii possession firearm felon violation possession firearm furtherance offense violation trial bailey moved suppress apartment key statements made stopped detectives sneider gorbecki evidence bailey argued derived unreasonable seizure evidentiary hearing district eastern district new york denied motion suppress district held bailey detention permissible michigan summers detention incident execution search warrant alternative held bailey detention lawful investigatory detention supported reasonable suspicion terry ohio trial jury found bailey guilty three counts appeals second circuit ruled bailey detention proper affirmed denial suppression motion interpreted decision summers authoriz law enforcement detain occupant premises subject valid search warrant person seen leaving premises detention effected soon reasonably practicable found bailey detention justified summers appeals address district alternative holding stop permitted terry federal courts appeals reached differing conclusions whether michigan summers justifies detention occupants beyond immediate vicinity premises covered search warrant granted certiorari address question ii fourth amendment applicable fourteenth amendment provides right people secure persons unreasonable searches seizures shall violated warrants shall issue upon probable cause particularly describing place searched persons things seized stated general rule fourth amendment seizures based probable cause believe individual committed crime dunaway new york standard probable cause roots deep history henry represent accumulated wisdom precedent experience minimum justification necessary make kind intrusion involved arrest fourth amendment dunaway supra within framework fundamental rules latitude police detain intrusion citizen privacy much less severe involved traditional arrest opposing interests crime prevention detection police officer safety support seizure reasonable summers supra quoting dunaway supra see also terry supra holding police officer reasonable suspicion criminal activity may conduct brief investigative stop summers defined important category cases detention allowed without probable cause arrest crime permitted officers executing search warrant detain occupants premises proper search conducted rule summers extends farther earlier exceptions require law enforcement particular suspicion individual involved criminal activity poses specific danger officers muehler mena muehler applying rule summers stated officer authority detain incident search categorical depend proof justifying detention extent intrusion imposed seizure quoting summers supra rule announced summers allows detention incident execution search warrant character additional intrusion caused detention slight justifications detention substantial muehler supra summers later cases occupants detained found within immediately outside residence moment police officers executed search warrant summers defendant detained walk leading front steps house see tr oral arg pp see also muehler supra detention occupant adjoining garage los angeles county rettele per curiam detention occupants bedroom however petitioner left apartment search began police officers waited detain almost mile away issue whether reasoning summers justify detentions beyond immediate vicinity premises searched exception fourth amendment rule prohibiting detention absent probable cause must diverge purpose rationale see florida royer plurality opinion scope detention must carefully tailored underlying justification necessary discuss reasons rule explained summers determine rationale extends detention like one summers recognized three important law enforcement interests taken together justify detention occupant premises execution search warrant officer safety facilitating completion search preventing flight first interest identified summers interest minimizing risk harm officers held execution warrant search narcotics kind transaction may give rise sudden violence frantic efforts conceal destroy evidence risk harm police occupants minimized officers routinely exercise unquestioned command situation law enforcement officers execute search warrant safety considerations require secure premises may include detaining current occupants taking unquestioned command situation officers search without fear occupants premises able observe course search become disruptive dangerous otherwise frustrate search summers decided muehler mena reasoning conclusions muehler applying summers rule go quite far allowing seizure detention persons accommodate necessities search person detained held handcuffs suspected criminal activity investigated held detained nonetheless secure premises search underway safety risk inherent executing search warrant weapons sufficient justify use handcuffs need detain multiple occupants made use handcuffs reasonable muehler remand consideration whether detention alleged two three hours necessary light circumstances fact prolonged detention indeed might permitted illustrates authority police detention made scene search turn counsels caution extending power detain persons stopped apprehended away premises search conducted likely indeed almost inevitable case resident occupant return premises point might occur officers still conducting search officers mitigate risk however taking routine precautions instance erecting barricades posting someone perimeter door instant case bailey left premises apparently without knowledge search posed little risk officers scene bailey rushed back apartment police apprehended detained summers established principle however allows arrest anyone away premises likely return risk furthermore someone return home execution search warrant limited occupants depart shortly start search risk resident might return home either reasons unrelated search alerted someone scene exists whether left five minutes five hours earlier unexpected arrivals occupants persons accustomed visiting premises might occur many instances police authority detain persons away premises authority detain incident execution search warrant reach beyond rationale ensuring integrity search detaining fact scene appeals relied additional safety consideration concluded limiting application authority detain immediate vicinity put law enforcement officers dilemma choose detaining individual immediately risk alerting occupants still inside allowing individual leave risk able arrest later incriminating evidence discovered although danger alerting occupants remain inside may real concern instances case warrant issued safety rationale rests false premise detention must take place officers find dangerous detain departing front residence required stop grounds believe departing occupant dangerous involved criminal activity police generally need summers detain least brief questioning rely instead terry risk departing occupant might notice police surveillance alert others still inside residence also insufficient safety rationale justify existing categorical authority detain extends beyond immediate vicinity premises searched extended way rationale justify detaining anyone neighborhood alert occupants police outside without individualized suspicion criminal activity connection residence searched possibility demonstrates necessary confine summers rule present search conducted second law enforcement interest relied summers orderly completion search may facilitated occupants premises present interest efficiency derives distinct related concerns occupants permitted wander around premises potential interference execution search warrant hide destroy evidence seek distract officers simply get way risks presented occupant departs beforehand case bailey drove away lake drive apartment threat proper execution search returned officers free detain point general interest avoiding obstruction search however justify detention beyond vicinity premises searched summers also noted occupants assist reasoning summers occupants may induce open locked doors locked containers avoid use force damaging property may also delay completion task hand ibid justification must confined persons site position detained observe progression search limiting principle applied persons beyond premises search appears police officers decided wait bailey left vicinity search detaining event later became clear officers bailey wish cooperate see app live anything find ai mine cooperating investigation time officers brought bailey back apartment search team discovered contraband bailey detention thus served purpose ensuring efficient completion search third law enforcement interest addressed summers legitimate law enforcement interest preventing flight event incriminating evidence found proper interpretation language context summers broader context reasonableness standard must govern inform detention incident search police prohibit occupant leaving scene search interests identified summers justification serves preserve integrity search controlling persons scene police officers concerned flight keep close supervision occupants restrained might rush search causing unnecessary damage property compromising careful execution allowing officers secure scene detaining present also prevents search impeded occupants leaving evidence sought means find concern flight danger flight damage potential flight cause integrity search interest independently justify detention occupant beyond immediate vicinity premises searched need prevent flight unbounded might used argue detention search underway regular occupant regardless location time search circumscribed rationale preventing flight justify instance detaining suspect miles away ready board plane interest preventing escape police extend far without undermining usual rules arrest based probable cause brief stop questioning standards derived terry even detention former occupant away premises facilitate later arrest incriminating evidence discovered mere fact law enforcement may made efficient never justify disregard fourth amendment mincey arizona sum three law enforcement interests identified justify detention summers none applies similar force detention recent occupants beyond immediate vicinity premises searched individual interests also insufficient justify expansion rule summers permit detention former occupant wherever may found away scene search give officers much discretion categorical authority detain incident execution search warrant must limited immediate vicinity premises searched summers recognized authority detain occupants incident execution search warrant light law enforcement interests stake also intrusion personal liberty limited held detention current occupant represents incremental intrusion personal liberty search home authorized valid warrant detention occurs individual home add minimally public stigma associated search involve neither inconvenience indignity associated compelled visit police station officers arrest individual away home however additional level intrusiveness public detention even merely incident search resemble arrest demonstrated detention beyond immediate vicinity involve initial detention away scene second detention residence individual suffer additional indignity compelled transfer back premises giving appearances arrest detention intrusive usual detention search scene bailey car stopped ordered step detained full public view handcuffed transported marked patrol car detained outside apartment facts illustrate detention away premises police already present often intrusive detentions scene summers recognized rule permitting detention occupants premises execution search warrant even absent individualized suspicion reasonable necessary light law enforcement interests conducting safe efficient search exception grants substantial authority police officers detain outside traditional rules fourth amendment must circumscribed spatial constraint defined immediate vicinity premises searched therefore required detentions incident execution search warrant police action permitted search residence spatial dimension spatial geographical boundary used determine area within search detention incident search may occur limiting rule summers area occupant poses real threat safe efficient execution search warrant ensures scope detention incident search confined underlying justification occupant beyond immediate vicinity premises searched law enforcement interests diminished intrusiveness detention severe petitioner detained point beyond reasonable understanding immediate vicinity premises question case presents neither necessity occasion define meaning immediate vicinity closer cases courts consider number factors determine whether occupant detained within immediate vicinity premises searched including lawful limits premises whether occupant within line sight dwelling ease reentry occupant location relevant factors confining officer authority detain summers immediate vicinity premises searched proper limit accords rationale rule rule adopted appeals allowing detentions departed occupant soon reasonably practicable departs spatial limit necessary confine rule light substantial intrusions liberty detained detention justified interests executing safe efficient search decision detain must acted upon scene search later time remote place officers elect defer detention suspect departing occupant leaves immediate vicinity lawfulness detention controlled standards including course brief stop questioning based reasonable suspicion terry arrest based probable cause suspect particular actions leaving scene including whether appears armed fleeing evidence sought information officers acquire conducting search including information incriminating evidence discovered bear course lawfulness later stop detention example search team radioed detectives sneider gorbecki gun drugs discovered lake drive apartment officers stopped bailey middleton may provided probable cause arrest iii detentions incident execution search warrant reasonable fourth amendment limited intrusion personal liberty outweighed special law enforcement interests stake individual left immediate vicinity premises searched however detentions must justified rationale respect must noted district alternative ruling held stopping petitioner lawful terry opinion expresses view issue open remand appeals address matter determine whether assuming terry stop valid yielded information justified detention officers imposed judgment appeals reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered scalia concurring chunon bailey aka polo petitioner writ certiorari appeals second circuit february justice scalia justice ginsburg justice kagan join concurring join opinion write separately appeals approach case endorsed dissent incompatible categorical rule set forth michigan summers summers identified several interests supporting detention occupants incident execution warrant search contraband along several reasons detentions typically less intrusive arrest see weighing factors determined constitutionally reasonable require citizen remain officers law execute valid warrant search home existence scope summers exception predicated balancing interests burdens crucially whether summers authorizes seizure individual case depend balancing summers exception within scope categorical muehler mena summers establishes categorical rule simply open debate summers insisted rule adopt today depend upon ad hoc determination officer required evaluate either quantum proof justifying detention extent intrusion imposed seizure summers applies seizure ipso facto constitutionally reasonable question case whether summers applies applies seizures occupants persons within immediate vicinity premises searched ante bailey seized mile away ergo summers sanction bailey detention really simple appeals mistake echoed dissent replace straightforward binary inquiry balancing weighing equities bailey posed risk harm officers detention unreasonably prolonged forth appeals proclaimed officers conduct circumstances presented reasonable prudent internal quotation marks brackets omitted see also post opinion breyer may irrelevant whether summers authorized officers seize bailey without probable cause resolve issue need ask one question person seized within immediate vicinity premises searched ante appeals read summers spatial constraint somewhat promiscuously view sufficed police observed bailey process leaving premises detained soon practicable emphasis deleted see also post pragmatic appeal police argument runs precluded seizing departing occupant distance premises safer stopping front steps rests fallacy search warrant entitles government concomitant summers detention conducting summers seizure incident execution warrant government right exception justified necessity rule otherwise render seizure unlawful thornton scalia concurring judgment bears repeating general rule fourth amendment seizures based probable cause dunaway new york summers embodies categorical judgment one narrow circumstance presence occupants execution search warrant seizures reasonable despite absence probable cause mers foresaw without clear limits exception swallow general rule multifactor balancing test police conduct extended cover seizures amount technical arrests recognized intended framers easily consideration balancing circumstances presented different cases quoting dunaway supra internal quotation marks omitted dissent harvest summers likes permission seize without probable cause leave behind finds uncongenial limitation permission narrow categorical exception reasonableness inquiry summers anticipated gambit explicitly disavowed dissent balancing test see rule adopt today depend upon ad hoc determination regrettably opinion summers facilitated appeals error setting forth smorgasbord interests assertedly justifying holding including preventing flight event incriminating evidence found obtaining residents assistance open ing locked doors locked containers expansive summers exception appropriately predicated law enforcement interest carrying search unimpeded violence disruptions common denominator fourth amendment doctrines permitting seizures based less probable cause presence governmental interest independent ordinary interest investigating crime apprehending suspects stewart dissenting preventing flight special governmental interest indistinguishable ordinary interest apprehending suspects similarly interest inducing residents open locked doors containers nothing ordinary interest investigating crime summers detentions aid police uncovering evidence nabbing criminals distinguish mine run seizures unsupported probable cause fourth amendment generally proscribes summers clear rule simplifies task officers encounter occupants search police workable rules balancing competing large part done categorical basis ad hoc fashion individual police officers quoting dunaway supra white concurring see also arizona gant scalia concurring received advantage summers categorical authorization detain occupants incident search government must take bitter sweet beyond summers spatial bounds must comport ordinary fourth amendment principles breyer dissenting chunon bailey aka polo petitioner writ certiorari appeals second circuit february justice breyer justice thomas justice alito join dissenting police act reasonably followed miles detained two men left basement apartment police enter execute search warrant gun appeals second circuit found police action reasonable premises subject valid search warrant detained persons seen leaving premises detention effected soon reasonably practicable light risks flight evidence destruction human injury present similar cases follow approach appeals uphold determination appeals rested holding upon district findings police stopped men earliest practicable location consistent safety security officers public supp edny etention open view outside residence subjected officers additional dangers execution search frustrat ed whole purpose search due destruction evidence also jeopardize search endanger ed lives officers allowing occupants inside residence might see hear detention individual outside residence leaving time destroy hide incriminating evidence police enter search flee back door window arm preparation violent confrontation police entered conduct search moreover police stopped men car first spot determined safe conduct stop namely car traveled blocks along busier streets intersections turned quieter side road ii holding appeals strongly supported precedent michigan summers held warrant search contraband founded probable cause carries limited authority detain premises proper search conducted omitted similarities summers case multiple summers police valid warrant based probable cause search house drugs police valid warrant based probable cause search house gun ammunition believed used multiple drug deals app summers police beginning execute warrant outside house police beginning execute warrant outside house supp summers police encountered occupant house descending front steps police encountered two occupants house ascending back basement steps supp app summers police entered house soon encountering occupant police entered house soon encountering occupants officers pursued app summers police detained occupant engaged search police supp thus given summers one question open summers police detained occupant left sidewalk outside house police good reason permitted occupants leave premises stopped blocks house app see appendix infra resulting question whether difference makes constitutional difference particular right constitutional line demarcate summers detention may initiated line drawn immediate vicinity house ante second circuit line drawn basis reasonably practicable agree course concurrence question involves drawing line demarcation granting categorical form detention authority question simply line drawn iii summers rested conclusion upon four considerations strongly supports reasonableness bailey detention likely likely support detention occupant searchable premises detained soon reasonably practicable support detention occupant detained within immediate vicinity premises ante first summers found prime importance fact police obtained warrant search occupant house contraband fact meant additional invasion privacy persons resided less intrusive typical detention ibid true always true class cases second summers said detention justified part legitimate law enforcement interest preventing flight event incriminating evidence found factor summers identifies ost obvious rationale supporting detention present summers detentions summers applies police search warrant contraband occupant departing residence containing contraband incentive flee encounters police indeed since warrant described possessor unlawful gun terms applied detained occupants app strength interest equal greater strength summers third summers said detention justified part interest minimizing risk harm officers strength interest greater summers good reason backed probable cause believe chrome handgun ammunition magazine clips premises app discuss interest minimizing harm officers compromised encouraging initiate searches prepared safely fourth summers said orderly completion search may facilitated occupants premises present strength interest equal strength summers see montieth followed detained returned home montieth helped officers find marijuana firearms cash summers emphasize consideration iv however one consideration namely administrative consideration bright line sometimes help police easily administer fourth amendment rules also helping ensure police go beyond bounds reasonable majority however offers easily administered bright line line one drawn immediate vicinity premises searched determined number factors including limited lawful limits premises whether occupant within line sight dwelling ease reentry occupant location relevant factors ante majority line invites litigation although divorced interests directly motivate fourth amendment offers clear guidance event lower courts pointed considerations related risks flight evidence destruction physical danger overcome administrative advantages consider officers waited occupants left block stop occupants might armed indeed even emerging occupants armed even police knew emerging occupants might seen officers outside house might alerted others inside house know officers probable cause believe gun lying floor plain view app suppose inside house alerted tried flee evidence suppose destroyed evidence suppose one picked gun fired officers entered suppose individual inside house perhaps influence drugs grabbed gun begun fire window endangering police neighbors families passing see informant describing gun relation drugs house considerations kind reveal dangers inherent majority effort draw line show need class cases test constitutionality details search warrant execution taking directly account concerns related safety evidence flight kinds concerns directly related fourth amendment ultimate touchstone reasonableness kentucky king internal quotation marks omitted slip see new york class assessing fourth amendment reasonableness light danger officers safety pennsylvania mimms per curiam think plain argument state proffered justification stop safety officer legitimate weighty see also maryland buie assessing fourth amendment reasonableness based proper balance officer safety citizen privacy majority responds pointing police required stop departing individual ante quite right response convincing police know whether emerging individual seen officer risks described inside may learn imminent police entry fire gun event police may fear might spotted may consequently feel need majority rule seize emerging individual leaves vicinity soon guard danger physical harm inherent search guns majority adds departing dangerous terry ohio may authorize detention terry however irrelevant risks issue flight destruction evidence harm caused inside house shooting police passersby finally majority creates hypothetical specific examples abuse detention miles away one home airport detention five hours occupant departs premises ante seizures majority imagines however strike red herrings see justified taken place soon reasonably practicable indeed majority find example actual case even though almost every appeals considered matter taken second circuit approach see montieth soon practicable cavazos rejecting geographic proximity test summers cochran soon practicable bullock soon practicable fed appx soon practicable sears fed appx per curiam soon practicable true hypothetical occupant police encounter far searchable premises engage summers rationales hypothetical occupant significantly less often occupant like bailey difference obvious hypothetical occupant miles away searchable premises less likely learn search thus less likely alert inside return disrupt search occupant like bailey may perceive police presence without alerting police fact noticed even less likely indeed impossible lower rule majority claims permit detaining anyone neighborhood ante rule explicitly applies process leaving premises fundamentally summers explained detention incident search permissible police obtained search warrant articulable basis suspecting criminal activity articulable individualized suspicion attaches particularly describ ed place searched amdt turn connection individualized suspicion place individualized suspicion individual process leaving premises sufficiently tight justify detention connection dissipates individual actually leaving premises according neutral magistrate probable cause believe contraband found summers justification therefore apply hence summers applies connection searchable premises detained occupant tight cases like summers one departing occupant left home merely turned around escorted back duration search sum believe majority substituted line based indeterminate geography line based realistic considerations related basic fourth amendment concerns privacy safety evidence destruction flight view latter considerations govern fourth amendment determination issue consequently dissent appendix shown right left path approximately miles traveled police followed petitioner bailey companion footnotes dissent purports agree question involves drawing line demarcation granting categorical form detention authority post dissent misses categorical exception must defined categorical limits summers authorization detain applies occupants limitation dissent reasonably practicable test discards altogether