Is the impoundment of plaintiff's car a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Quilici v. Cal. Highway Patrol, No. 2:16-cv-1523 MCE AC (PS) (E.D. Cal. 2017):

The impoundment of plaintiff's car "is a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment." Miranda v. City of Cornelius, 429 F.3d 858, 862 (9th Cir. 2005) ("[t]he Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable interferences in property interests regardless of whether there is an invasion of privacy"). Accordingly, it must be reasonable. Id. at 862 ("[t]he Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable interferences in property interests").

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