What is the test for "seized" in the context of the Fourth Amendment?
The following excerpt is from Fresno Rock Taco, LLC v. Rodriguez, CASE NO. 1:11-cv-00622-LJO-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2013):
The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. "[A] person is 'seized' only when, by means of physical force or a show of authority, his freedom of movement is restrained." United States v. Mendenhall, 446 U.S. 544, 553 (1980). A person is "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment if, "in view of all of the circumstances surrounding the incident, a
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reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave." Id. at 554.
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