A Wisconsin Deputy Added 17 Seconds to an I-39 Stop for a Drug Dog. A Federal Judge Called It Unconstitutional
Brendan Cutrell, then a Marquette County, Wisconsin, sheriff’s deputy, finished explaining speeding and window-tint citations to a driver and his passenger on Interstate 39 at 10:57:24 p.m. on Dec. 9, 2023. A drug dog alerted on their car at 10:57:41. On Oct. 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller of the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled in Milwaukee that those 17 seconds were an unconstitutional extension of the stop, and he denied Cutrell qualified immunity in the driver’s federal lawsuit.
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