"States may not authorize arrest...for failing to produce identification..." Kolender v. Lawson 461 U.S. 352 (1983) "...may not compel an answer and they must allow the person to leave after a reasonable brief period of time...." - - ibid California is the Ninth Circuit, no? See, inter alia, Martinelli v. City of Beaumont, 820 F.2nd 1491 (1987). Alan Horowitz [email protected]