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U.S. v. LAWSON

No. 05-6588.

461 F.3d 697 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oluyemisi Muinat LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Carl E. Knochelmann, Jr., Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Robert K. McBride, Assistant United States Attorney, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Carl E. Knochelmann, Jr., Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Robert K. McBride, Assistant United States Attorney, Covington, Kentucky, Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: MOORE and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; KATZ, District Judge.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Oluyemisi Lawson challenges the district court's denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of her luggage upon her arrival from an international flight at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. Because customs officials did not need reasonable suspicion to x-ray her luggage during this "border" search and because they had reasonable suspicion that she possessed narcotics when they drilled a 3/8-inch...

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