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UNITED STATES v. PATINO

No. 79-1710.

649 F.2d 724 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dora Correa PATINO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted August 22, 1980.

Decided June 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Goodman, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Joseph M. Burton, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

Before HUG, SCHROEDER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

The essential issue in this case is whether the initial contact by the police with Dora Patino in the Miami airport constituted a seizure invoking the protection of the fourth amendment. The Government appeals from an order suppressing evidence which the court found was derived from a "seizure" of the person of Dora Patino without reasonable suspicion that she was engaged in unlawful activity. The principal

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