FLOYD v. U.S.

No. 88-1065.

860 F.2d 999 (1988)

Jim FLOYD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeralyn E. Merritt, Denver, Colo., for petitioner-appellee.

Stephen C. Peters, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Michael J. Norton, U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Denver, Colo., for respondent-appellant.

Before ANDERSON and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and PARKER, District Judge.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court order requiring the government to return to petitioner-appellee Jim Floyd (Floyd) $41,440 in currency. Our jurisdiction arises from 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

I. Background

On September 12, 1987, Floyd proceeded through the passenger screening area at Denver's Stapleton International Airport. When private security agents were unable to mechanically screen the contents of a duffel bag carried...

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