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U.S. v. OBIUWEVBI

No. 91-2070.

962 F.2d 1236 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott OBIUWEVBI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance C. Malina, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Crim. Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Kent R. Carlson (argued), Pomper & Associates, Stephen J. Broussard, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

In December 1989, Scott Obiuwevbi, a Nigerian national living in the United States, planned to fly from O'Hare Airport in Chicago to Lagos, Nigeria. But Obiuwevbi's plans were scuttled at the boarding gate by United States Customs Service agents who were conducting an operation (appropriately named "Buck Stop") designed to enforce United States currency reporting requirements. Federal law requires that any person entering or leaving the United...

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