KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
Paul Bowhay appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence found in a black satchel which was seized when Bowhay was arrested. Bowhay argues that because the officer who searched the bag had an investigative as well as an inventory motive to search, the search could not be valid under the "inventory" exception to the Fourth Amendment. We reject this argument, and affirm. Since the officer's genuine purpose...
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