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U.S. v. OKAFOR

No. 01-50004.

285 F.3d 842 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nzelo Chinedu OKAFOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Raphael, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Cara DeVito, Berley & DeVito, West Hills, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Before KOZINSKI and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, District Judge.

GOULD, Circuit Judge.

Nzelo Chinedu Okafor ("Okafor") claims the government violated his Fourth Amendment rights when customs inspectors searched his luggage at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The customs officials emptied his suitcase and x-rayed it. Thereafter, suspecting a hidden compartment, they inserted a needle-like probe into the suitcase and found cocaine. Okafor contends that this warrantless border search was not routine and that the fruits of...

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