U.S. v. CHEN

No. 05-10108.

439 F.3d 1037 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lin CHEN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirby A. Heller, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant.

John T. Gorman, Federal Public Defender, Mongmong, Guam, for the defendant-appellee.

Before TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD F. SHEA, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, the government challenges the district court's decision to suppress statements made by defendant Lin Chen ("Chen"). Chen made the statements during an interview with an Immigration and Naturalization Services ("INS")1 agent who was investigating a third party suspected of running an alien smuggling ring. At the time of the interview, Chen was in custody in Guam on an administrative...

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