U.S. v. MOLINA-ISIDORO

No. 17-50070.

884 F.3d 287 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Maria Isabel MOLINA-ISIDORO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Vijay Shanker , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Louis Elias Lopez, Jr., Esq. , Law Office of Louis E. Lopez, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Esha Bhandari , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TEXAS, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF LOUISIANA, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI.

Mitchell Stoltz , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE ASIAN LAW CAUCUS, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS FLORIDA, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS NEW YORK, COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OHIO.

Nicole Wignall DeBorde, Esq. , Bires, Schaffer & DeBorde, Houston, TX, Mitchell Stoltz , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

Before DAVIS, HAYNES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


After discovering kilos of meth in the suitcase Maria Isabel Molina-Isidoro was carrying across the border, customs agents looked at a couple of apps on her cell phone. Molina argues that the evidence found during this warrantless search of her phone should be suppressed. Along with amici...

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