United States v. Wayne Kidder Barr

942 F.2d 794 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne Kidder BARR, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-10574. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 15, 1991. * Decided Aug. 30, 1991. 1 Before CHAMBERS and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 This is a direct appeal of a drug conviction in which the DEA discovered evidence upon questioning the defendant and examining his luggage at an airport terminal. He appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence. We affirm. I. FACTS 4 On April 17, 1990, two Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents in civilian clothes observed the defendant arriving at the Honolulu airport on a flight from Los Angeles. The agents were at the airport to conduct random stops of travellers, a practice the DEA follows frequently. The government stipulated that the agents had no articulable reason for…