United States v. Chen

979 F.2d 714 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim Juichang CHEN, aka Jui Chang Chen; Lucy Chen, aka Hseuh Ju Yang; Mike Juiming Chen, aka Jui Ming Chen; Kelly Paokui Chen, aka Pao Kui Chen; Li Yuen Shing, aka Chinmg Lu, aka Lu Chin Sheng, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 92-10243, 92-10244. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 15, 1992. Decided Nov. 5, 1992. Rory K. Little, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Peter Goodman, and Scott A. Sugarman, Sugarman & Cannon, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, CHOY and POOLE, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Chief Judge: 1 The government appeals from the district court's order suppressing all of the evidence obtained from the government's video surveillance of a warehouse containing a shipment of heroin. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3231 . We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 . We reverse and remand. 2 * On May 20, 1991, United States Customs agents in Oakland,…