United States v. Duan Alexander Hill, United States of America v. Jose Manuel Donelson

990 F.2d 1263 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Duan Alexander HILL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Manuel DONELSON, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 92-50440, 92-50445. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 4, 1993. * Decided March 16, 1993. Before SCHROEDER, DAVID R. THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellants Donelson and Hill were subjected to patdown searches at Los Angeles International Airport upon their return to the United States from Belize. The searches revealed that each was carrying a package containing cocaine. Appellants moved jointly to suppress this evidence on the grounds that the facts known to the customs inspectors when the searches were conducted were insufficient to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that they were carrying narcotics. The district court held a hearing on the matter, at the conclusion…