United States v. Maria Genoveva Cardenas Triana, Aka: Maria Genoveva Cardenas-Triana

42 F.3d 1403 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Maria Genoveva Cardenas TRIANA, aka: Maria Genoveva Cardenas-Triana, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50776. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 14, 1994. * Decided Nov. 22, 1994. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, GOODWIN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Maria Genoveva Cardenas-Triana appeals her conviction, following a conditional guilty plea, for one count of importing heroin into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 952 (a). Cardenas claims that customs agents lacked reasonable suspicion to institute a strip search and further detain her on the belief that she was importing contraband in her alimentary canal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. 3 We review de novo the district court's determination that a search and seizure at the border was based on reasonable suspicion. United States v. Oba,…