United States of American v. Luyen Dao Nguyen

65 F.3d 177 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 American, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luyen Dao NGUYEN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50020. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 16, 1995. * Decided Aug. 23, 1995. Before: ALARCON, FERNANDEZ, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Luyen Dao Nguyen appeals his conviction following a conditional guilty plea to possession of counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 472 . Nguyen contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence gathered as the result of a search incident to his arrest because police officers lacked both reasonable suspicion to detain him and probable cause to arrest him. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and affirm. 3 We review the district court's decision on a motion to suppress de novo and its underlying factual findings for clear error, giving special deference to the district court's credibility…