Morgan v. United States

323 F.3d 776 Greg Allan MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; William Cohen, Former Secretary of Defense; United States Air Force; Richard Reynolds, General; Edward De Iulio, Colonel; Neil Rader, Colonel; C. Eric Broughton, Master Sergeant; Kenneth Erichsen, Master Sergeant; Eric Goodson, Airman, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-55471. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 6, 2002. Filed March 18, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Melbourne B. Weddle and Sue Ann Howard, Law Offices of Melbourne B. Weddle, Santa Barbara, CA, for the appellant. Leon W. Weidman, John E. Nordin II, and Sara R. Robinson, United States Attorney's Office, for the appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-5221-RSWL. Before T.G. NELSON, PAEZ, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION TALLMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 As a matter of first impression in this Circuit, we must decide when a search conducted at the entry gate to a military base is reasonable. Because such installations often warn of the possibility of search as a condition to entry, a warrantless…