Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Chaudhry, No. 04-50421 (9th Cir.) (424 F.3d 1051) (September 14, 2005) (Judge Betty Binns Fletcher) by Dora Chaudhry appealed from her conditional-plea conviction for importation of marijuana in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960 on the grounds that border agents conducted an unreasonable search of her …

U.S. v. Cortez-Rocha, No. 0350491 (9th Cir.) (394 F.3d 1115) (January 20, 2005) (Judge Stephen S. Trott) by This case is noted for what is probably a very accurate (albeit disquieting) picture of the permissible scope of border searches in America post 9/11. Here, the defendant appealed from a conviction …