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· 8/23/2007

Min Xin Chen v. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services

Citations

  • 245 F. App'x 102

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  • listing “reputa- tion, prior convictions, or nonjudicial punishments” as “information that is relevant to a determination of probable cause”
  • discussing necessity for probable cause for commanders to search for criminal goods
  • “[S]worn testimony typically is more credible and entitled to greater weight than information not given under oath.”
  • “[A] commander’s authorization of a search has never been equated with the judicial-type procedure which comes within the contemplation of the warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment.”
  • \The com- mander's power to authorize searches of places and persons under his control exists to whatever extent it does exist because it complies with the Fourth Amendment's basic norm of reasonableness\

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Judges: Cabranes, Feinberg, Hon, Parker

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