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221801P.pdf 05/05/2023 United States v. Haitao Xiang
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1801
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Wollman, Circuit
Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying
defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained by a warrantless seizure
and forensic search of his digital devices as he was leaving O'Hare
International Airport on a flight to China; the Customs and Border
Protection officers had reasonable suspicion to conduct a non-routine
forensic search of defendant's electronic devices and acted reasonably in
doing so under the border exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant
requirement; defendant waived and forfeited his objection to the fine
imposed in the case; reviewed for plain error, the district court did not
commit any error, much less plain error, in imposing a $150,000 fine in
the case.