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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dwight Joseph MARTIN, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-10571.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 2008.
    Filed Jan. 18, 2008.
    Michael K. Kawahara, Esq., USH-Offiee of the U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Georgia K. McMillen, Esq., Wailuku Maui, HI, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: NOONAN, W. FLETCHER, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

Dwight Martin appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a police officer’s warrantless entry into his home. Absent exigency or consent, a warrantless search of a home violates the Fourth Amendment, and evidence recovered in such a search must be suppressed. See United States v. Shaibu, 920 F.2d 1423, 1425 (9th Cir.1990). The district court found that Martin had consented to the police entry into his home. We review this factual determination for clear error. Id.

Martin’s statement to the police officer that “we” need to go into the house to recover the rifle that Martin had fired was sufficient to ground an inference of consent. Further, the totality of the circumstances does not indicate that Martin’s agreement was coerced. Therefore, the district court did not clearly err in finding consent.

We AFFIRM. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.