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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor Garza CANALES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 77-5058
    Summary Calendar.
    
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Sept. 9, 1977.
    Nago L. Alaniz, San Diego, Tex., for defendant-appellant.
    James R. Gough, Mary L. Sinderson, George A. Kelt, Jr., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-ap-pellee.
    Before COLEMAN, GODBOLD and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.
    
   PER CURIAM:

This appeal concerns an automobile search at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint, conducted after a stop for a citizenship check. This is a fixed checkpoint at which immigration stops are permitted. U. S. v. Kalie, 538 F.2d 1201 (CA5, 1976). The search, based on the odor of marijuana, was supported by probable cause.

AFFIRMED.